Level:	MSc(Eng)
Duration:	One semester
Contact Hours:	2.5 hours per week
Prerequisite:	None
Calendar Entry:	Cold and hot water supply: water distribution systems, patterns of usage, estimation of requirements, simultaneous demand, storage capacity, pumping arrangements, calorifiers and water heaters; steam systems: low and high pressure systems, boilers and heat exchangers, steam supply piping and condensate return, insulation, steam trapping; drainage systems and sewage disposal: stormwater and sanitary drainage systems, rainfall intensity, simultaneous sanitary discharge, sizing of drains and sewers, methods of sewage disposal, primary and secondary treatments; fuel gas supply: fuel gas properties, gas installation; security and alarm systems: security system planning and design, security devices; information technology in buildings: space and structural requirements, cabling management.
Assessment Methods:	Examination (60%), Continuous Assessment (40%)
Course Website:	http://ibse.hk/MEBS6000/
Course Co-ordinators:	Dr. Benjamin P. L. Ho (benjamin.ho@hku.hk), Room 5-24, Haking Wong Bldg Dr. Sam C. M. Hui (cmhui@hku.hk), http://ibse.hk/cmhui

Educational Objectives:

• To enable students to appreciate the various utility systems in the areas of water supply, sanitation and drainage, gaseous fuel, steam supply, security and access control system, etc.
• To introduce students to the principles of design and operation of various utility systems.
• To enable students carry out engineering design calculations in utility systems under the constraints of statutory requirements and professional guidelines
  To introduce students to various utility services installations in modern buildings.

• To explain the various utility service systems in water supply, sanitation and drainage, gaseous fuel system, steam system, security and access control system.
• To carry out preliminary design and conduct engineering design calculations for the various utility service systems.
• To critically evaluate the design of utility service 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, Oxon & New York. [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. [LB 696.13022 W9]
• 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 (Dember 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]
• Telecommunication Services 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]
• Security Planning & Design:
• Anderson R., 2020. Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York. [HKALL]
• Bleicher D. & Tse P., 2014. The Illustrated Guide to Electrical Building Services, 3rd ed., BG32/2014, Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [HKALL]
• Crowe T. D. & Fennelly L. J., 2013. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Elsevier. [HKALL]
  
• Demkin J. A. (ed.), 2004. Security Planning and Design: A Guide for Architects and Building Design Professionals, J. Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [HKALL]
• Fennelly L. J. (ed.), 2017. Effective Physical Security, Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, Mass. [HKALL]
• Kennedy T. & Traister J. E., 2002. Low Voltage Wiring: Security/Fire Alarm Systems, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. [HKALL]
• MHA, 2018. Guidelines for Enhancing Building Security in Singapore (GEBSS), Joint Operations Group - Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Singapore. https://www.bca.gov.sg/publications/BuildingSecurity/others/bldg_security_guide.pdf
  
• Nadel B. A., 2004. Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design, McGraw-Hill. [HKALL]
  
• NCPC, 2003. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Guidebook, National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), Singapore. https://www.ncpc.org.sg/cpted.html
• Traister J. E., 1990. Design and Application of Security/Fire-alarm Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York. [HKALL]
• Hong Kong Police Crime Prevention Bureau https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/04_crime_matters/cpa/