Friday, September 21, 2007

"Studio Final: Building Services"(PROGRESS)



3 comments:

werner said...

Felix, you are claiming having done calculations for your building. Would you mind sharing how much electricity for lighting and equipment (kW) and cooling/heating capacity (tons) you are anticipating? You claim 30% of the electrical need are covered by PV panels. Where is the rest coming from? Where are the spaces assigned to the “rest”?
Your clerestory will not provide light deep into the spaces, as you have way too many walls and a floor plate disrupting the light transmission. You cannot just state a goal; you have to make it work architecturally too!
Ground source heat pumps are a great thing. Do you know how many tons of cooling you can assume for each boring hole? How many holes would your project require and where do you think you would locate them?
Water goals seem good. I would collect water from the roofs only for your gray water use. Run-off from impervious surfaces on the ground should be re-introduced to the ground water directly (after necessary filter).
Green roof is used reasonably. You shouldn’t indicate a %number for savings as you didn’t do any calculations for it.
One row of trees will not reduce the noise level by any sensible amount. For inside the building you would have to provide density in your walls and carefully detail your windows. Frame and glazing will be crucial to keep noise out.
In your diagram you are taking outside air in on the worst possible place on the site: low to the ground on the highway and train track side!

F.R. said...

I will modify my sheet, and I will address your questions as I moving forward to complete the assignments.

F.R. said...

Werner,
when I had discussion with Chris regarding ground source heat pump, he said for 1000 feet boring hole could produce around 25 tons of cooling.
All other questions are answered in my final sheet.