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Liu, Qirui. "Developing office building design." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85124.
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This thesis project is a developing office building, designed for a start-up company. One character of the company is that its main projects serve China, but there are also few local projects. The main goal of this architecture is to provide a convenient and changeable place for this start-up company.
There are a few disciplines during design process:
1. The building has a round shape and blocks add on when it grows.
2. In the middle of the building, it is a fixed courtyard which covered by skylight.
3. The blocks are in modules and the rooms function can be changed as needed.
4. The roof at the early stage of this architecture can be used as floors in the future.
The site is located in the suburban area of Washington DC, which next to the Rock Creek Park.
Surrounding buildings mostly are traditional residential architectures,with sloping roof and brick walls.This site is only 3 blocks away from the main street. Therefore, the site can provide an urban context which means clients and employees can easily get into. But people do not need to afford too high price for the land. What's more, people can enjoy a pretty view while working.
The building has the steel frame as the primary structure and concrete covering for the floor slab. For the elevation, the adjustable wood panel and curtain walls are used to balance with local sun orientation.Master of Architecture
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Chau, Yuet-chu, and 周月珠. "A future newspaper office building." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31982748.
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Chau, Yuet-chu. "A future newspaper office building." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B26398278.
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Kwan, Pui-man, and 關佩文. "Building energy conservation and environmental assessment for office buildings in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45008097.
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Kara, Deniz. "Implementing productivity based demand response in office buildings using building automation standards." Thesis, Durham University, 2015. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10944/.
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Demand response is an effective method that can solve known issues in electrical power systems caused by peak power demand and intermittent supply from renewable sources. Office buildings are good candidates for implementing demand response because they usually incorporate building management systems which are able to control and monitor various electrical devices, from lighting to HVAC, security to power management. In order to study the feasibility of using an existing office building management system to implement demand response, a simulator for a typical office building has been built which models the energy consumption characteristics of the building. With the help of this simulator, an Indoor Environment Quality based control algorithm is developed whose aim is to minimise reduction in productivity in an office building during a demand response application. This research revealed two key elements of automatic demand response: lighting loads need to be utilised in every demand response scenario along with HVAC, and the control system needs to be able to operate rapidly because of changing conditions. A multi-agent based demand response control algorithm for lighting is then developed and used to test the suitability of two communication protocols currently widely used in office buildings: KNX and LonWorks. The results show that excessive overload of the communication channel and the lag caused by slow communication speeds using these protocols present serious problems for the implementation of real time agent based communication in office buildings. A solution to these problems is proposed.
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Surmeli, Ayse Nesen. "Assessing Thermal Performance Of Office Building Envelopes." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12604916/index.pdf.
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In this study, the energy conservation potential of selected retrofitting interventions on an office building were investigated, on the basis of which some rational
strategies for the improvement of building envelopes in terms of energy, environment and comfort design were proposed. Examined were various measures on envelope constructions that can be retrofitted to existing buildings. By using
simulation techniques, the effectiveness of such measures in reducing energy consumption and environmental threat were also assessed. Effects of glazing types, effect of insulation and thermal mass were analyzed as energy efficient retrofit measures to the Engineering Building (MM building) situated on Middle East Technical University Campus, Ankara. The Energy-10 computer program was used for the modeling and simulation of the energy flows through the envelope to examine measures for reducing thermal load. Within this framework, the energy conservation potential of single and combined retrofitting actions was investigated. Based on results from the evaluation model, it was found that a saving of 161.20 MWh in the annual heating load could result,
depending on the glazing type. The evaluation showed that thermal insulation is the most effective factor in thermal performance when placed as an exterior layer on walls. The study showed thermal mass has significant impact on increasing the duration, where highest temperatures were achieved, under passive mode. The study also revealed that applying a combination of retrofitting measures which responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by different façade orientations, a saving of 52.41% can be achieved in annual heating energy use in case study building.
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Rogers, Jane Brenda. "Performance benefits of atrium office building occupancy." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714497.
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The rationale of this study is to investigate the relationship between the design characteristics of atrium office buildings and the performance of the occupants leading to organisation effectiveness. A central theme is to understand the spatial configuration of the accommodation within and surrounding the atrium space and how this affects office worker behaviour. The background to this study was established through a comprehensive literature review that considered what is known about knowledge worker performance and workplace productivity and how these are measured from a behavioural perspective. The literature review established that there was a need to better understand the behaviour of office workers within the entire office building setting and presented the hypothesis of whether the particular design qualities of an atrium office design could enhance worker performance and organisational effectiveness by facilitating co-worker connectivity, a sense of community and employee well-being. Five office building and their occupants were studied during the research period using a mixed methods case study methodology which employed questionnaires, interviews, drawings, surveys and observations. Two of the office buildings were occupied by the same organisation and formed the foundation study. Crucially one of the office buildings had an atrium and the other did not. The comparative analysis resulted in several emerging themes that influenced the behaviour of the office workers within the atrium office building. These themes were then further tested in three subsequent case studies performed in owner occupied atrium office buildings of a similar size but with contrasting atrium designs and with occupants involved in different work purposes. These studies resulted in the derivation of several key design characteristics and spatial relationships that appeared to impact on worker performance and organisational effectiveness and which can be employed by designers and investors of office buildings towards the development of facilitating work environments.
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MONSEN, KARA, Eric Loring, Clay Carroll, de Leon Ramon Diaz, Adam Ritter, and Milton Vellon. "DESIGN OF 30000 SQ-FT OFFICE BUILDING." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190717.
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Maciosek, Aaron Joseph. "Two Story General Office Building Design Project." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/244433.
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The goal of the project was to design a two story general office building on a five acre parcel in Oro Valley, Arizona. As per the request of the client, the office building was to have an effective floor area of 30,000 square feet and a 900 square foot atrium. A preliminary geotechnical investigation of the site was conducted to determine soil properties of the location and decide which areas of the parcel would be adequate to support the support the weight of the building. Oro Valley zoning code was then used to determine allowable height clearances for the building and suggested parking lot arrangements. A hydrologic analysis was performed on the site to ensure that major flooding would not impact the productivity of the building when completed. Traffic analysis was conducted on the intersection of Linda Vista Boulevard and Oracle Road to estimate the impact of additional traffic at the intersection. The complete steel frame structure of the building was also designed and foundations were designed based off of the projected column loads. All structural and geotechnical design work was done using an adequate factor of safety. Finally, environmental and sustainability considerations were looked into and a LEED score was given to our project.
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Baird, Craig A. "Cognitive apprenticeship in a building design office." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1065.
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This thesis presents a research study that investigated student learning in a mentor supported design office situation, using a cognitive apprenticeship learning approach that utilised authentic design project tusks. In this study, 29 final year Technical And Further Education (TAFE) building design students undertook authentic building design projects with expert building designers, who acted as mentors, in commercial design office situations. The mentors guided student learning by using a cognitive apprenticeship approach to learning, implemented with authentic design projects designed to replicate the everyday culture of practice activities typical of commercial design office operations. This study follows the progress of these students as they worked in collaboration with their mentors in the design and presentation of design solutions developed for the projects. Data about the students' learning experiences in this setting were collected and analysed to determine their learning outcomes, the kinds of knowledge acquired and the means through which knowledge was transferred in the study situation. A holistic interpretivistic approach was used to collect data in three phases. The first of these was a pilot-study with the other two phases providing the main data gathering parts of the study. Much of the focus of the third phase of this study was on verifying findings emergent from analysis of data collected in the first two phases, as well as seeking greater understanding of the study phenomena. Throughout each of the three phases, data were collected from multiple sources, which included interviews, direct observations, personal journals and drawings. Analysis of the data showed that using cognitive apprenticeship learning methods organised around mentor supported authentic projects implemented in authentic commercial design office situations provided successful transfer of declarative, tacit and procedural knowledge from the mentor to the students. This thesis concludes with recommendations for the classroom application of cognitive apprenticeship learning methods, as used by the expert building designers who participated in this research.
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Gradin, Robin, and Joakim Melander. "Insulated Window Shutters in a Swedish Office Building." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189522.
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As a consequence of the increasing energy demand, the European Commission is making stricter regulations concerning energy use. In Sweden, a third of the energy is used by buildings and 60 % of that is used for heating, meaning that there is potential for saving energy in buildings by using it more efficiently. In this report, insulated window shutters are examined in order to see if they have any positive effect on the energy performance in a Swedish office building. The shutters are compared to a baseline scenario and a scenario where low-energy windows are used. Simulations of the different scenarios are carried out in IDA Indoor Climate and Energy where space heating, space cooling and electricity are studied. The simulations serve as a basis for an economic and environmental comparison.The results show the largest reduction in energy use and CO2 emissions by using insulated window shutters in the building, however, they are also the most expensive solution due to investment, installation and maintenance costs. The baseline scenario has the highest energy use but it is also the cheapest one. The shutters are the most cost effective solution to lower the energy use and the CO2 emissions compared to the levels in the baseline scenario.A recommendation for future work is to investigate how to manufacture, operate and implement the shutters in order to make a commercially available product, which includes experiments and case studies.På grund av det ökande energibehovet har den Europeiska kommissionen gjort striktare regleringar angående energianvändning. I Sverige går en tredjedel av energianvändningen till byggnader, varav 60 % går till uppvärmning. Detta gör att det finns potential för energibesparingar i byggnader genom att öka energieffektiviteten.I denna rapport undersöks isolerade fönsterluckor för att se om de kan öka energiprestandan på ett svenskt kontorshus. Luckorna jämförs med ett referensscenario och ett scenario där lågenergifönster används. Simuleringar utförs i programmet IDA Indoor Climate and Energy där värme, kyla och fastighetsel studeras. Dessa simuleringar utgör även en grund för en ekonomi- och miljöanalys.Resultatet visar att den största minskningen i energianvändning och koldioxidutsläpp fås av scenariot med isolerade fönsterluckor men det är också den dyraste lösningen på grund av investerings, drift och underhållskostnader. Referensscenariot har störst energianvändning men är också det billigaste. För att minska energianvändningen och koldioxidutsläppen från nivåerna i referensscenariot är fönsterluckorna det mest kostnadseffektiva alternativet.För framtida arbete rekommenderas att undersöka hur man ska tillverka, driva och implementera luckorna för att kunna göra en tillgänglig kommersiell produkt vilket inkluderar experiment och fältstudier.
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Costanzo, Vincenzo. "Cool Roofs for improving thermal performance of existing EU office buildings." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3822.
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Cool materials are characterized by having a high solar reflectance - which is able to reduce heat gains during daytime - and a high thermal emissivity that enables them to dissipate the heat absorbed throughout the day during night.
Despite the concept of cool roofs - i.e. the application of cool materials to roof surfaces - is well known in US since 1990s, many studies focused on their performance in both residential and commercial sectors under various climatic conditions for US countries, while only a few case studies are analyzed in EU countries.
The present thesis work aims at analyzing the thermal benefits due to their application to existing office buildings located in EU countries. Indeed, due to their weight in the existing buildings stock, as well as the very low rate of new buildings construction, the retrofit of office buildings is a topic of great concern worldwide.
After an in-depth characterization of the existing buildings stock in the EU, the thesis gives an insight into roof energy balance due to different technological solutions, showing in which cases and to what extent cool roofs are preferable.
A detailed description of the physical properties of cool materials and their availability on the market provides a solid background for the parametric analysis carried out by means of detailed numerical models that aims at evaluating cool roofs performance for various climates and office buildings configurations.
With the help of dynamic simulations, the thermal behavior of representative office buildings of the existing EU buildings stock is assessed in terms of thermal comfort and energy needs for air conditioning. The results, which consider several variations of building features that may affect the resulting energy balance, show how cool roofs are an effective strategy for reducing overheating occurrences and thus improving thermal comfort in any climate. On the other hand, potential heating penalties due to a reduction in the heat fluxes passing through the roof are taken into account, as well as the aging process of cool materials.
Finally, an economic analysis of the best performing models shows the boundaries for their economic convenience.
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Hurt, Tom H. (Tom Hamilton). "Work, worship and performance : integrating the office building development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67382.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).
This thesis is the design of an office building which uses the air-rights to an existing church/performance hall. In the design, I try to acknowledge and express underlying economic relationships -- in particular, the funding of cultural facilities by revenue-generating office space. I give a form to each of the major partners of an economic venture and then I intersect and juxtapose them. In the resulting development, the forms integrate in a way that suggests interdependence of the parts. After describing the essential history of the church, the thesis takes the reader graphically through the design starting with the office building. It then describes the block of worker amenities, the shared church/performance hall and their lobby. Finally, it explains the coming together of all the parts on a prominent Boston street corner.
Tom H. Hurt.
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Nasr, Mohsen 1981. "Structural feasibility of a medium-rise timber office building." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31130.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).
Using timber as a structural material for commercial projects will certainly gain importance and popularity in the coming decades as more focus is placed on reducing environmental effects created by a dependence on steel and concrete in the construction industry. Timber is a clean alternative that despite its historical use is too often overlooked by designers when they are choosing materials for ordinary commercial projects like office buildings. This thesis presents a case for using timber as the primary structural material in a medium-rise office building (up to ten stories), where currently only concrete and steel are normally used. The study accomplishes this using a custom structural design for a typical office building and exploring the structural issues that presumably prohibit timber from being used more commonly. Such issues are strength capacity, stiffness, material reliability, natural defects, area of required material, fire protection, and constructability. Addressing these issues in terms of building codes and in general comparison to steel and concrete makes up the bulk of the feasibility study. Future work essential to completing the structural case for timber is also identified, and the study concludes that timber is indeed a viable alternative material in typical office building design. The motivation behind the thesis is one based on obtaining and sharing an introduction to a material that finds little application in traditional engineering education yet will grow to play a large role in the field of structural engineering in the coming age of sustainability-minded design.
by Mohsen Nasr.
M.Eng.
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Khatami, Narguess. "Retrofitted natural ventilation systems for a lightweight office building." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/17820.
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This study aimed to develop retrofitted natural ventilation options and control strategies for existing office buildings to improve thermal comfort, indoor air quality and energy consumption. For this purpose, a typical office building was selected in order to identify opportunities and constraints when implementing such strategies. Actual performance of the case study building was evaluated by conducting quantitative and qualitative field measurements including physical measurements and questionnaire surveys. Based on the actual building performance, a combination of Dynamic Thermal Simulation (using IES) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (using PHOENICS) models were built to develop appropriate natural ventilation options and control strategies to find a balance between energy consumption, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort. Several retrofitted options and control strategies were proposed and the best retrofitted natural ventilation options and control strategies were installed in the case study building. Post occupancy evaluation of the case study building after the interventions was also carried out by conducting physical measurements and questionnaire surveys. Post refurbishment measurements revealed that energy consumption and risk of overheating in the refurbished building were reduced by 9% and 80% respectively. The risk of unacceptable indoor air quality was also reduced by 60% in densely occupied zones of the building. The results of questionnaire surveys also revealed that the percentage of dissatisfied occupants reduced by 80% after intervention. Two new products including a Motorized ceiling tile and NVlogIQ , a natural ventilation wall controller, were also developed based on the results of this study.
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Lu, Yinghao, and Ravi Kiran Musunuri. "Energy Survey and Energy Savings in an Office Building with Aid of Building Software." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Institutionen för teknik och byggd miljö, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3062.
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Simulation is one of the best Analytical tools for Building Research .Energy Efficient Buildings are of great concern which is gaining importance steeply in this energy scarcity’s world. Selected for the thesis work is a small Office building (Mariannelund), located in Jönköping. The building is single-storied with 26 rooms. The study motive involves Energy Survey and to provide, investigate Energy conservation measures. The Energy simulation software used is the IDA indoor climate and energy 3.0. (ICE).Data included was from the provided (Specifications) and with the review of architectural drawings. Energy saving measures was analyzed, documented with respect to their feasibility and practical operational strategies. Measures concerning the modifications in the building envelope; retrofit insulation, shading devices and other improvements leading to savings of energy have been tested and are supplemented with results. The Proposed Model which is with the combined Energy saving measures yields annual energy savings of about 70% and also working efficiency is increased by 37% compared to the existing building’s Baseline model.Considering the economic aspects together with the thermal response of employees the analyzed energy saving measures are highly recommended.
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Hudáková, Katarína. "Administrativní budova pro 21.století." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215884.
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Korolija, Ivan. "Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system energy demand coupling with building loads for office buildings." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/5501.
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The UK building stock accounts for about half of all energy consumed in the UK. A large portion of the energy is consumed by nondomestic buildings. Offices and retail are the most energy intensive typologies within the nondomestic building sector, typically accounting for over 50% of the nondomestic buildings’ total energy consumption. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the largest energy end use in the nondomestic sector, with energy consumption close to 50% of total energy consumption. Different HVAC systems have different energy requirements when responding to the same building heating and cooling demands. On the other hand, building heating and cooling demands depend on various parameters such as building fabrics, glazing ratio, building form, occupancy pattern, and many others. HVAC system energy requirements and building energy demands can be determined by mathematical modelling. A widely accepted approach among building professionals is to use building energy simulation tools such as EnergyPlus, IES, DOE2, etc. which can analyse in detail building energy consumption. However, preparing and running simulations in such tools is usually very complicated, time consuming and costly. Their complexity has been identified as the biggest obstacle. Adequate alternatives to complex building energy simulation tools are regression models which can provide results in an easier and faster way. This research deals with the development of regression models that enable the selection of HVAC systems for office buildings. In addition, the models are able to predict annual heating, cooling and auxiliary energy requirements of different HVAC systems as a function of office building heating and cooling demands. For the first part of the data set development used for the regression analysis, a data set of office building simulation archetypes was developed. The four most typical built forms (open plan sidelit, cellular sidelit, artificially lit open plan and composite sidelit cellular around artificially lit open plan built form) were coupled with five types of building fabric and three levels of glazing ratio. Furthermore, two measures of reducing solar heat gains were considered as well as implementation of daylight control. Also, building orientation was included in the analysis. In total 3840 different office buildings were then further coupled with five different HVAC systems: variable air volume system; constant air volume system; fan coil system with dedicated air; chilled ceiling system with embedded pipes, dedicated air and radiator heating; and chilled ceiling system with exposed aluminium panels, dedicated air and radiator heating. The total number of models simulated in EnergyPlus, in order to develop the input database for regression analysis, was 23,040. The results clearly indicate that it is possible to form a reliable judgement about each different HVAC system’s heating, cooling and auxiliary energy requirements based only on office building heating and cooling demands. High coefficients of determination of the proposed regression models show that HVAC system requirements can be predicted with high accuracy. The lowest coefficient of determination among cooling regression models was 0.94 in the case of the CAV system. HVAC system heating energy requirement regression models had a coefficient of determination above 0.96. The auxiliary energy requirement models had a coefficient of determination above 0.95, except in the case of chilled ceiling systems where the coefficient of determination was around 0.87. This research demonstrates that simplified regression models can be used to provide design decisions for the office building HVAC systems studied. Such models allow more rapid determination of HVAC systems energy requirements without the need for time-consuming (hence expensive) reconfigurations and runs of the simulation program.
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Yunqing, Liang. "Green Facility Management in a Shanghai Office Building : A Case Study of the "Asia Building"." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-41503.
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This paper aims to explore how well green facility management has performed in Shanghai office building and finds the possible way to improve the situation. Together with two interviews, questionnaire based on benchmarking approach is conducted in a case study of the Asia Building, which lead to the conclusion that green facility management has done a fair work in Asia Building, and suggestions that laws and regulations related to green facility management should be established; governmental organization, the Trade Association of Shanghai Property Management, should take responsibility to improve the situation concerning to the issue; property management company should develop a healthy relationship with property owner and occupiers.
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Jenkins, Lloyd. "Geography and architecture : materiality and the Parisian commercial office building." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633112.
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Julião, Mariana Lopes. "Guidelines for scope of work in corporate office building design." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3153/tde-01032019-151600/.
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Project process\' hindrances over office architectural design production are common at civil construction sector, implying on schedule loss, reworks and higher costs. Many academic literature approaches to that hindrance resulted from failure in project process. Predominantly failures concern translating customer needs and expectations into design conditions. This research objectives to propose scope of work guidelines, securing customer satisfaction and avoiding unforeseen additional costs, reworks, schedule and project benefit loss. Additionally, for each guideline proposed, it is suggested an accountable for it (project manager, architect or client). The adopted methodology was the research and analysis of project methodologies from academic literatures, contenting responsibilities definitions and design criteria that should be considered on the approved scope of work. Furthermore, the creation and implementation of an interview plan with one Brazilian high concept corporative architecture firm and its three clients, in a way that it is possible to measure client\'s point of view over contracted project process. Results from the interviews identified scope definition and project process planning hindrances. Then, in comparison with academic literatures, main project and scope of work issues were identified and used as base to the scope of work development guidelines.A produção de projetos de arquitetura e engenharia no setor de construção civil apresenta entraves em seus processos de projeto, que implicam em perda de prazo, aumento de custos de projeto e retrabalhos. Diversos autores abordam falhas na gestão do processo de projeto, principalmente na interpretação das necessidades dos clientes e na definição dos critérios que o projeto deve seguir, alguns não previstos no escopo de contratação entre a empresa de arquitetura e o cliente. Esta pesquisa propõe diretrizes para que as empresas de arquitetura possam, junto ao gerente de projetos dos clientes, definir um escopo de serviços em que retrabalho, custos adicionais, atrasos e a insatisfação do cliente com o processo sejam reduzidos ou evitados. Para cada diretriz, há também a definição de quem é o responsável por executá-la (se o arquiteto ou o cliente). A metodologia utilizada para obtenção desse objetivo foi o levantamento e revisão de bibliografia sobre metodologias de projeto e de contratos de projetos, que auxiliem na definição de responsabilidades, atividades e critérios de projeto. Em acréscimo, foi formulado um roteiro de entrevista e eleita uma empresa de arquitetura corporativa com experiência de mercado no Brasil, assim como três clientes da mesma, de forma a mapear o ponto de vista do cliente sobre o processo empregado pela contratada. Com os resultados das entrevistas, fez-se uma análise comparativa entre os métodos de projeto empregados pela empresa de arquitetura e o encontrado em bibliografia, identificando os principais entraves no desenvolvimento e definição do escopo de serviços. Por fim, tais resultados foram utilizados como base para propor diretrizes para que o escopo de serviços entre arquitetos e clientes prevejam revisões de projeto, traduzam efetivamente as necessidades do cliente e atendam prazos e custos esperados.
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Li, Wu M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Improving energy efficiency in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment -- office building." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55229.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Reducing energy consumption without compromising the quality of products in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment and maintaining the comfort of employees is of critical important in maintaining the financial viability and competence of the company. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system was identified as the major energy consumer in both office building and manufacturing building. The step response model of the office indoor temperature to the operating states of the Air Handling Unit (AHU) was developed. Combined with the working schedule of employees, the AHU operation schedule in the office building was modified to accommodate the working schedule of employees while reducing waste. Motion detection lighting control was implemented in the office area to reduce waste by turning off unnecessary lighting automatically. As a result of new AHU operation schedule, AHU motor electricity usage can be reduced by 10,868 kWh/year and chilled water consumption can be reduced by 79,403 kWh/year. Motion detection lighting control could also result in estimated savings of 54,082 kWh/year.
by Wu Li.
M.Eng.
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Cohen, Valerie. "An exploration of a hyperbolic paraboloid as an office building." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53345.
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The purpose of this thesis was to create a structure that is a result of a hyperbolic paraboloid shell (hypar). As a result of this, a certain order evolved which dictated the form, the structure, and the environmental aspects of the two buildings designed. Through the design of the hypar walls, came the opportunity and/or need for daylighting. This is the conscious design of a building form to use direct sunlight for illumination and thermal benefit. Buildings so designed respond both to direct sunlight and to sunlight modified through diffusion or reflection by the sky vault, clouds, natural or man—made elements of the landscape, and the buildings, themselves. The workers occupying these buildings spend a major portion of their day in a place that could have psychological and physiological effects. Sunlight gives reassuring orientation to time, a place, and weather, as well as producing interior environments that are comfortable, delightful, and productive.Master of Architecture
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Birchall, Sarah Jane. "An appraisal of the performance of a 'green' office building." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2620/.
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The challenges of a `greener' future are now a responsibility for everyone and particularly for the built environment, where sustainable building design is no longer an innovative option but more of a legislative must. Unfortunately significant differences are often found between the design and measured performance of buildings, with many factors contributing towards these discrepancies. This thesis investigates, using Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) techniques, the credibility gap between design and measured performance of a partially occupied `green' office building selected as the case study. The results found that the measured energy consumption was over three times the design estimates, and the performance compared poorly against good practice benchmarks for similar buildings. The study's POE also revealed inefficient control settings, high out-of-hours energy consumption and ineffective building management. This study goes beyond a typical POE as it also includes investigations into how the occupancy variations, and the management strategies applied under these conditions, can impact on building energy performance through the use of simulation modelling techniques. This is an area where very little research has previously been carried out. At the current 50% occupancy levels, potential annual savings of over £30,000 in utility bills and 60% in energy consumption were estimated if more effective management and control was implemented. Social-related aspects of building performance are also investigated. Occupant surveys were conducted and the results were compared to previous findings. The perceived comfort and satisfaction with temperature was the most disappointing finding from the survey, however overall the building was comparable to the average benchmarks, but did not perform well when compared to other `green' office buildings. The study revealed that there is potential for the building to be fine-tuned to perform more efficiently than it currently is, however there must be suitably skilled Facility Management to ensure this is delivered.
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Lin, Frank Ching-Shou. "The integration between design and maintenance of office building automation : a decision support approach." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16058/1/Frank_Lin_Thesis.pdf.
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This research explores the barriers and limitations of the interaction between building development processes in an attempt of an integrated decision support approach to improve building design for effective maintenance in the field of office building automation.
Extensive coverage of literature and practice in office building industry over the last two decades indicates a wide diffusion and application of the information and communication technologies (ICT). While this has resulted in the adoption of advanced system integration in buildings, system redundancy and excessive expenditures are causing a major impact on the overall efficiency and has burdened building owners and occupiers with escalating maintenance costs. This phenomenon stimulates and warrants the re-examination of integrated building development, not just on system integration but also on the interdisciplinary development process integration particularly linking design and maintenance.
Studies in this field revealed existing problems such as the inherent professional fragmentation, lack of historical information and service data, the first cost mentality of owners and developers, difficulties in forecasting future conditions and changes early in the design stage. With extensive use of qualitative information, this situation presents a great potential for the development of a decision support system exploring the communication and integration of design and maintenance phases, which has been one of the primary objectives of this research.
In addition to literature studies, a questionnaire survey and a case study to identify industry concerns, feasible solutions, and practical procedure oriented approaches through knowledge extractions were carried out. A set of guidelines, a checklist for its implementation and prototype system for computerized decision support to design and maintenance of building automation systems were also produced. These strategic approaches to balance design and maintenance will help facilitate appropriate decision making in the early design stage for sustainable maintenance of buildings.
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Lin, Frank Ching-Shou. "The integration between design and maintenance of office building automation : a decision support approach." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16058/.
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This research explores the barriers and limitations of the interaction between building development processes in an attempt of an integrated decision support approach to improve building design for effective maintenance in the field of office building automation.
Extensive coverage of literature and practice in office building industry over the last two decades indicates a wide diffusion and application of the information and communication technologies (ICT). While this has resulted in the adoption of advanced system integration in buildings, system redundancy and excessive expenditures are causing a major impact on the overall efficiency and has burdened building owners and occupiers with escalating maintenance costs. This phenomenon stimulates and warrants the re-examination of integrated building development, not just on system integration but also on the interdisciplinary development process integration particularly linking design and maintenance.
Studies in this field revealed existing problems such as the inherent professional fragmentation, lack of historical information and service data, the first cost mentality of owners and developers, difficulties in forecasting future conditions and changes early in the design stage. With extensive use of qualitative information, this situation presents a great potential for the development of a decision support system exploring the communication and integration of design and maintenance phases, which has been one of the primary objectives of this research.
In addition to literature studies, a questionnaire survey and a case study to identify industry concerns, feasible solutions, and practical procedure oriented approaches through knowledge extractions were carried out. A set of guidelines, a checklist for its implementation and prototype system for computerized decision support to design and maintenance of building automation systems were also produced. These strategic approaches to balance design and maintenance will help facilitate appropriate decision making in the early design stage for sustainable maintenance of buildings.
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Serrato, Margaret Gilchrist. "Building based communication research." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22994.
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Ugursal, Ahmet. "Integration Of Natural Ventilation To Office Building Typology In The Ankara Context: A Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1042720/index.pdf.
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Together with a global concern for the reduction and conservation of energy, the oil crisis of 1973 brought about a turning point in the design of buildings. Responses in this vein were mostly concentrated on the simplistic one of sealing the building against outdoor conditions. This approach towards energy consumption, associated with the introduction of air-conditioning systems, led to different problems such as Sick Building Syndrome. Lack of user satisfaction also appeared to be a common complaint in such sealed, air-conditioned buildings, leading to a marked drop in employee efficiency and, hence, return on capital investments.
In this study, Emek iShani, a sealed office building located in Ankara, whose curtain wall system was renovated in 2001, was investigated in terms of its natural ventilation potential under two sub-topics. With a survey conducted, user perception towards environmental conditions, and health problems they suffered were investigated. With a computer simulation, natural ventilation potential of the building in terms of energy consumption was examined.
It was resulted from the survey that building occupants have serious health problems. They are also not satisfied with the way the ventilation system functions and most of the occupants liked to have a window opening to outside in order to adjust the inner conditions. It was resulted from the computer simulation that integration of natural ventilation did not make any significant difference in the annual energy consumption of the building. On the other hand, cooling loads of the building were eliminated in summer months. As a result, introduction of natural ventilation appeared to be an appropriate tool for more user satisfaction and energy conservation.
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Costanzo, Matteo. "Adapting building design to climate change for an office building in Stockholm through solar control techniques." Thesis, KTH, Hållbara byggnader, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-287452.
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Climate change will affect many human activities and sectors. Among those, the built environment will face several challenges with respect to the varying climate conditions. The present study investigated the global warming impacts on energy demand and indoor climate comfort for an office building in Stockholm. Considering a service life of 50 years, the future climate conditions were investigated for the only air temperature increase in 2070, in accordance with the medium forecasted greenhouse gas emissions scenario provided by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Another climate morphing approach was adopted to develop the climate file for the year 2080 considering the variation of all the weather parameters. Three different passive cooling solutions, such as external roller shade, electrochromic glazing, and internally ventilated shading, have been implemented in the case study building to decrease the cooling demand. The characteristics of the strategies were preliminarily assessed and then implemented into the building energy simulation software IDA-ICE to evaluate the energy performances with respect to the different climates. The results indicated that an increment of the cooling demand and a reduction of the heating usage will be experienced in the future. The different morphing approaches displayed the inherent uncertainties when future evaluations are performed, although similar weather patterns were found. The improvement of the solar and optical properties, such as the introduction of the exhaust air extraction and the electrochromic technology, implied a lower cooling and ventilation usage. The EC technology reported the lowest cooling demand, while the internally ventilated shading option outperformed the others in terms of annual energy consumption.Klimatförändringar kommer att påverka många mänskliga aktiviteter och sektorer. Bland dem kommer den byggda miljön att möta flera utmaningar med avseende på de olika klimatförhållandena. Denna studie undersökte effekterna av den globala uppvärmningen på energibehovet och inomhusklimatkomforten för en kontorsbyggnad i Stockholm. Med hänsyn till en livslängd på 50 år undersöktes de framtida klimatförhållandena för ökningen av lufttemperaturen utomhus till 2070, i enlighet med det medelprognoserade växthusgasutsläppsscenariot som tillhandahålls av International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). En annan klimatförändringsmetod antogs för att utveckla klimatfilen för år 2080 med tanke på variationen i alla väderparametrar. Tre olika passiva kyllösningar, såsom utvändigt solskydd (vertikalmarkis med screenväv), elektrokromt glas och invändigt ventilerat solskydd, har implementerats i fallstudiebyggnaden för att minska kylbehovet. Karaktären av strategierna utvärderades preliminärt och implementerades sedan i programvaran för byggenergisimulering IDA-ICE för att utvärdera energiprestanda med avseende på de olika klimaten. Resultaten indikerade att en ökning av kylbehovet och en minskning av värmeanvändningen kommer att ske i framtiden. De olika klimatförändringsmetoderna visade de inneboende/medföljande osäkerheterna när framtida utvärderingar utförs, även om liknande vädermönster hittades. De passiva kyllösningarnas reducering av total solenergitransmission, såsom införandet av frånluftsutsug och den elektrokroma tekniken, innebar en lägre kyl- och ventilationsanvändning. EC-tekniken rapporterade det lägsta kylbehovet, medan det invändiga ventilerade solskyddet överträffade de andra när det gäller årlig energiförbrukning.
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Alulayet, Mansour A. "Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137.
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Saudi Arabia has developed a prescriptive energy building code to achieve low energy consumption in office buildings through setting minimum requirements for each building envelope characteristics. This thesis argues that new measures are needed to improve the energy efficiency office buildings in Saudi Arabia to meet new targets worldwide and in the region. To understand what measures should be used the thesis investigates the Saudi energy building code set of requirements for office buildings. By understanding, how significant the external heat loads from the extreme climatic conditions can affect the Saudi building energy performance. As a consequence of the climate, the building envelope parameters and the building typology significantly influences the active energy systems in the building. It is argued that the Saudi energy building code can evolve to a stronger tool for high-performance buildings by moving to performance-based code. The methodology to address these issues was setting a full simulation series starting from a real office building data for calibration, then developing a group of reference buildings for the simulation runs. The simulations were examining the building envelope variables. A sensitivity analysis of building envelope variables and development of energy provisions for windows where needed. The SBC expected to achieve a worldwide energy efficacy level in office buildings. However, the findings have presented that by tweaking the façade requirements the total energy consumption dropped from 150 to 106 kWh/m2 a year. Improvements in technologies and cost efficiency buildings, energy could drop to as low as 81.5 kWh/m2 a year, to go further internal loads need to be investigated.
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Lapioli, Simone. "Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS." Thesis, KTH, Installations- och energisystem, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992.
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The energy retrofit of existing buildings has always been a challenging task to accomplish. The example of the Swecohuset building, proves how an integrated approach design between architectural and energetic aspects as well as the use of well-known and efficient technologies are key aspects to achieve the energy-saving goal. This work, in the first part describes the Swecohuset retrofit process, along with the reasons behind the choices which have led to the current result of a reduction by 2/3 of the energy need for space conditioning purposes. Then, in the second part, after a brief focus on the passive aspects which characterize the current energy performance of the building, it is carried out a feasibility analysis of an EWIS (external wall insulation system) by studying its interaction with a complex system as an optimization problem, with the main purpose of understanding the basis of the BPO and explore further building potentialities.SIRen
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Landmark, David. "The WELL Building StandardA Study of Bengt Dahlgren's office in Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-256069.
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Throughout our lives, we spend approximately 80–90% of our time indoors, and the environment which wereside in is a key factor determining our comfort and well-being. A favorable indoor environment can enhance our quality of life whereas a less than favorable environment may have the opposite effect. A key ambition of several Green Building Certifications is the desire to reduce a building’s environmental impact and energy consumption, and, in addition, the ambition to provide a satisfying indoor environment.The WELL Building Standard (WELL) is an up and coming green building certification explicitly embracing comfort, health and well-being in the built environment. The standard covers seven over-arching topics forwhich the indoor environment is evaluated by; Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort, andMind. Compared to well-established Green Building Certifications like LEED, BREEAM and Miljöbyggnad, the WELL standard is newly introduced on the Swedish market with few current applications. The purpose of this report is to apply WELL for Bengt Dahlgren’s office in Stockholm and provide resultsdemonstrating to what extent the office satisfies the certification. The report will also provide recommendedmeasures so as to reach a desired WELL certification grade. Furthermore, the compliance between WELL and the Swedish Green Building Certification Miljöbyggnad will be studied. The study has been carried out byreviewing the relevant policy, property and equipment documents; conducting technical measurements; andinspecting the conditions of the office area and its surroundings. Correspondence with stakeholders and actorsknowledgeable of the current state of the office have been a constant element throughout the project. The results show that Bengt Dahlgren’s office currently do not fulfill the required preconditions to be eligiblefor a WELL certification. However, if those preconditions were to be addressed, a completed certificationwould result in a grade corresponding to Silver. By implementing the recommendations provided by the authorit should also be possible to reach the higher certification grade Gold. The study furthermore concludes that WELL and Miljöbyggnad only demonstrate limited overlap. By evaluating Bengt Dahlgren’s office in Stockholm, this report strives to give insight for how a Swedish office facility comply with the WELL certification. The work should also give light to new perspectives and applications regarding health, comfortand well-being which may not be included in traditional Green Building Certifications. The compliance for WELL with Swedish regulations, standards and norms have been treated in this report, however, the topic can be suggested as an area for future work, as there is room for an explicit study concerning this.Vi spenderar uppskattningsvis 80–90% av våra liv inomhus och miljön vi vistas i är en avgörande faktor för vårhälsa och välmående. En gynnsam inomhusmiljö kan förhöja vår livskvalité medan en ogynnsam miljö kan haden motsatta effekten. En väsentlig ambition för flera miljöcertifieringar är önskan att reducera byggnaders miljöpåverkan och energikonsumtion, samt, därutöver, strävan efter att förse en behaglig inomhusmiljö.WELL Building Standard (WELL) är en miljöcertifiering som uteslutande behandlar komfort, hälsa och välmående i inomhusmiljön. Certifieringen täcker sju övergripande koncept som inomhusmiljön utvärderasefter; Luft, Vatten, Kost, Ljus, Motion, Komfort och Sinnesupplevelse. Jämfört med konventionellamiljöcertifieringar som LEED, BREEAM och Miljöbyggnad så är WELL nyintroducerad på den svenskamarknaden med få tillämpningar i dagsläget. Syftet med det här arbetet är att applicera WELL för Bengt Dahlgrens kontor i Stockholm och frambringa resultatet som visar på hur väl kontoret uppfyller certifieringen. Arbetet kommer även tillhandahållare kommenderade åtgärder för hur en önskad certifieringsnivå kan nås. Därutöver kommer överenstämmelsen mellan WELL och den svenska miljöcertifieringen Miljöbyggnad studeras. Arbetat har utförts genomgranskning av relevanta policy-, fastighets- och utrustningsdokument; utförande av tekniska mätningar; och inspektioner av förhållanden vid kontoret och dess omgivning. Korrespondens med aktörer närvarande vid byggnadens uppförande samt aktörer insatta i byggnadens nuvarande förhållanden har hållits genomgående under projektets gång. De framtagna resultaten visar på att Bengt Dahlgrens kontor i nuläget inte uppfyller de nödvändiga skallkrav för att vara berättigad en certifiering. Ifall dessa skallkrav vore åtgärdade skulle en certifiering generera ett betygmotsvarande Silver. Genom att implementera de åtgärder som rekommenderas av författaren kan kontoret även nå det högre betyget Guld. Arbetet visar dessutom på att WELL och Miljöbyggnad endast erhåller en begränsad överensstämmelse. Genom att utvärdera Bengt Dahlgrens kontor i Stockholm ämnar det här arbetetge en insikt i hur en svensk fastighet står sig gentemot WELL. Arbetet hoppas också ge utrymme åt nya perspektiv och tillämpningar av hälsa, komfort och välmående i byggnader, som kanske inte är inkluderade i traditionella miljöcertifieringar. Överensstämmelsen för WELL med svenska regler, standarder och normer kan föreslås som ett område lämpligt för framtida studier. Även om detta ämne har studerats i denna rapport så finns det utrymme för att genomföra en djupare studie som behandlar detta.
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Bakhtiari, Hossein. "Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Night Ventilation in a Historic Office Building in Nordic Climate." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-33941.
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Envelopes with low thermal performance are common characteristics in European historic buildings resulting in insufficient thermal comfort and higher energy use compared to modern buildings. There are different types of applications for the European historic buildings such as historic churches, historic museums, historic theatres, etc. In historic buildings refurbished to offices, it is vital to improve thermal comfort for the staff. Improving thermal comfort should not increase, preferably reduce, energy use in the building. The overall aim in this research is to explore how to improve thermal comfort in historic buildings without increasing, preferably reducing, energy use with the application of non-intrusive methods. This is done in form of a case study in Sweden. Thermal comfort issues in the case study building are determined through a field study. The methods include field measurements with thermal comfort equipment, data logging on BMS, and evaluating the occupant’s perception of a summer and a winter period indoor environment using a standardized questionnaire. According to questionnaire and thermal comfort measurements results, it is revealed that the summer period has the most dissatisfied occupants, while winter thermal comfort is satisfactory – but not exceptionally good. Accordingly, natural heat sinks could be used in form of NV, as a non/intrusive method, in order to improve thermal comfort in the building. For the historic building equipped with mechanical ventilation, NV strategy has the potential to both improve thermal comfort and reduce the total electricity use for cooling (i.e. electricity use in the cooling machine + the electricity use in the ventilation unit’s fans). It could decrease the percentage of exceedance hours in offices by up to 33% and reduce the total electricity use for cooling by up to 40%. The optimal (maximum) NV rate (i.e. the potential of NV strategy) is dependent on the thermal mass capacity of the building, the available NV cooling potential (dependent on the ambient air temperature), COP value of the cooling machine, the SFP model of the fans (low SFP value for high NV rate is optimal), and the offices’ door scheme (open or closed doors).
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Matshili, Humbulani Emmanuel. "Post occupancy evaluation of an office building : the case of country club estate, Johannesburg." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018554.
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Most organisations nowadays want to build offices that are cost effective, but at the same time they forget to consider the impact of IEQ on the occupants’ wellbeing and performance. These offices are equipped with air-conditioners, which may impact negatively on performances if not monitored, controlled and maintained. An occupant’s performance may be accelerated or reduced, based on the effectiveness of IEQ in the office buildings. It is imperative that the employer or management create a work environment that is conducive to the occupants’ needs, so that the occupants may be able to improve their work performance that often yields increased productivity. The main aim of the study was to investigate the efficiency of a building’s Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and how it affects workers with regard to productivity. The objectives of the study were: to determine the level of satisfaction of the occupants in terms of the IEQ, evaluate the effects that the current IEQ of the building has on the productivity of the occupants, and proffer solutions to identified problems so that the building performance can be improved, and similar future buildings can be improved upon in terms of IEQ. Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) was utilised to conduct the evaluation. This will help stakeholders and managements to ensure that past mistakes committed are not repeated in the future buildings. POE analyses IEQ related to Indoor Air Quality (IEQ), thermal comfort, occupant’s satisfaction and occupant performance and productivity. There is a correlation between different indoor parameters of the occupants’ satisfaction, health and productivity at the workplace. For these correlations to complement each other successfully, IEQ factors must be conducive to human wellbeing. Workplace environments are perceived as unsafe and unhygienic. This situation is caused by poor planning of workstations, low indoor air quality, inappropriate lighting in the office, lack of ventilation and insufficient safety measures. In particular, findings of this study demonstrate the low level of occupants’ satisfaction with regard to office buildings in the Country Club Estate, Johannesburg. The results from this study show that POE is perceived to be completely new to occupants of the Country Club Estate. Management or stakeholders have a huge task ahead to address the benefits of implementing POE and to face the consequences if POE is not implemented.
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Bergman, Erik. "Evaluation of ventilation for an office building : Situated in Gävle, Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-17274.
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Since the CO 2-emissions and electricity prices are ever increasing many companies have tried to reduce their energy consumption in order to reduce both CO2-emissions and the cost of using energy. Therefore, in this article an office building situated in Sweden have been investigated with its current ventilation flow and what saving poten-tials can be made from heat recovery and a different ventilation flow in regards to health, energy and cost. Empirical data have been collected to be able to calculate ener-gy savings made by heat recovery and new ventilation flow. A ventilation flow of 25 l/s per office were chosen and that the conference room should have at least 3 l/s per m² the dining room and locker was not investigated thoroughly and therefore a ventilation flow from the recommendations of Sweden was followed. The total flows became, 530 l/s respectively 630 l/s for the top and bottom floor. A rotating heat exchanger with an es-timated efficiency of 80% was used for heat recovery and through the two methods combined an energy reduction up to 96,4 % for heating and 83,4 % from the electricity could be reduced.
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Törnblom, Gudrun. "The Integrated Negotiator : A Look into the Role of the Conservation Officer at the Planning and Building Office." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-90308.
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This thesis looks into what it can be like to work as a conservation officer at a planning and building office in a Swedish municipality. Through five interviews with different conservation officers I have researched their perception of their role as conservation officers and their personal experiences of theirevery day professional work. The thesis topic has its starting point in my understanding that there has been a shift in the role of the conservation officer during the last couple of decades towards a more explicit partaking in urban physical planning. Much because it is seen as a more powerful tool and place to be in for more effective preservation and maintenance of built cultural heritage. In order to relate the outcomes of my interviews I have laid out a context made out of theories on rational as well as communicative planning; how the professional role is created, sustained and developed and organizational culture and value-analysis of built cultural heritage. The interviews lead up to a discussion where I reflect on the importance for such professionals to have communicative skills of listening, learning, negotiating, and be able to communicate your own interest in a pedagogical manner. The interviews also show that there can be seen to exist some differences in the roles of the more traditional free-standing conservation officer working at the museum and the more integrated conservation officer working in the planning and building office. The organizational structures at the museum and the planning and building office are different and the organizations have different goals (one stands for preservation, the other for development). This means that the conservation officer at the planning and building office need to use a different kind of strategy in order to achieve their goals. They are involved in planning projects for a longer period of time which means that they have the possibility to influence the planning processes more than once. It also means that they need to learn how to pick their fights and realize when to take step back. They also need to be prepared to negotiate and compromise with other interests in the planning processes. The organizational culture at the working place is important for how efficiently the work is carried out. As a professional it is important to feel that your task has support from your colleagues and that there are possibilities to influence the processes going on at the working place. The interviews also show that there are difficulties in making good valueassessments of cultural heritage and that such ground material is often difficult to understand for people working outside of the cultural heritage sector. One aspect is that it might be difficult to include all types of values, and that the conservation officer is the only one partaking in the process which can lead to values lost and that the process does not include a range of voices. Another aspect is that the ground material lack a sense of practicality in that there is no explaining what is actually possible to do with the cultural heritage sites. Other parties in the planning processes need suggestions on how the built cultural heritage can be developed, not only on how it should be preserved.
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Nordstrand, Lina. "Health and wellbeing in Swedish office buildings : A study on WELL Building Standard, Swedish legislation and Miljöbyggnad." Thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-207190.
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Environmental certification systems has, apart from improving the environment, contributed to buildings with a better indoor air quality. The realization of this has led to the next focus in the built environment, building for occupant health and wellbeing. It is recognized that if buildings are designed with the occupant health and wellbeing at center, it increases employee productivity and reduce absenteeism, which in turn yields economic benefits for a business. This thesis project is set out to investigate how building for occupant health and wellbeing can be done in Swedish office buildings. The project is partly based on the relatively new WELL Building Standard, a tool for certifying, measuring and monitoring the functions of a building in terms of health and wellbeing. The largest part of the project is the analysis, where WELL Building Standard is compared to Swedish legislation as well as the Swedish environmental certification system Miljöbyggnad. A literature study is also included in order to see how the health situation looks like in Sweden, and what aspects are the most important to highlight in the scope of this thesis. The thesis project is a pilot study of the health and wellbeing in Swedish offices and it shows that Swedish legislation includes a large number of issues set forth in WELL Building Standard. In some cases, Swedish legislation goes quite a bit further than WELL and in some cases Swedish projects can gather inspiration from WELL in order to build even healthier. Miljöbyggnad also fulfills some of the subjects presented in WELL. As WELL Building Standard is a very extensive system, not all parts of it could be included in the analysis of this project. There are a lot of further research that needs to be conducted before drawing too general conclusions on how Swedish projects perform on the aspects of health and wellbeing. Generally, WELL is a useful system if a project intends to be as healthy as can be, even though the project does not use it to be certified. The system provides the building owners with arguments they can use to communicate how the building may benefit health and wellbeing to the tenants, as WELL puts the human at center rather than the building.Miljöcertifieringar har, utöver att bidra till en bättre miljö, bidragit till att byggnader fått bättre inomhusklimat. Upptäckten av detta har lett till nästa fokus i den byggda miljön, att bygga hälsosamt för människorna som lever i byggnaden. Det är erkänt att om byggnader är planerade och byggda med människornas hälsa och välmående i fokus så ökar de anställdas produktivitet och frånvaron minskar, vilket i sin tur bidrar med ekonomiska fördelar för företag. Målet med denna masteruppsats är att undersöka hur svenska kontorsbyggnader kan planeras och byggas med hälsa och välmående i fokus. Projektet är delvis baserat på det amerikanska systemet WELL Building Standard, som är relativt ny på den svenska marknaden. Det är ett system för certifiering, mätning och övervakning av en byggnads funktioner inom områdena hälsa och välmående. Den största delen av uppsatsen utgörs av analysen, där WELL jämförs med svensk lagstiftning samt det svenska miljöcertifieringssystemet Miljöbyggnad. En litteraturstudie är också inkluderad för att undersöka hur hälsoläget ser ut i Sverige och vilka aspekter av hälsa och välmående som är viktigast att betona inom omfattningen av detta projekt. Projektet är en pilotstudie om hälsa och välmående i svenska kontorsbyggnader och den visar att svensk lagstiftning innehåller ett stort antal frågor som presenteras i WELL Building Standard. I några fall så går den svenska lagstiftningen steget längre än kraven i WELL och i vissa fall så finns inspiration att hämta från standarden för svenska projekt som vill bygga mer hälsosamt. Miljöbyggnad uppfyller också en del krav som presenteras i WELL. WELL Building Standard är ett väldigt omfattande system, och därför kunde inte alla delar ur systemet inkluderas i analysen i detta projekt. Det är en del framtida forskning som krävs innan alltför generella slutsatser kan dras om hur svenska projekt presterar i fråga om hälsa och välmående. Generellt så är WELL ett bra system att använda om ett projekt siktar på att bli så hälsosamt som möjligt, även om projektet inte använder systemet för certifiering. Systemet ger byggnadens ägare argument de kan använda för att kommunicera hur byggnaden bidrar till hälsa och välmående till och för hyresgästerna, eftersom WELL sätter människan i centrum istället för byggnaden.
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Aderskog, Mikael, and Christopher Hoff. "Energi- och kostnadseffektiva klimatskal : För lager-, industri- och kontorsbyggnader." Thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-129517.
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A study to optimize insulation thickness for stock-, industrial- and office-buildings for external walls and roof in an economical perspective has been conducted on behalf of DynaMate. DynaMate’s role is to maintain all Scania’s buildings. Analysis has also included other parts of the building envelope, such as windows, exterior doors and industrial doors. In this thesis, three different types of exterior wall constructions has been investigated, these are a sandwich design consisting of sheet metal and a another one consisting of concrete, as well as a wall of concrete with a coating of plasters. Furthermore, two types of roof structures have been studied, these are TRP-sheets and a concrete structure, both of which are externally isolated. For all types of building envelopes, different standard thicknesses of insulation have been used and the U-value of the windows has been varied. To calculate the energy needed for the different kinds of buildings, the program IDA Indoor Climate and Energy has been used. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis of the air tightness has been implemented for the building envelope. Based on the program results LCC (Life-cycle cost) calculations have been carried out for all combinations, thus be able to form an idea of the combination and what kind of structure that is most economically tenable. A thermograph study was conducted in an existing warehouse at Scania. Observations show that the connection between the sandwich material of sheet metal and the foundation wall is flawed as this has a much lower thermal resistance compared to other parts of the building envelope. An alternative connection was developed which reduces the heat loss to one-fifth of the initial connection. An analysis regarding the companies approach to the vapour barrier in roof structures for industrial buildings has been investigated from a moisture standpoint. The analysis shows that without a functioning vapour barrier the moisture content in the construction increases over time, which leads to increased heating costs. The conclusion of this study shows that a reduction of insulation thickness for all types of studied buildings is more economically tenable than increasing the thickness. This is mainly due to the high cost of capital that the company uses for these investments. This means that any savings on cooling and heating costs very quickly is overthrown by the interest rate of the additional cost of the investment.
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Clément, Paul Francois. "Building energy retrofitting: from energy audit to renovation proposals : The case of an office building in France." Thesis, KTH, Byggvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103243.
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Abstract The built environment is responsible for 40% of the global energy demand (1). To reduce building energy consumption, regulations are enhancing the appeal of sustainable constructions. Nevertheless, the rate of construction is low in most of developed countries. Efforts are to be made in existing buildings, namely in office buildings, which are statistically more energy-consuming than residential buildings (3). To conduct an adapted energy retrofitting, an energy audit can be realized as a pre-study. The first step is to realize an inventory of fixture of the building equipment. From that analysis, the building behavior and consumption are modeled with the help of dynamic simulation software. A comparison with the real life energy consumption guides the study to obtain a model close to reality. Energy retrofitting plans can then be created, based on this model and on the inventory of fixture phase. If technically adapted, each retrofitting solution is evaluated in terms of investment cost and energy savings. Building energy audits and recommendation phases are not unique and normalized procedures. More advanced and complex calculations and measurements can improve the result accuracy. Nevertheless, the introduced approach gives a first understanding of a building, by analyzing its strengths and its weaknesses. As a result, the proposed retrofitting solutions are suited to each specific building. This renovation plan can then be used as a first-decision making tool for the various stakeholders included in the retrofitting project. Abstract The built environment is responsible for 40% of the global energy demand (1). To reduce building energy consumption, regulations are enhancing the appeal of sustainable constructions. Nevertheless, the rate of construction is low in most of developed countries. Efforts are to be made in existing buildings, namely in office buildings, which are statistically more energy-consuming than residential buildings (3). To conduct an adapted energy retrofitting, an energy audit can be realized as a pre-study. The first step is to realize an inventory of fixture of the building equipment. From that analysis, the building behavior and consumption are modeled with the help of dynamic simulation software. A comparison with the real life energy consumption guides the study to obtain a model close to reality. Energy retrofitting plans can then be created, based on this model and on the inventory of fixture phase. If technically adapted, each retrofitting solution is evaluated in terms of investment cost and energy savings. Building energy audits and recommendation phases are not unique and normalized procedures. More advanced and complex calculations and measurements can improve the result accuracy. Nevertheless, the introduced approach gives a first understanding of a building, by analyzing its strengths and its weaknesses. As a result, the proposed retrofitting solutions are suited to each specific building. This renovation plan can then be used as a first-decision making tool for the various stakeholders included in the retrofitting project. Abstract The built environment is responsible for 40% of the global energy demand (1). To reduce building energy consumption, regulations are enhancing the appeal of sustainable constructions. Nevertheless, the rate of construction is low in most of developed countries. Efforts are to be made in existing buildings, namely in office buildings, which are statistically more energy-consuming than residential buildings (3). To conduct an adapted energy retrofitting, an energy audit can be realized as a pre-study. The first step is to realize an inventory of fixture of the building equipment. From that analysis, the building behavior and consumption are modeled with the help of dynamic simulation software. A comparison with the real life energy consumption guides the study to obtain a model close to reality. Energy retrofitting plans can then be created, based on this model and on the inventory of fixture phase. If technically adapted, each retrofitting solution is evaluated in terms of investment cost and energy savings. Building energy audits and recommendation phases are not unique and normalized procedures. More advanced and complex calculations and measurements can improve the result accuracy. Nevertheless, the introduced approach gives a first understanding of a building, by analyzing its strengths and its weaknesses. As a result, the proposed retrofitting solutions are suited to each specific building. This renovation plan can then be used as a first-decision making tool for the various stakeholders included in the retrofitting project.
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Pok, Yuk-fu. "Building energy conservation and the environment in Hong Kong : a case study of glazing wall office building /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19945929.
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Kantola, Dunja. "Socially Sustainable Office Buildings - A better business for everyone." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-416343.
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Buildings account for 39 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions, therefore the way buildings are constructed and utilized plays an important role in the transition to a sustainable future. Environmental Certification Systems (ECS) functions as a catalysator for sustainable solutions within the building industry and is seen as a hygiene factor for property owners today. The market offers numerous environmental certifications for buildings to choose from, and Swedish property owners are frequently users of them. However, most of the environmental certification systems does not cover the social aspects of sustainability that directly include human health and wellbeing in the building. This has led to the creation of the sustainability certification WELL Building Standard – a global certification system for buildings that exclusively addresses the users in the building, in terms of health and wellbeing. There are currently 298 WELL-certified projects around the world, and in Sweden there are six property companies that have registered different project for the certification. Due to the Swedish property owners’ relatively modest efforts regarding the social sustainability work, this paper explores what the drivers is for these six companies into working with a WELL-certification. By exploring that, this study aims to contribute to the understanding on what can drive the willingness of corporations to invest in sustainability certifications in general, and in what ways a WELL-certification can fill a potential gap in the Swedish property market. The findings reveal that a WELL-certification has a unique selling point due to its human-centred approach. It can be a beneficial tool, both for property companies, who may attract new clients, as well as for the tenants that are renting their space, in terms of increasing their own employer brand and corporate reputation. According to Herzberg’s two-factor theory, this human centred approach can be used as motivation factor for the property owners, rather than a hygiene factor. The findings also reveal that there is a need in society for addressing health issues, due to the increasing numbers of sick leave in Sweden the past years. Furthermore, the study reveals that there have been a “competence gap” in the built environment for addressing this kind of issues and that a WELL-certification is therefore helpful in addressing areas of the built environment that the property owners never have thought of before.
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Lee, Kai-Yip, and 李繼業. "Indoor air pathogens and HVAC systems in office buildings." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255929.
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Zigenfus, Richard E. "Element analysis of the green building process /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/8040.
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Adjei, Eunice Akyereko. "Multi-objective optimisation of building design variables and its impact on office building performance : a case for Ghana." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43345/.
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Multi-objective optimisation of building design variables is an appropriate and robust approach in assessing office building performance. Conversely, in developing country contexts like Ghana there is lack of credible building design variables from scientific and technical journals. The main research problem was low building performance assessment by building professionals in Ghana resulting in high cooling energy utilization and indoor environmental discomfort within the commercial building sector. Overall, the aim of the research was to use cost effective low energy technologies to optimize the building design variables to achieve recommended good practice for energy utilization of service equipment and indoor environmental performance in office building. Research questions addressed in this research included the following: 1. How does local building professionals’ practices impact on design variables used in performance assessment, and are occupants’ comfortable as well as satisfied with building performance in Ghana? 2. Are the building fabrics used in Ghana suitable for enhancing building performance? 3. How can the building performance design variables from survey questionnaires and experimental assessments be optimized? 4. Are the existing economic benefit assessment tools adequate for fast accurate decision making in comparing recommended good practice for cooling load by CIBSE Guides in hot-humid climate? The following creative and novel methodologies were used for this research: 1. Survey questionnaires using Bristol Online Survey Tool for the administration and acquisition of responses from participants. 2. Experimental assessment of selected fabrics from Ghana and creative parametric fabrics using both TCi Thermal Analyser and AutoPore IV mercury intrusion Porosimeter. 3. Computer simulations for optimised design variables using ESDL Tas. Finally, Design of creative comparator decision making tool for economic benefit assessment of the optimised computer simulations design variables. The selected significant findings from the application of the creative and novel methodologies in addition to the corresponding implications are summarised as follows: 1. An average of 16% of all building professionals do assess design variables associated with its practices with about 60% building professionals satisfied with Ghana building regulations, on the contrary, highly recommended for an improvement on the regulations. 2. Experimental assessment of representative selected Ghana building fabrics and enhanced parametric studies meets the thermo-physical properties outlined in the CIBSE Guide standards, with the range of thermal conductivity being 0.2 to 0.7W/m2K. 3. From the creative computer simulation outcomes, the cooling load of the base case is about 10 times more than the recommended good cooling load practice outlined in CIBSE Guides. The optimised computer simulation single wall layer building design model was achieved using optimum low transmittance building fabrics, optimum internal conditions and low chilled beam technology. 4. From the economic benefit assessment, an increasing trend of inverse correlation between difference in modification cost with cooling load reduction was observed. That is, for reduction in cooling load, there is an increasing cost in modification. For example, for reduction of cooling load of 40% from Case 1 to Case 3, there is a corresponding increase in modification cost of 79.4%. 5. Representative office occupants are generally satisfied and comfortable with building performance in Ghana. The above findings have compounded extreme implications on the local building professionals’ practices, leading to subsequently high cooling load, hence the rising energy utilization of service equipment in non-residential buildings. Finally, the overall aim of achieving the recommended good practice for service equipment energy utilization in commercial buildings was not accomplished for the cooling load. This is due to the difference in cooling load calendar used by CIBSE Guide and hot-humid climate, Ghana. In conclusion, an optimised low cost computer simulation of single wall layer envelope design, with cooling load of 120 kW/m2 for floor area and acceptable indoor environmental quality has been achieved in this research. It is strongly, recommended that, performance assessment should be incorporated into building permit issuing process using the designed creative feedback chart designed in this research.
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Cheng, Jeang-Liarng, and 陳敬良. "THE ASSESSMENT ON BUILDING EQUIPMENT LEVEL FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29418691105068930642.
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Shen, Chan-chong, and 沈建仲. "Apple Newspaper Office Building Design." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d4pr64.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
建築及都市設計研究所
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Main content of this research; The newspaper office construction and life type, informations of the information societies spread how the technology affect the contemporary and living space, inquisition, analytical, establish the programming the design the principle, and make use of in Apple Daily newspaper office building design the programming design, it study to configure the study that include related research''s treatise, the establishment and applications of the research method, and the office building programs the construction and programming an operation etc. of principle, this research is main of related content: (1) The problem definition (2) Cultural heritage review and sorting (3) Design the thesis research method (4) The newspaper office building programming designs analysis and establishments of principle (5) The newspaper office building programs the design to plan the book the explanation (6) The times in information technology descends the study- Apple Daily newspaper office building programming design project that traditional news agency type change (7) Examine and conclusion. This research makes use of the cultural heritage to look back the method first, collecting the related cultural heritage of the information society, understanding the basic meaning of the information society, development content, and match with the research, inquisition analysis and record to hold to tidy up the analytical program through the table, establish the newspaper office building the programming the design the operation the principle, the conduct and actions understanding develops the programming of the new newspaper office building design to consult. The social characteristic, newspaper office organization type and functions such as a dynamic state, complexity for cause and diverse etc. top of the network society certanly will will have the change, the social innate character has risen the basic variety, should handle, resolve and design the newspaper office space and problems from the angle that" change", so is to organize the changes of the construction and design the development, human resource to manage etc. to all need to respond the social innate character and values no matter, so that then can make the newspaper office transact the flexible usage that the space has the adaptability and dynamic state simultaneously and fully, and can respond the challenge that the society of the future change. Will aim at the network society and backgrounds to carry on the investigation first, study immediately after will try through" change" of standpoint, consider the newspaper office organization while face the impact of the globalization and network society, the change direction that should adopt, the changes that extension inquire into a traditional society to transact the space to the modern society and information societies to transact the space, how to create the new newspaper office to transact the space type in entity society and falsely body society, the possibility of the activity that include the future, programming design of operation method and programming principle, this research wish by this research method and programming design principle of analysis and construction, provide to program design for news agency office building the programming designs the reference of evaluate the basis.
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Muliyadi, Isabella Octaviena, and 黎麗華. "Designing for Office Building Security." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93054950309188000118.
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Historic case of office building attacks attest lack of adequate building security and aware architects to contrive security design from early design stage to stave off additional problems at later stages. Considering the lack of knowledge for architects to develop programmatic requirement in security design, this research was conducted to (1)summarizing security design guidelines for office building based on zone classification as security layer and (2)demonstrating the application of security design guidelines to review security design of an office building design project to assess security level, identify security problems and propose facility management recommendations. Literature review method was used to summarize security design guidelines for office building. Case study method by reviewing design drawings of Lille Office Building in France was used to demonstrate the application of security design guidelines to assess security level of building case. This research organized summary of security design guidelines by zoning classification as security layers, which are Zone 1 (Off-site Security), Zone 2 (Site Perimeter Security), Zone 3 (Site and Parking Security), and Zone 4 (Building Security). There were total 40 security design guidelines with 19 design categories summarized for overall zone and design categories. Design principles for improving Off-site Security (Zone 1) are to block the site from intentional intrusion and vehicle collision through streetscape furniture and traffic control; for improving Site Perimeter Security (Zone 2) are comply standoff distance and setback requirement to deter and delay intruders, and apply multiple layers of physical barrier as site boundaries for protection and emphasize territoriality; for improving Site and Parking Security (Zone 3) are control site and parking access to prevent unauthorized access, provide public space to increase surveillance and add site amenities to navigate direction and act as orientation cue; and for improving Building Security (Zone 4) are protect vulnerable areas and main structure from high risk areas, and design building shape, building orientation and building hardening to reduce threat risks when occurs. Case study method are used to assess the security level of the Lille Office Building design project. It is found that Off-site Security (Zone 1) of Lille Office Building is 67% secure, with the absence of traffic calming devices will effect on vehicle crash and greater blast effect. Site Perimeter Security (Zone 2) is 25% secure, with unmet distance of standoff distance, ground level and setback required will effect on building collapse and glass breakage injury. Site and Parking Security (Zone 3) is 86% secure, with too many site entrances (six) and the absence of weather-protected queuing areas at entries will effect on higher operation cost, sniper and crime activity. Building Security (Zone 4) is 82% secure, with complex geometries, sharp corner and parallel orientation to main public road from building mass will increase severe injuries, flying debris hazard and building collapse. Total 8 potential security problems found based on the number of security design guidelines which are not met, with the major potential security problems are building collapse and greater blast effect of explosion threat. In addition, this research also found that security is not a single aspect. More security layer is established, the security system will be much more effective.
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Wu, Yu-Heng, and 吳宇恆. "Application of building energy management system in intelligent office buildings." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68049990098503934455.
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Li, Ping-Che, and 李秉哲. "Green Building Carbon Emission Assessment Framework for Office Building." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81123040427318385198.
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Due to global warming, climate changes, iceberg melting, and sea level rise in recent years, these cause habitat destruction and compromise human's living environment. In Taiwan, the temperature records have been broken in these three years. Air-conditioning equipment has become the necessity of life. Outside workers constantly have heat stroke. Life and the burning heat have become inseparable. According to years of statistics, the main reason of causing global warming is the carbon dioxide in the air. Therefore, in America, Asia, and EU, records of carbon footprints are emphasized in many industries and they try to lower the carbon footprints of their products. However, the emission of carbon dioxide caused by architecture industry take up more than 30% of all emission. Green Building Rating Systems become the guard of reducing the impact brought by the architecture. Based on life cycle stage, the existing carbon emission assessment framework calculates buildings’ total carbon emission from adding carbon emission of building materials selection and the whole architectural engineering project. This framework features that it calculates every needed item in detail and make carbon emission be estimated accurately. Therefore, the purpose of this study aims to develop a green building carbon emission assessment framework for office building. It makes designers to assess the possible carbon emission during the planning and designing stage. Beside, this system also fully connects with green building evaluation index. Green building assessment is also considered in carbon emission assessment. It make architects can know how carbon emission change during the detail design process in plan stage, and make the carbon emission reduction be implemented more effectively. Then achieving maximum efficiency in promoting the practicability, lowering the price and reducing environment impacts.
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Chen, Ching-Mao, and 陳清茂. "A Study on Power Consumption in Office Building －Taipei Commercial Office Building as a Case Study－." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35502720036480359129.
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建築及都市計畫研究所
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A Study on Power Consumption in Office Building －Taipei Commercial Office Building as a Case Study－ ABSTRACT For inadequate energy sources, Taiwan almost completely relies on import, and energy saving is the main policy for economic development. Since building industry is an important link in economic development, it is necessary to cooperate actively with the energy saving policy. There are many energy-saving studies on “ENVLOADs”, “mechanic efficiency of equipment”, but lacking of studies on space power consumption characteristics and power consumption structure, therefore, this study investigates and analyzes the power consumption by each space of the office building, to establish the analysis methods for power consumption of office building. Because Today and the past office building is different on space using, this study is discussion the difference of power consumption modulus office building . At the first stage is anglicizing records to class with the space types of the characters of power consumption, then to sum up the factors of power consumption: room form and scale, equipment form and efficiency, using behavior and manage. Finally, to establish the relationship in influence factor and power consumption to ratiocination the modulus and the amount of room power consumption. This study first investigates and monitors the power consumption of office building, then calculates consumption coefficient of each space and analyzes consumption factors, to build the analysis methods of power consumption by space. 1.The consumption coefficient of this entire building is 1.43 times of the office building, which has significant distance with the power consumption by the entire building representing the power consumption of office in the past. 2.The ENVLOADs factor has the most significant influence on the office space, but extremely small on the restaurant space of underground floors. 3.Plan air-conditioning system with consistent space characteristics according to the power consumption coefficient difference of each space. 4.Lighting density, time of use factors have the most significant influence on the space power consumption coefficient. 5.Industry categories have significant influence on the use frequency of lifts, so the arrangement of each floor should be based on the number of visitors.