AS 2665-2001 Smoke/heat venting systems - Design, installation and commissioning
Standards Australia
Supersedes: AS 2665-1983 Smoke/heat venting systems - Design, installation and commissioning
Draft Designation: DR 99194Reconfirmed by: AS 2665-2001 Rec:2016 Smoke/heat venting systems - Design, installation and commissioning
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee ME-062, Ventilation and Airconditioning to supersede AS 2665—1983. Editorially, consideration has been given to the possible incorporation of this Standard in Building Regulations. The Standard does not identify those buildings in which smoke and heat vents are required. This is covered in the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
The objective of this document is to provide a standardized methodology for the design of smoke and heat vent systems for use by system owners, regulators, designers and installers.
In the preparation of this Standard consideration was given to research conducted by the Experimental Building Station and published in Report No. UP 344, Venting Fires Through Roofs, Experimental Fires in an Aircraft Hangar, and to Fire Research Technical Paper No. 10 published by U.K. Department of the Environment and Fire Officers’ Committee Joint Fire Research Organization. Acknowledgment is made of the assistance received therefrom. Whereas this Standard was prepared to provide minimum requirements for a venting system, provision is also made, for the use of a nomogram from Fire Research Technical Paper No. 10 to be applied to areas in buildings of high fire load and risk.
Reconfirmed: 2016-05-27
First published as AS2665-1983. Second edition 2001.
Contents:
Section 1: Scope And General
Section 2: Design
Section 3: Installation
Section 4: Commissioning
Appendix A: Principles Of Head And Smoke Venting
Appendix B: Abnormal Fire Hazard
Appendix C: Venting A Large But Not Fully Developed Fire
Ventilation and Airconditioning.
ME-062
Air Conditioning&Mechanical Contractors Association of Australia; Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers Association of Australia; Australasian Fire Authorities Council; Australian Building Codes Board; Australian Chamber of Commerce and industry; Australian Industry Group; Australian Institute of Building Surveyors; Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating; Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; Department of Contract and Management Services, W.A.; Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania; FPA Australia; Institution of Refrigeration Heating and Airconditioning Engineers, New Zealand; Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association; Property Council of Australia; Thermal Insulation Contractors Association of Australia.
