INTERNATIONAL Rapid urbanization. A proliferation of green technologies. The impacts of climate change. A widely respected fire safety expert argues that these are just a few of the emerging Brave S worldwide challenges to the built environment that call for a new, systems-based, performance-oriented approach to regulation that better protects buildings and their occupants. Codes and standards, and the standards development process itself, could be among the essential tools necessary to create this comprehensive vision for 21st-century building safety. BY BRIAN MEACHAM