Advanced Building Services detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 6th sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 6th sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of advanced building services is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PRINCIPLES AND SYSTEMS OF AIR CONDITIONING 12 Thermodynamics. Transfer of heat. Refrigeration cycle components. Vapor compression cycle. Refrigerant, Compressor, condenser, evaporator, refrigerant control devices, electric motors, air handling units, cooling towers. Cooling load. Air conditioning systems for buildings of different scales and their requirements- window type, split system, package unit, direct expansion system, chilled water system, fan coil unit, district cooling systems. Energy efficient systems, environmental aspects and latest innovations. Understanding all the above through product literature/ field visits.
Unit II
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Unit III
FIRE SAFETY 6 Causes of fire in buildings. Stages of fire and how it spreads. Fire drill. Heat/ fire/ smoke detection. Alarm and extinguisher systems. Fire safety standards. General guidelines for egress design for multi-storey buildings. Understanding all the above through product literature/ field visits. Exercise on design of fire safety systems for different building types through choice, calculations, layout and drawings.
Unit IV
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Unit V
INTEGRATION OF SERVICES INTO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 9 Principles of grouping and integrating of all services for horizontal and vertical distribution in a multistoreyed building/ large building. Services to include vertical transportation, electrical, communication, air conditioning and fire safety, communication and security systems. Integrating service requirements into architectural design in an appropriate typology involving a simple scale project through sketches/ conceptual layout and sections/ drawings.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- William H. Severns and Julian R Fellows, ‘Air conditioning and Refrigeration’, John Wiley and Sons, London, 1988.
- National Building Code – Bureau of Indian Standards.
- ‘ISHRAE Handbook for Refrigeration’, 2015.
- George R. Strakosch (Editor), Robert S. Caporale, ‘The Vertical Transportation Handbook’ 4th Edition, Wiley and Sons, 2010.
- David Lee Smith, ‘Environmental Issues for Architecture’, Wiley, 2011.
Reference Books:
- A.F.C. Sherratt, ‘Air Conditioning and Energy Conservation’, The Architectural Press, London, 1980.
- Andrew H Buchanan; ‘Structural Design for Fire Safety’, Wiley, 2017.
- Swenson S. Don, ‘Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning’, American Technical Publishers, 2003.
- ISHRAE, ‘All about AHUs- Air Handling Units’.
- CIBSE Guide D, ‘Transportation Systems in Buildings’,2015.
- A.K.Mittal, ‘Electrical and Mechanical Services in High Rise Building: Design and Estimation Manual’, CBS, 2012.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 6th sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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