Level:	MSc
Duration:	One semester
Contact Hours:	3 hours per week
Prerequisite:	None
Description:	This course covers important design concepts, principles and engineering calculations of the utility services systems that are essential to proper operation of buildings and facilities. The utility services systems include plumbing installation, cold and hot water supply, sanitation and drainage, steam systems, fuel gas supply, telecommunication services, extra low voltage systems, and vertical transportation.
Assessment Methods:	Examination (60%), Continuous Assessment (40%)
Course Website:	http://ibse.hk/IBTM5660/

Educational Objectives:

• To introduce the important design concepts, principles and engineering calculations of utility services systems
  
• To enable students to appreciate the design practice and proper operation of different types of utility services systems including plumbing installation, cold and hot water supply, sanitation and drainage, steam systems, fuel gas supply, telecommunication services, extra low voltage systems, and vertical transportation

• To explain the important design concepts, principles and engineering calculations of utility services systems
  
• To evaluate the design practice and operation of different types of utility services systems
  
• To develop practical design skills for plumbing installation, cold and hot water supply, sanitation and drainage
  
• To apply the design practice for steam systems and fuel gas supply
  
• To assess the telecommunication services and extra low voltage systems in buildings
  
• To appraise the design and operation of vertical transportation systems

• General:
• Burberry P., 1997. Environment and Services, 8th ed., Addison Wesley Longman, Essex. [HKALL]
• Chadderton D. V., 2013. Building Services Engineering, 6th ed., Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY. [HKALL]
  
• Hall F. & Greeno R., 2017. Building Services Handbook, 9th ed., Routledge, Oxford, UK. [HKALL]
• Hall F., 1995. Essential Building Services and Equipment, Newnes, Oxford, UK. [HKALL]
• Hall F., 1994. Building Services and Equipment, Vol. 1-3, 3rd ed., Longman, London. [HKALL]
• Portman J. & Bleicher D., 2011. Utility Connections and Diversions: Planning, design and installation, BG 37/2011, Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [HKALL]
• UTI, 2011. Guide to Utilities Management, Utility Training Institute (UTI), Hong Kong. http://www.hkius.org.hk/uploads/2/8/1/3/28134743/k.um.pdf
• Plumbing and Drainage:
• Brown R., 2014. Illustrated Guide to Hot and Cold Water Services, BG33/2014, Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [HKALL]
• CIBSE, 2014. Public Health and Plumbing Engineering, CIBSE Guide G, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), London. [HKALL]
• Garrett R. H., 2008. Hot and Cold Water Supply, 3rd ed., Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. [HKALL]
• Garrett R. H., 1991. Hot and Cold Water Supply: An Illustrated Guide, BSP professional Books, Oxford. [HKALL]
• IOP, 2002. Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide, [New ed.], Institute of Plumbing, Hornchurch, Essex, UK. [HKALL] http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/24329/243291973.pdf
• Swaffield J. A. & Galowin L. S., 1992. The Engineered Design of Building Drainage Systems, Ashgate, Aldershot, England. [HKALL]
• Woolley E. L., 1990. Sanitation Details, Rev. [ed.], International Thomson Business Publishing, London. [HKALL]
• Woolley E. L., 1988. Drainage Details, edited by Phil Stronach, [Rev. ed.], International Thomson Business Publishing and E & FN Spon, London. [HKALL]
• WSD, 2021. Guide to Application for Water Supply (December 2021 version), Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. https://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing-engineering/requirements-for-plumbing-installation/guide-to-application-for-water-supply/
  
• WSD, 2021. Technical Requirements for Plumbing Works in Buildings (December 2021 version), Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. https://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing-engineering/requirements-for-plumbing-installation/technical-requirements-for-plumging-works-in-bldgs/
• WSD, 2018. Handbook on Plumbing Installation for Buildings, Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. https://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing-engineering/requirements-for-plumbing-installation/handbook-on-plumbing-installation/
• WSD, 2017. Hong Kong Waterworks Standard Requirements for Plumbing Installation in Buildings, Water Supplies Department (WSD), Hong Kong. https://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing-engineering/requirements-for-plumbing-installation/previously-used-documents-hkwsr-hpi/
• Plumbing and Engineering (WSD) https://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/plumbing-engineering/
  
• Steam Systems and Fuel Gas Supply:
• Gas Authority Hong Kong, 2018. Code of Practice: Avoiding Danger from Gas Pipes, 2nd Edition, Gas Authority, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_286/CoP_gas_pipes_2nd_(Eng).pdf
• IOP, 2002. Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide, [New ed.], Institute of Plumbing, Hornchurch, Essex, UK. [HKALL]
• McCauley J. F., 1995. The Steam Trap Handbook, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA. [HKALL]
• Shaw E. W., 1980. Heating and Hot-water Services: Selected Subjects with Worked Examples in SI Units, 4th rev. ed., Chps. 7 & 8, Granada, London. [HKALL]
• Spirax-Sarco, 2007. The Steam and Condensate Loop, Spirax-Sarco, Cheltenham. [HKALL]
• Vertical Transportation:
• Barney G. C. & Al-Sharif L., 2016. Elevator Traffic Handbook: Theory and Practice, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon. [HKALL]
• Barney G. C., 2003. Elevator Traffic Handbook: Theory and Practice, Spon Press, London & New York. [HKALL]
• CIBSE, 2020. Transportation Systems in Buildings, CIBSE Guide D, 6th ed., Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [HKALL]
  
• CIBSE, 2015. Transportation Systems in Buildings, CIBSE Guide D, 5th ed., Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [HKALL]
  
• EMSD, 2018. Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/beeo/en/mibec_beeo_codtechguidelines.html
• EMSD, 2018. Code of Practice for Lift Works and Escalator Works, 2018 Edition, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_791/CoP%20on%20Lift%20Works%20and%20Escalator%20Works%202018%20Edition%20(Eng).pdf
• EMSD, 2018. Technical Guidelines on Building Energy Code, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/beeo/en/mibec_beeo_codtechguidelines.html
• EMSD, 2012. Guidebook for Responsible Persons for Lifts (2012 Edition), Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_826/RP_Guidebook_Lift_Instltn.pdf
  
• EMSD, 2012. Code of Practice on the Design and Construction of Lifts and Escalators, 2012 ed., Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), Hong Kong. [HKALL] https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/lifts_and_escalators_safety/publications/code_of_practice/
  
• EMSD, 2007. Code of Practice on Energy Efficiency of Lift and Escalator Installations, 2007 Edition, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/energy_efficiency/energy_efficiency_registration_scheme_for_building/publications/codes_of_practice/
  
• EMSD, 2007. Guidelines on Energy Efficiency of Lift and Escalator Installations, 2007 Edition, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept. (EMSD), the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong. https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/energy_efficiency/energy_efficiency_registration_scheme_for_building/publications/codes_of_practice/
  
• Goetz A. (ed.), 2003. Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators and Moving Sidewalks, National Building Museum, London and Merrell, Washington, D.C. [HKALL]
• Hymans F., 2000. Electric Elevators, Book[s] I [& II], International Textbook, Scranton, PA. [HKALL]
• Markon S., et al., 2006. Control of Traffic Systems in Buildings, Springer, London. [HKALL]
• McCain Z., 2015. Elevators 101, Elevator World, Mobile, AL. [HKALL]
• Strakosch G. R. and Caporale R. S. (eds.), 2010. The Vertical Transportation Handbook, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [HKALL]
• Tse P., Bleicher D. & Hastings P., 2014. The Illustrated Guide to Electrical Building Services, BG 32/2014, Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [HKALL]
  
• Telecommunication and extra low voltage systems:
• CIBSE, 1992. Information Technology and Buildings, Applications Manual 7, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [HKALL]
• Clark C., 2002. Network Cabling Handbook, McGraw-Hill/Osborne, Berkeley, California. [HKALL]
• Hayes J. and Rosenberg P., 2009. Data, Voice, and Video Cabling, 3rd ed., Delmar/Cengage Learning, Clifton Park, NY. [HKALL]
• Kennedy T. and Traister J. E., 2002. Low Voltage Wiring: Security/Fire Alarm Systems, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. [HKALL]
• Traister J. E., 1990. Design and Application of Security/Fire-alarm Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York. [HKALL]