MECH3422 Building Services Engineering I

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Introduction to Building Services Engineering (BSE)

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1. Course Background

• BSE Courses
  
• MECH3422 BSE-I

2. Building Services Engineering

3. Significance of BSE

4. Construction Industry

5. Building Services Design

[Download powerpoint file]

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Video Presentation:

• Sally Biddlecombe - mechanical building services engineer at Arup [TomorrowsEngineers] (1:33) http://youtu.be/_OJcX1bvLoY
• SummitSkills -- Building Services Engineering (11:09) http://youtu.be/-ybZYik8bhY

Further Reading:

• Hong Kong: the Facts: Water, Power and Gas Supplies http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/wp%26g_supplies.pdf
• About Building Services Engineering (BSE) http://me.hku.hk/bse/about-bse.htm
• Body-building system integration and building services systems [PDF]
• An Overview of Building Services [PDF]
  
• Videos:
• The Building Design Process and Teamwork: Building Services Engineer [ArchSD] (2:11) http://www.archsd.gov.hk/archsd/html/teachingkits/TK2/index_En.html?v=v4#
• Are Building Services a necessary evil? [Arup] (24:45) http://youtu.be/6bHbM15sBMw
  

References:

• Chadderton, D. V., 2013. Building Services Engineering, 6th ed., Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY. [696 C432 b93][website]
  
• Chadderton, D. V., 2007. Building Services Engineering, 5th ed., Talor & Francis, London & New York. [696 C43][ebook via ebrary]
• Hall, F. and Greeno, R., 2013. Building Services Handbook, 7th ed., Routledge, London. [690 H17]
  
• Hall, F. and Greeno, R., 2011. Building Services Handbook, 6th ed., Elsevier, Oxford. [690 H17][ebook via ebrary]
• Hastings, P., 2005. The Illustrated Guide to Electrical Building Services, 2nd ed., Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [621.3 D27]

Web Links:

• Student Notes for Building Services Engineering (http://www.arca53.dsl.pipex.com/)
• Hot & cold water
• Drainage
• Electrical
• Lighting
• Plant sizing
• BSE professional institutions:
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) http://www.ashrae.org/
  
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) http://www.cibse.org/
• About Building Services http://www.cibse.org/aboutbs
  
• Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Building Services Division http://bs.hkie.org.hk/

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| Created: Aug 2015 | Update: 31 Aug 2015 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |