A preliminary discussion on selecting active fire protection systems for atria in green or sustainable buildings

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-236

  Chow, C L ^a   Chow, W K ^a   Yuan, H Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Atria; Fire protection systems; Green building; Sustainable buildings

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444265247     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2000.9697529     Document Type: Article

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