This study classified the study subjects as apartment residents and managers, and conducted the descriptive statistics of research questions related to the effectiveness of the lightweight partition walls and the evacuation space. This study also conducted T-test and Anova to find the different perceptions of the lightweight partition walls and the evacuation space, and the different perceptions of related laws according to the characteristics of the residents and managers. The findings and suggestions were as follows. Firstly, strengthening of the Senior Fire Safety Manager system to prevent the insolvency of fire safety management due to the affiliate. Secondly, implementing enhanced penalties in accordance with not implementing residents education, in order to prevent not smoothly delivering manager trained education to residents. Thirdly, adjusting hands-on training time according to the gender of the managers to supplement women’s relatively low perceptions of lightweight partition. Fourthly, mandating evacuation guidance stickers on the evacuation space for residents to remove obstacles in the evacuation space. Finally, establishing regular residents education system in order to improve the awareness of the related laws for residents residing over 16th floors.

Numerical simulation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was performed to calculate the predicted mean vote (PMV) based on velocity and temperature profiles of air in a partitioned office building. The office building (W:14.65 m, D:7.57 m, and H:2.63 m) was divided by partitions of 1.5 m height and shared by 7 office workers. Each person uses a personal computer and printer on a desk. One stand-type air conditioner was installed in the corner of the room and operated at the variable flow rate of 35 ㎥/min. In the case study, we assumed that the initial temperature of the room was 303 K and it was cooled down by operating air-conditioner. The outside temperature was fixed at 303 K and the heat flux through the windows was included in the calculation. Heat sources of personal computers, human bodies, fluorescent lamps, and refrigerator were considered. The temperature and PMV values were also calculated to asses the thermal comfort of each person by operating time of air conditioner. It was found that the thermal comfort could be improved by changing the angle of diffuser grill of air conditioner.