EBuildings

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E-Buildings
An Information System for Environmental and Fire
Safety on the WPI Campus

• By
• Philip J Brault
• Jason M Krol
• Chris P Molineaux

Sponsor WPIs Plant Services Department Project
Advisors Professor Carrera, Professor Salazar,
Mr. John Miller
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Importance of Fire Safety

• Worcesters Cold Storage Facility Fire

• December 3rd, 1999
• Killed five fire fighters

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Importance of Fire Safety on College Campuses

• Seton Hall dormitory fire

• January 19, 2000
• Faulty fire alarms
• Killed 3 students and injured 58 others

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Importance of Environmental Safety on College
Campuses

• University of New Hampshire
• Violations of hazardous waste management laws
• 49,000 in fines
• 180,000 in mandatory improvements

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Campus Safety Key Facts

• Annually
• 1,700 documented University or College fires
• Colleges and Universities are forced to pay 1.3
  million in health management violation fines

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Current WPI Safety Management

• WPI Plant Services
• The Residential Services Staff conducts a
  scheduled Health and Fire Safety Inspection each
  academic term
• All fire equipment in all buildings are inspected
  by hand by outside inspectors
• Satellite Accumulation Areas are inspected weekly
  by Dave Messier

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Hazardous Waste Management Plan

• Satellite Accumulation Areas must be inspected
  weekly
• Each container must be marked with the following
• The words Hazardous Waste
• The chemical names, in words (e.g., acetone,
  toluene)
• The components and their percentages
• The hazard associated with the chemical mixture
• Disposal of hazardous waste at WPI
• Satellite Accumulation Area to the Main
  Accumulation Facility
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• Main Accumulation Facility and the off-site
  Treatment, Storage and Disposal facility

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Fire Safety Equipment

• Fire Extinguishers
• Exit Signs Safety Lights

• Extinguishing Agents
• Dry Chemical
• Halon
• Water
• Carbon Dioxide
• Capacity (21/2 lb, 5 lb, 10 lb, 20 lb)

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Areas to Address

• Limited use of technology
• Paper-based record system
• No universal database of fire equipment and SAAs
• Timely and costly inspections

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Our Project Plan

• To develop an information system which will
  improve environmental and fire safety on the WPI
  Campus

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Project Objectives

• 1.) To collect environmental and fire safety data
  along with related inspection information
• 2.) To develop a computer-based information
  system to monitor and preserve the information
  gathered.
• 3.) To develop a 3-D system of viewing and
  monitoring the data
• 4.) To provide an analysis of inspections here at
  WPI
• 5.) To provide WPIs plant services with a
  useful tool for future health and fire
  inspections

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The Past
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The Future
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Goddard Hall
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Fire Extinguishers Database
Extinguisher Building Code Room Number
Room Type Extinguisher Type Last
Checked
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Fire Extinguisher Inspection Analysis Goddard
Hall
4/24/04
1/28/04-4/24/04
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Goddard Hall
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Satellite Accumulation Area Database
SAAs Building Code Room
Number Labels Weekly
Inspection Pass/Fail
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Kaven Hall
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Fire Extinguishers Database
Extinguisher Building Code Room Number
Room Type Extinguisher Type Last
Checked
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Fire Extinguisher Inspection Analysis Kaven Hall
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Salisbury Labs
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Exit Signs and Safety Lights Database
Building Room
Item Code Number Last
Inspected
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Exit Signs and Safety Lights Inspection Analysis
Salisbury Labs
4/25/04
3/23/03-4/25/04
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Acknowledgments

• Project Sponsor Dept. of Plant Services
• Chris Salter, Manager, Technical Trades
• Dave Messier, EOS Manager, Environmental Safety
• Project Advisors
• Fabio Carrera, IGSD
• Guillermo Salazar, Professor of Civil
  Engineering
• John Miller, Director of Physical Plant
• Assisted by
• Viren Samdadia, Civil Engineering
• Aboulezz, Revit

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Questions or Comments?