GHD had developed a Fire Engineering Performance Solution design which utilised the functionality of the CleverEVAC exit signage system.
In the scenario where a fire event occurred in the immediate vicinity of the stairwell, the Dynamic Signage helps to guide staff and residents towards an alternative exit, away from the affected stair, using both positive and negative reinforcement.
This was achieved using a combination of Dynamic RED X and Dynamic GREEN signage, as shown on the next page.
The research on dynamic signage carried out by the Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) at the University of Greenwich, UK, was a contributing factor to the choice made by GHD engineers to include Dynamic EXIT signage to support the egress solution.
The outcome of the solution was a successful application, installation and commissioning of the CleverEVAC Dynamic EXIT signage solution. It had mitigated the need to undertake additional design and remedial works which would have been required to address the edge-case scenario.
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