HVAC Design for High-Rise Buildings

In HVAC Design for High-Rise Buildings, you'll learn ...

• The important selection parameters for high-rise buildings
• The challenges associated with HVAC design for high-rise buildings
• Major types of central air conditioning equipment used in tall buildings
• What type of air distribution systems are recommended for tall buildings

Overview

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Credit: 6 PDH

Length: 155 pages

A high-rise building is essentially a building with very tall facades relative to the footprint. What differentiates it from the conventional low rise and medium-rise building is that it needs special engineering systems due to the challenges posed by height, construction, operation, and maintenance.

The reasons for constructing high rise buildings could be due to population density issues and lack of available land for development. Sometimes it is more about power, the prestige status of the occupier, and the aesthetics rather than efficient development. At the same time, high-rise development brings numerous challenges for engineers who must design sufficiently strong foundations, MEP services, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, electrical power distribution, lighting, transportation (elevators, stairs, parking), communication, plumbing, fire protection, and building security functions for these buildings in order to make them habitable.

This course outlines the key considerations for the design of HVAC services for tall buildings, which are very often mixed-use, sometimes consisting of low-level retail, office floors, residential floors, and hotel floors.

This 6-hour course will be of interest to owners, architects, facility engineers, MEP engineers, fire engineers, and other specialized engineers and consultants. The course not only focuses on the efforts of designers of the HVAC systems but also addresses the importance of an integrated design team and their collective efforts and concerns that are the critical elements in determining the ultimate solutions to meet needs of a tall building.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Types of air conditioning cooling systems available and how they are rated on a selection matrix
• How potable and chilled water are distributed in the upper floors of tall buildings
• What type of thermal zones and control features are required
• Is centralized air distribution preferred over decentralized, floor-by-floor arrangement?
• What sort of life safety and smoke extraction systems are necessary?
• What type of heating systems are preferred in tall buildings?

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.