702-219 Science and Services

Services (50% of course content): mechanical, electrical and hydraulic services for residential scale buildings, building fire and security control, the planning of services intensive spaces. Thermal Performance and Lighting (50% of course content): human comfort, heat flow, transmission, infiltration, control of solar impact, building envelope performance, heating and cooling loads, energy efficiency, daylighting, perceptions, measurement and control; artificial lighting, concepts, design calculations.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Direct the work of specialist professional counterparts in services industries.

• Calculate energy efficiency of heating and cooling of buildings.

• Understand how to apply shading to control solar gain.

• Calculate daylighting in buildings.

On completion of the subject students should have developed skills in research, critical analysis and writing and some experience with group work.

One two-hour examination (70%), exercises - including written and drawn assignments - and class presentations equivalent to not more than 3000 words (30%).