MEBS6000 Utility Services
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    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.
    Learning Outcomes:
    • 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.
    References:
    • 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:
    • 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/

     




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