BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERING GUIDE TO INTEGRATED DESIGN
This is essential course material for anyone involved in Architecture, Design of Building Services, Project Construction Management, Certification of Buildings and Building Elements, and those who teach this.
It covers Integrated design: airconditioning, vertical transport, electric power and lighting, fire protection plus water supply and hydraulics.
It answers: why are these services required, what equipment needs to be installed, how much plantroom space needs to be allocated for the equipment as well as how much it weighs>
What are the implications of the total building’s design, and
provides working examples.
This latest Edition (5) provides:
Up to date guidance for non-engineering specialists to participate in the building services early design process.
Integrated design is expanded to guide the reader through the essential stages of client consultation, feasibility and selection of the design criteria, regulation compliance, the principal early ‘big picture’ issues.
- Subsequent chapters provide updated overview of systems and equipment required for air conditioning, building transport systems, electrical power & lighting, fire protection as well as hydraulics/water supply, with considerations for inclusion of Battery Electric Vehicle charging and inclusion of lighting.Supplement for current building regulations current at time of publication (with link for updating)
My biased opinion is that it is the best guide of its type out there and a tribute to both Richard Parlour who put together Edition 1 in 1994 and reinforced it with a further 2 editions to 2000, and then Alan Obrart who greatly enhanced and broadened it with Edition 4 in 2016. All we have done is modernise and add lighting plus enhance the fire protection side.
Anyway check it out for yourselves..
At present it is only available as a view only e-copy (pdf) and under a special deal until after ARBS2024 at Sydney ICC May 28th to 30th is available to existing financial members and new members of the Society of Building Services Engineers (a technical society of Engineers Australia) for the price of $20 incl.GST.
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