Sustainable Design and Construction Cost of Warehouse in the Light of Applicable Fire Regulations

Katarzyna Pawluk (), Marzena Lendo-Siwicka, Roman Trach, Grzegorz Wrzesiński, Jan Kowalski, Paweł Ogrodnik, Michał Jasztal, Łukasz Omen and Petro Skrypchuk
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Katarzyna Pawluk: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Marzena Lendo-Siwicka: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Roman Trach: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Grzegorz Wrzesiński: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Jan Kowalski: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Paweł Ogrodnik: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Unversity of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Michał Jasztal: Faculty of Mechatronic, Armament and Aerospace, Institute of Aerospace Technology, Military University of Technology, ul. gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Łukasz Omen: Faculty of Mechatronic, Armament and Aerospace, Institute of Aerospace Technology, Military University of Technology, ul. gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Petro Skrypchuk: Institute of Economics and Management, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, 75 Oleksy Novaka St., 33000 Rivne, Ukraine

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: This paper examines the effectiveness of sustainable warehouse design with regard to fire regulations and costs. When designing industrial facilities, the high risk of fire during their subsequent operation must be considered. Therefore, in this article, the variant analysis in terms of cost and technological, sustainable solutions for the investment in the “design and build” system were subjected to fire protection installation systems for three variants with different fire zones. During the modelling, the impact of the fire zone on the spread of smoke, temperature changes at a selected point above the fire source, and visibility were examined. Numerical analyses showed differences in the degree of smoke spread for variants I, II, and III without any relevant impact on the effectiveness of evacuation. The division of the hall into a larger number of fire zones reduces the effects of a potential fire. This study highlights that the cost of the investment is vastly influenced by the conditions of fire protection and evacuation.

Keywords: warehouse halls; finished elements; cost of implementation; sustainable technological solutions; fire protection requirements; fire simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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