Reference no: EM133544362

Building Systems and Environment

Learning Outcome 1: Understand thermal, visual, and aural environmental principles.

Learning Outcome 2: Apply computational methods and software to make informed judgments in relation to their role as built environment professionals.

Learning Outcome 3: Develop individual skills and expertise in order to contribute to team work.

ASSESSMENT TASK

The specified office building for this task is in Melbourne and has four levels above ground and a basement that serves as a car park. Details of the specified building are available in the "Assignment 2 Resources" on the unit site. The file is named "BASELINE CONCEPT DESIGN". A minimum office space of 10m2 per person is suggested. You may have to make other reasonable assumptions. All reasonable assumptions made must be stated in the submission, and where relevant, references supporting these assumptions should also be provided.

General Requirements
Your Assignment must include a cover page introducing the project building and the tasks. Please edit your assignment carefully so it looks very professional.

Using the baseline concept design, students are to complete the following tasks:

HVAC:
• Develop HVAC Zones for the four identical floors and indicate the on a floor plan.
• Calculate Cooling Load, Heating Load & Airflow requirements for each zone, and determine the totals for the whole building.
• Determine the capacity/size and number of cooling equipment, heating equipment (boiler), air handling unit, variable air volume box, cooling tower, fan coil unit (if required), exhaust fan, ducts, and pipes.
• Using dimensioned floor plans and sections, show the locations of cooling equipment, heating equipment (boiler), air handling unit, variable air volume box, cooling tower, fan coil unit (if required), exhaust fan, ducts, and pipes. Your section must show the ceiling depth consumed by ducts and other equipment. You can show a representative number for ducts and pipes in your floor plans and sections.
• Your dimensioned section must show the ventilation and exhaust systems, including the car park exhaust.
• Determine the size and number of plant rooms needed and show their location on the floor plans. You must justify the number and location of plant rooms. Some plants need to be housed in plant rooms, while others may be on the roof or in other locations. Your plans and sections must clearly show equipment housed in plant rooms, on the roof, and in other locations.
• You must state the primary function of each HAVC equipment and justify its selected location.

B. LIFTS:
• Estimate and justify the number of lifts required for this project (the project MUST have at least one lift)
• Select appropriate lift(s) and their size, number, type of lift drive and spatial location for this project, as well as estimate areas for the lift motor room, shaft, and access lobby layout (if needed).
• Show an indication of the lift location on a floor plan. Label it. Indicate any additional areas - lift plant room - if required in your lift selection.

C. WATER:
• Calculate the volume of monthly rainwater runoff from the roof using the rainfall values in Table 1.

Average monthly rainfall for Melbourne

• Toilets and urinals in the building will be mainly services with rainwater. Using the information in Table 2 and making other reasonable assumptions, calculate the number of toilets and urinals needed and determine their total water demand. The number of toilets must be calculated using the information in Table 2 and other reasonable assumptions that must be stated. The total water demand of toilets and urinals must be calculated using the Green Star Portable Water Calculator available in the Assignment 2 Resources folder on the unit site.

Minimum toilet and urinal requirements

• Determine the size of the rainwater storage tank and the total floor area of the tank room. Specify the number of tank rooms and show their location using the floor plan and section. You must justify the number of tank rooms and their location.

• Would there be enough rainwater storage to service toilets and urinals throughout the year? If the rainwater storage will not be enough for a whole year, what recommendation would you make to the client to ensure enough water for the toilets and urinals? In your recommendation, you must highlight the positive/negative economic and environmental implications of your recommendation. You must back up the negative/positive economic and environmental implications with references.

Attachment:- Building Systems and Environment.rar