Aims:

The work developed in second year underpins this year, and here we will increase the understanding of the wider technical aspects of building services, as well as the management decisions involved in the design, procurement, installation, commissioning, handover and afterlife of building services.

 

Objectives:

Considers the issues and problems concerning the co-ordination of services and their integration into the building process
	Examines methods of quality control in relation to the design and installation of building services
	Examines the security systems used in buildings including fire detection, alarm and suppression
	Studies the types and use of various maintenance and facility management strategies
	Evaluates the influence of energy conservation strategies on services systems.
	Examines the wider and alternative perspective on sustainability and its implications for building fabric and building services design
	Considers the various services elements in ‘intelligent’ buildings.
	Provides opportunities for team working, individual presentations of design work and detailed study of particular themes
Learning Outcomes: 

Understand the services design and contract process, contract responsibilities and risk assessment
	Be aware of automatic controls and building management systems and services in intelligent buildings
	Have knowledge of testing and commissioning essential requirements
	Understand energy use, heat recovery, renewable energy and conservation
	Understand systems of fire detection, alarm, suppression and building security
	Understand lighting, data, communication systems, use of smart technologies and lightning protection
	Have gained a more detailed insight into the drivers for mechanical ventilation and air conditioning
	Understand the importance of building services engineering on sustainability
 

 

Course Content:

During the first term of the course, we review the increasing use of digital control and monitoring of buildings and their systems, including the many complex interfaces between differing systems in normal and emergency operating modes. We examine the increasing sophistication of digital systems for fire detection, alarm, evacuation and suppression, as well as in lighting control and security.

The reasons why we regularly fail to achieve fully commissioned and operational buildings are discussed and means to improve this performance, together with safe operation, maintenance and facility management, followed by in use review of user satisfaction are reviewed. We consider how smart technologies are being integrated into buildings and being used to measure, control and optimise building performance.

Every workplace in a modern workplace demands high speed communication access. The means of achieving this in a reliable, secure and robust way, together with disaster recovery solutions to enable business continuity are debated. Contract responsibilities for designer, contractor and manager, and in particular the management of the complex interfaces in services installations need to be well understood.

We will provide a detailed explanation on how to design building services systems, including its key steps, considerations and drawings. We will also learn how energy monitoring and assessment can help to achieve energy-efficient buildings.

Essential Reading

The Building Services Course lectures & lecture notes contain all of the information necessary for the examination and the term paper assignment, backed up with the following recommended readings:

• CIBSE Guide A: Environmental Design

• CIBSE TM38 Renewable Energy Sources for Buildings

• CIBSE AM11 Building Energy and Environmental Modelling

• CIBSE Commissioning Code M - Commissioning management

• CIBSE KS02 Managing Building Services

• CIBSE TM22 Energy Assessment and Reporting Method

• CIBSE TM39 Building Energy Metering