<p>Emergencies, whether caused by natural disasters or human actions, can have severe consequences in built environments, endangering human lives and causing significant damage. During such emergencies, individuals interact with others in various roles, within different building environments and amist potential hazards. Therefore, it is crucial to gain a comprehensive understanding of human-building-emergency interactions to effectively mitigate the negative impacts of emergencies. This talk will focus on occupant behaviors in response to different types of emergencies, such as fires and active shooter incidents, and examine how personal, social, and environmental factors influence occupant behavior during emergencies. A series of studies that employ a combination of methods (immersive virtual reality-based experiments, focus group interviews, and machine learning) to investigate and analyze human-building-emergency interactions will be presented. The talk will conclude with a discussion of key findings, reflections on the research, and prospects for future studies in the field.</p>