37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 411FIRE SAFETY VERIFICATION IN BUILDINGS THROUGHPERFORMANCE BASED TECHNIQUES AND NONDESTRUCTIVE CLEAN HOT SMOKEJesús de la Quintana 1 , Fernando Morente, Ramón Ugartetxe, and Jon Aurtenetxe1 Fire and Blast Safety Engineering1 Tecnalia1 e-mail: jq@labein.esKey words: fire safety, building, clean hot smoke test, evacuation, numerical models.AbstractTechnological progress in Fire Safety Engineering is being propelled by increasing publicawareness regarding safety factors and the need to respond to ever more stringent safetyregulations. The fire tests in construction allow to validate, by means of a “verification basedon benefits” the security in case of fire provided by the related building and its systems.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 202