SEMINAR OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY

• DATE : 24th MARCH 2011 (THURSDAY)
• TIME : 8.00AM - 5.30 PM
• VENUE : UNIKL MFI (PERDANA HALL)
• COMPULSORY FOR STUDENT ACIR SEMESTER 4,5,6,7

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ASHRAE Student Zone Design Competition 2011

The project for the ASHRAE 2011 Student Design Competition’s project is The Drake Well Museum located in Titusville, Pennsylvania, the site where Edwin L. Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry.

The 20,000 ft² (1858 m²) Drake Well Museum consists of the following spaces:

• Research Center (2,725 ft² / 253 m²) consisting of collections storage, collections work room, library, darkroom, research room and restroom.
• Education Center (1,500 ft²/139 m²) consisting of an education room for school groups, storage, media/distance learning work area and restroom.
• Administrative Offices (1,700 ft²/158 m²) which includes the Director's office, conference room, records storage, copy, open offices and a staff lounge.
• Changing Exhibits Gallery (680 ft²/63 m²)
• Main Exhibit Gallery (4,700 ft²/437 m²)
• Auditorium (2,000 ft²/185 m² )
• Visitor Services (500 ft²/46 m²)
• Entrance Lobby (1,700 ft²/158 m²)

In October of 2009, the Drake Well Museum was closed to the public to undergo and extensive renovation. In addition to the HVAC System, the building envelope is being improved for both increased energy efficiency and, to provide a vapor barrier to allow the exhibit and collections spaces to be able to maintain a minimum 45% relative humidity throughout the year. Prior to the renovation, the museum's HVAC system consisted of four (4) constant volume air handling units with hot water perimeter radiation. Hydronic, hot water was produced from natural gas fired, cast iron, sectional boiler, while chilled water was provided by a single, water cooled centrifugal chiller. A unique feature of the chilled water system was that condenser water for heat rejection was drawn from Oil Creek, a high quality, cold water trout stream that borders the property. Condenser water pumped from the stream, through the chiller and then discharged to a series of surface ponds which drain back to the stream. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) indicated that it would not renew the permit for this application after the renovation was completed.

Teams may compete in up to three categories; HVAC System Design, HVAC System Selection or Integrated Sustainable Building Design (ISBD includes Architectural, HVAC, & other Building Services design disciplines).

HVAC Systems Design – For students who have attended 1-2 HVAC courses. Focuses on 'right-sizing' HVAC equipment and systems to provide an energy-efficient design for the facility. Students are required to determine heating and cooling loads, and design an HVAC system for the museum while demonstrating compliance with ASHRAE Standards 55-2004, 62.1-2007 and 90.1- 2007.

HVAC Systems Selection – For students at schools completing a dedicated HVAC or building environmental systems curriculum. The project encourages students with a solid HVAC base to use life-cycle cost process to select the building HVAC system(s) as well as incorporate the sustainability process promoted by ASHRAE by integrating ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2009 - Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings, and the US Green Building Council's LEED™ Rating System (or equivalent in the home country of international students.)

Integrated Sustainable Building Design – For a multidisciplinary team to include students in engineering, architecture, technology, and other allied fields. Graduate students may also participate on teams in this category only. Teams are asked to design their own building for the program described in the effort to approach a sustainable or “net zero” energy building. Students will be asked to document select LEED credits (or an equivalent energy rating system in their home country) to measure how their design meets the sustainability goals. The emphasis in ISBD is on whole-building design, integrating architectural, and construction, mechanical, electrical and other technical disciplines in an integrated approach throughout the design process.