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Document Type General
Publish Date 22/09/2020
Author Brian Meacham, Margaret McNamee
Published By Fire Protection Research Foundation
Edited By Tabassum Rahmani
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USA: FIRE SAFETY CHALLENGES OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND ATTRIBUTES

This project aims to conduct a global information search into fire events involving ‘green’ and/or sustainable building materials, systems, and features, and into research, regulatory changes, engineering approaches, risk mitigation strategies, and firefighting tactics associated with fire challenges with ‘green’ and/or sustainable building materials, systems and features, which have emerged since the publication of the 2012 report, Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings (Meacham et al., 2012). ‘Green’ buildings mean different things to different people. According to the World Green Building Council, “a ‘green’ building is a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment. ‘Green’ buildings preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life.” Efforts to facilitate ‘green’ or sustainable building design can be traced back to the launch of the first ‘green’ building assessment method in 1990 (BRE, 1990). The US Green Building Council followed in 2000 with the launch of the LEED system (USGBC, 2000). Since the establishment of these systems, others have followed and continue to be developed.

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