20.500.12556/DiRROS-17673 Fire safety assessment of sprinkler systems for car parks using the J-value methodology A J-value assessment was carried out to quantify the costs and benefits of sprinkler system installation in car parks, both with respect to life safety and property protection. Nine scenarios were established based on collected input data. All car park types were considered for the USA, England, Scotland, Wales and the UK nations collectively, while separate considerations were made for multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) in the UK and for MSCPs, underground and other parking types in England. Even when assuming 100% sprinkler effectiveness, the J-values for the nine scenarios were all larger than unity (ranging from 5 to 555), thus indicating that the installation of sprinklers is not a cost-effective investment for car parks from a societal point of view. The analysis showed that different car park types must be treated separately, due to specifics of structure and fire statistics. The lowest J-values were obtained for MSCPs and underground car parks. Sprinkler installation mainly provides property protection benefits, because of property loss savings substantially outweigh those associated with life safety. Even though sprinklers were not cost-effective for car parks in the current analysis, the scarcity of data and new emerging technologies suggests that further investigation is needed. cost-benefit analysis J-value life quality index Car parks Sprinkler systems analiza stroškov in koristi j-vrednost indeks kakovost življenja parkirišča Sprinkler sistemi true false true Elsevier Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved Neznano 2024-01-09 07:46:30 2024-01-09 07:58:43 2024-01-10 03:37:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Opis vira z dne 1. 3. 2023; Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; 10 str. Vol. 129, [article no.] 103565 May 2022 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-03-10 2024-03-10 614.84 1873-7226 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103565 143579651 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711222000431 1 d348b4b9-aeba-11ee-b0d4-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=24012 RAZ_Alimzhanova_Malika_2022.pdf RAZ_Alimzhanova_Malika_2022.pdf 1 7CF9D5D9C11AA9D69C704680469EA72E 01e6c67330f04a7492c44b450bda79449ac2a504df131c2e862cbbdc9ad2dc51 0f674541-aebc-11ee-b0d4-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=24013 Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije 0 0 0