Presenter: Lennon Peake

This session will involve detailing the performance-based option contained in Chapter 5 of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, and will summarize design approaches taken by each country that participated in the fire protection and life safety design case study for the 9th SFPE International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods. The case study was prepared by Koffel Associates and represented a design prepared in accordance with U.S. based codes and standards. Additional case studies using the same schematic design were presented by teams from other countries during the conference. The session will inform attendees of the potential benefits that performance-based design options potentially provide, both in cost savings and additional safety to building occupants, and also common design approaches from around the world.