Past studies suggest that people are often reluctant to use occupant evacuation elevators in case of fire. However, existing research is scarce and current knowledge is based on questionnaire studies and laboratory experiments. An unannounced evacuation experiment was therefore performed on the 16th floor of a 35-floor high-rise hotel building. Sixty-seven participants took part and eye-tracking glasses were used to collect data on exit choice and eye fixations. Three different scenarios were studied, including two different hotel room locations on the floor and a variation of guidance system for one of these locations, i.e., flashing green lights next to the evacuation sign at the elevators. Results suggest that people typically choose the elevator for evacuation, even if their hotel room was located closer to the evacuation stair. Flashing green lights next to an evacuation sign made people look more at this sign. However, in spite of looking more at the sign, the flashing light was not shown to significantly improve compliance with the sign. Also, the results suggest that a detector activated self-closing fire door without vision panels to the elevator lobby made it more difficult to find the evacuation elevators in an emergency.

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带有疏散电梯的高层酒店建筑中的暗夜疏散实验：使用眼动追踪的疏散行为研究

过去的研究表明，人们通常不愿意在发生火灾时使用乘客疏散电梯。然而，现有的研究很少，目前的知识是基于问卷研究和实验室实验。因此，在一座 35 层的高层酒店大楼的 16 层进行了一次突击疏散实验。67 名参与者参与并使用眼动追踪眼镜来收集有关退出选择和眼睛注视的数据。研究了三种不同的场景，包括楼层上两个不同的酒店房间位置以及这些位置之一的引导系统的变化，即电梯疏散标志旁边闪烁的绿灯。结果表明，人们通常选择电梯进行疏散，即使他们的酒店房间离疏散楼梯更近。疏散标志旁边闪烁的绿灯让人们更加关注这个标志。然而，尽管更多地看标志，闪光并没有显示出显着提高对标志的依从性。此外，结果表明，在电梯大厅没有可视面板的情况下，探测器激活的自动关闭防火门使得在紧急情况下更难找到疏散电梯。