Handbook

This course introduces students to the performance of the indoor built environment, its design to provide comfort conditions and the associated building services. These include heating, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting, fire safety related services, electric systems, vertical transport and plumbing. In completing the course, the students will master the fundamentals of building envelope design and ventilation strategies to provide thermal comfort and to assess their impact on building energy needs. In addition, the students will gain the ability to carry out dynamic building performance simulations of buildings and services (the latter with a simplified approach). This allows students to undertake the preliminary selection and architectural integration of building services. Design exercises and computer modelling form part of the study.