CMA533: BUILDING ENVIRONMENT AND SYSTEMS

About This Course

In this course, we'll talk more about how environmental science has developed and how its theories apply to the built environment. In addition to teaching environmental science, this course gives students the chance to comprehend and relate the significance of fundamentals, operational ideas, and the installation of services typically found in habitational buildings. Studying the unique traits of each type of service, the safety standards for installation and use, and the interactions between service systems, the building envelope, and other interior components are all part of the learning process. The relationship between the system's design appreciation and the environmental controls put in place in buildings was also covered.

Topics In This Course

1. Lighting

1.1) General types of lamps and luminaries

1.2) Design characteristics and lighting criteria

1.3) Lumen method – application and restrictions and glare index

1.4) Integration of daylight & artificial light

1.5) Lighting for specialized buildings such as hospitals, factories, etc.

1.6) PSALi - Combine lighting

2. Noise Control

2.1) General requirements of good acoustics

2.2) Sound path in a room

2.3) Sound reflection and types of reflectors

2.4) Sound absorption, absorption coefficient, types of absorber

2.5) Reverberation

2.6) The effect on room shape, calculation of reverberation time

2.7) Building Legislation

3. Environmental control

3.1) Environmental control and effect on human health comfort

3.2) Humidity – effects, methods of control and durability of materials

3.3) Health standards and legal requirements

3.4) Psychometric quantities and psychometric chart relationship

3.5) Calculation for prediction of interstitial and surface condensation

3.6) Condensation risk in typical forms of construction

4. Building Ventilation System and Air Conditioning System

4.1) Mechanical Ventilation: Principles related, supply, extract and other new ventilation system

4.2) Air Conditioning System: Principles: basic design consideration, heat transfer cycle, refrigeration process, treatment on air.

4.3) System categorized – unitary system, all air, all water, air-water system.

4.4) System operations, installation, plants and distribution system and control techniques

4.5) Design appreciation: Interpretation of relevant M&E drawings and charts; ductwork, fan capacity and duct sizing.

5. Active Fire Protection

5.1) Fire protection; theory and science of fire

5.2) Passive and active approaches incorporated in low and high rise buildings.

5.3) Design consideration of active fire protection systems; Portable fire extinguishers, hose reel, dry and wet fire risers, down comer, sprinkler, hydrant, fixed gas system including testing and commissioning.

5.4) Smoke control techniques: Pressurization, depressurization, smoke reservoir etc

6. Conveyance Systems

6.1) Types of conveyance system installed in building; principle and design appreciation

6.2) Lifts/escalator/travellator/ others mechanical handling types: operations and control systems

6.3) Planning and design of lifts; number of cars and lift performance

6.4) Constructional and operational aspects; builder’s works involved.

7. Sustainable Buildings

7.1) Green Buildings and Intelligent Buildings: Definitions and Dimensions

7.2) Intelligent Characteristics: Building Automation System, Fire Automation System and Security Automation System and features related

7.3) Building/Facilities Control, Intelligent Features

7.4) Energy Efficiency & Water Efficiency

7.5) Key Environmental Performance Indicators

7.6) Others Green/Intelligent features; Smart Homes, Smart Schools, Intelligent Cities

8. Room Acoustics

8.1) General requirements of good acoustics

8.2) Sound path in a room

8.3) Sound reflection and types of reflectors

8.4) Sound absorption, absorption coefficient, types of absorber

8.5) Reverberation

8.6) The effect on room shape, calculation of reverberation time

8.7) Building Legislation