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    The document outlines an office refurbishment coursework project. Students will work in teams to develop M&E services designs for a small air conditioned building from concept through detailed design stages. They will analyze client requirements, propose design concepts using building simulation software, and develop the designs through drawings and reports. The specific project involves redesigning the mechanical and electrical systems for an existing building being occupied by a new client.

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    The document outlines an office refurbishment coursework project. Students will work in teams to develop M&E services designs for a small air conditioned building from concept through detailed design stages. They will analyze client requirements, propose design concepts using building simulation software, and develop the designs through drawings and reports. The specific project involves redesigning the mechanical and electrical systems for an existing building being occupied by a new client.

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    Office 

    Refurbishment

    Summary
    Working in a small team you will develop to RIBA stage D the design of the M&E services for a
    small air conditioned building. You will analyse the client requirements and the design
    constraints; improve the building performance; propose concept designs; and develop and
    communicate them through engineering drawings.

    The coursework will contribute 100% towards the module assessment. Each group will be
    asked to carry out a peer assessment: details are in a separate document.

    1. Introduction
    The aim of this module is to give you an opportunity to apply and integrate knowledge and
    techniques learnt in other modules to a realistic building design. You will learn how to use
    advanced building simulation software to analyse building thermal performance, investigate
    energy reduction strategies, produce concept designs for building services systems, and make
    recommendations for the use of renewable energy technologies

    2. The Client
    GeoTech is a spin-off company from School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
    at Plymouth University. With the aid of a Local Enterprise Partnership the company is relocating
    to a existing building in the Truro Business Park.

    The company designs geographical information system (GIS) software for the oil and gas
    industry with the majority of clients based overseas.

    3. The Building

    GeoTech House

    Truro Business Park


    Threemilestone
    Truro
    Cornwall
    TR4 9NH

    LAT / LONG 50.2634, -5.1213

    GeoTech House1 was built in the late 80s and the fabric requires serious upgrading to meet to
    meet current building regulations. The building is naturally ventilated with a radiator heating
    system and an inefficient cast iron sectional boiler.
    The nature of the clients business means that the majority of offices will need to be air
    conditioned owing to the high equipment heat loads and tight limits on environmental
    conditions.
    1
    Google Street View shows that the actual building on the site is not GeoTech House but Western
    Electrical Wholesale; you need to use your imagination.

    Revision: 0 2 22/09/2013
    RIBA plan of work stages A and B
    4. Part 1: IES Competencies
    In week 6 following the IES instructions you will be individually assessed on you IES
    competencies. The test will be carried out under examination conditions and uploaded to
    blackboard.

    5. Part2: Client Brief


    The structure of the coursework is based on the work stages described in the Building Services
    Job Book (Hawkins, 2009). It is important that you download a copy of this guide from
    Info4education as it describes the deliverables and provides templates and check lists.
    A common reason why projects fail is that the design team fails to appreciate the Client’s needs
    and business objectives and the constraints imposed by the environment in which the project is
    being delivered (e.g. financial, time, legal, spatial etc.). Part 1 is all about analysing the
    requirements and constraints in a systematic way so as to ensure that you produce an
    appropriate design in Parts 2 and 3. As defined in the RIBA plan of work this covers Stage A:
    appraisal and Stage B: design brief. Your key deliverable for this stage is a Design Brief as
    described in (Hawkins, 2009) and for which a template is provided.
    Questionnaire based on RIBA stages A and B criteria, ensure all environmental unknowns
    You must:
    are covered Actively develop the Client brief
    Participate in a design charrette2 to develop the design brief
    Prepare a design brief
    Assessment: online submission to Blackboard

    6. Part 3: Concept Design


    There are two deliverables at stage 2: a Concept Design and an Energy Strategy Report.

    Upgrade the building fabric to current standards and use IES software to predict building
    loads, annual energy consumption and carbon emissions.
    Use value engineering methods to decide between VAV and FCU air conditioning
    systems.3

    7. Part 4: Detailed Design


    As defined in the RIBA plan of work this covers Stage C: concept design and Stage D: design
    development.

    The Building Services Job Book (Hawkins, 2009) lists the inputs, activities and outputs for these
    stages and has pro formas that may be used to allocate tasks to team members (pp.84-89).
    The selected systems should be developed in sufficient detail to demonstrate that the systems
    will work and will fit in the space available. Your designs will be communicated primarily by
    layout and schematic drawings (see below) with supporting calculations included in the team
    design file.

    You should address the following systems:


    space heating
    mechanical ventilation
    air conditioning
    electrical installation and lighting
    water services and drainage

    2
    For guidance on how to run a charrette see (NCI, 2011)
    3
    Fan coil and VAV may not be the most obvious choice for this building but we would like you to
    compare an all-air and an air-water system.

    Revision: 0 3 22/09/2013

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