An integrated fire risk management of multi-unit residential buildings with smart and green features : machine learning-based framework
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Ouache, Rachid
issued: 2022-05-01T07:00:00Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The building industry has been facing significant challenges, including high quality, sustainability, cost-effectiveness and safety. Fire risk poses a significant threat and impacts on public safety, property, and the environment. Canada recorded 0.5 million fires in 10 years, which caused 15,000 fatalities, a direct loss of $7.5 billion, 1,200 children were injured, and 1.2 million Canadians were affected directly. In British Columbia (BC), 55% of the fires were associated with multi-unit residential buildings, which are being increasingly built with smart and green features for a positive impact, however, these features may negatively impact from a fire’s perspective. This research developed an integrated fire risk management framework using machine learning algorithms for multi-unit residential buildings integrating smart and green features (SG-MURBs). Five phases were incorporated in the framework to enhance fire prevention, protection, and intervention strategies: (I) investigated state-of-the-practice to explore fire risk management practices (II) Identified key potential fire risk and safety-related factors considering relative frequencies and their related impacts (III) Developed benchmarks to set the acceptability levels and determine the critical factors accordingly (IV) Developed models to predict the potential impacts of fire incidents in SG-MURBs, and finally (V) Generated optimal solutions and optimized multidimensional fire impacts. The developed framework was applied and tested for seven cities in BC, Canada. The results discerned the key potential contributing factors to fire incidents covering common, smart, and green factors, including 40 ignition sources, 28 human errors, and 36 combustible materials. Using the developed benchmarks, Vancouver, Kelowna, and Kamloops were found the top critical cities with 58%, 37%, and 47% of very high levels of ignition sources, human errors, and combustible materials, respectively. The most suitable methods for …
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note: AN INTEGRATED FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH SMART AND GREEN FEATURES: MACHINE LEARNING-BASED FRAMEWORK by Rachid Ouache Ph.D., University of Malaysia Pahang – Malaysia (2016) M.A.Sc., University of Batna – Algeria (2011) B.Sc. (Eng.), University of Batna – Algeria (2009) A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2021 © Rachid Ouache, 2021ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: AN INTEGRATED FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH SMART AND GREEN FEATURES: MACHINE LEARNING-BASED FRAMEWORK submitted by Rachid Ouache in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Examining Committee: Rehan Sadiq, Ph.D. (School of Engineering: Civil Engineering) Supervisor Kasun Hewage, Ph.D. (School of Engineering: Civil Engineering) Co-Supervisor Shahria Alam, Ph.D. (School of Engineering: Civil Engineering) Supervisory Committee Member Zheng Liu, Ph.D. (School of Engineering: Civil Engineering) Supervisory Committee Member Mina Hoorfar, Ph.D. (School of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering) University Examiner Zhi Chen, Ph.D. (Concordia University) External Examiner iii ABSTRACT The building industry has been facing significant challenges, including high quality, sustainability, cost-effectiveness and safety. Fire risk poses a significant threat and impacts on public safety, property, and the environment. Canada recorded 0.5 million fires in 10 years, which caused 15,000 fatalities, a direct loss of $7.5 billion, 1,200 children were injured, and 1.2 million Canadians were affected directly. In British Columbia (BC), 55% of the fires were associated with multi-unit residential buildings, wh…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0397210
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Sadiq, Rehan
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78085