20.500.12556/DiRROS-17181 Cost-benefit analysis in fire safety engineering state-of-the-art and reference methodology Cost-effectiveness is a key consideration within fire safety engineering. Currently, different approaches are being applied in literature. These approaches differ in how cost-effectiveness is evaluated, which costs are considered, and how the preferred design solution is defined. Recognizing this issue, the Fire Protection Research Foundation enrolled an international team of researchers, supported by a broad stakeholder panel, to develop a reference methodology. In this paper, this reference methodology for cost-benefit analysis in fire safety engineering is presented following an extensive literature review. The methodology clarifies the minimum requirements for assessing cost-effectiveness, and highlights that only a present net value evaluation can be used to compare design alternatives. Commonly used cost-benefit ratios should only be used when deciding on the effectiveness of a single package of fire safety measures. An illustrative case study demonstrates the application of the meth- odology and shows how designs based on cost-benefit ratios can be sub-optimal when evaluating multiple possible fire safety measures. cost-benefit analysis fire safety investment maintenance loss statistics reliability analiza stroškov in koristi požarna varnost naložba vzdrževanje izguba statistika zanesljivost true false true Elsevier Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved Neznano 2023-10-23 13:47:28 2023-10-23 14:31:03 2023-10-24 03:41:57 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 10 str. Vol. 168, [article no.] 106326 Dec. 2023 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-09-26 2026-09-26 62 1879-1042 10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106326 166057475 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753523002680?via%3Dihub 1 24564ae8-7189-11ee-8cc8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=23317 RAZ_Van_Coile_Ruben_2023.pdf RAZ_Van_Coile_Ruben_2023.pdf 1 EECD88DC16007A66FA35813BDDFDF9A6 3cad7ce9078327389cce0e1101f44f13465015998d11da784deecab38da30559 11f454e0-718f-11ee-8cc8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=23318 Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije 0 0 0