A review of the contributions of Artificial Intelligence in fire engineering, in a world rapidly realising the need for sustainable design

Abstract

With sustainability being at the forefront of international civil and structural engineering professional bodies agendas, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its numerous facets, has potential of providing an invaluable tool. Although the notion of AI is not new, it only recently started gaining momentum in the sector of fire engineering. The combination of tangible benefits in scientific and industrial applications, in conjunction with a developing understanding of its functionality, requirements and deliverables, from practitioners and researchers alike, supported a wider acceptance of the method. Acknowledging the scope of AI applications is vast, a focus will be given to fire engineering scientific projects. A selection of recent, representative scientific papers will be reviewed with the aim of debating the attributes of Artificial Intelligence in the context of sustainability, while also assessing its current contribution to the technical advancement of the field.