This study addresses the questions: How fire safe are common green products? Is there an unstated and/or poorly understood correlation between green design and fire safety? If so, is there an integrated approach that will provide for both green design and fire safety? This project focuses on the intersection of these three important components of green home design: the building and fire codes, green materials and their fire properties and the research on the environmental impact of residential sprinklers. The study takes a systems engineering approach and demonstrates the need to incorporate residential fire sprinklers as a part of green building design.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Whipple, Christopher David
• Padelford, Kyle Walker

Subject

• Environment
• Security
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-053111-122914

Stichwort

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Fire protection engineering
• Fire prevention
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Notarianni, Kathy Ann

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-05-31

Ort

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Zuletzt geändert

• 2021-01-08