Live support chatUnderstanding MEP Systems for Buildings
In Understanding MEP Systems for Buildings, you'll learn ...
- What MEP engineers should demand from architects
- Strategies that can be used in buildings to conserve energy
- Design factors that affect the cost of buildings
- An overview of design basics and equipment/system types for a variety of building systems, including HVAC, fire protection, potable water supply and distribution and electrical
Overview
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Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 110 pages
MEP refers to Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing systems for buildings.
People in urban settings spend between 80% and 90% of their time in indoor spaces both during work and during leisure time. The aesthetics, efficiency, economy, comfort, and safety of modern buildings require close collaboration across multiple disciplines.
With the emerging trend of high-rise buildings and emphasis on sustainability, MEP systems are becoming increasingly complex and occupying larger portions of building project work. The MEP design no longer relates only to the visible elements such as lights, radiators, convectors, registers, outlet grilles, or ducts - which are the end nodes of the systems - but also to the infrastructure that supplies those elements.
Although the primary responsibility of delivering high quality building projects rests with the lead architect, the knowledge and expertise of the MEP engineers play a very important role in supporting the architect’s vision.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Architectural aspects of modern energy efficient buildings
- HVAC Systems (Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems): DX systems, Chilled water systems
- Fire protection systems: Water supply, standpipe, hydrants, automatic sprinklers etc.
- Fire alarm systems, smoke detection, annunciation, addressable devices etc.
- Potable water supply and distribution, waste water and storm water
- Power supply and distribution: busway, cable duct, raceways etc.
- Lighting: Interior, exterior, and emergency lighting
- Control systems, security systems (CCTV, audio/video), data networks etc.
- Vertical transportation: traction and hydraulic elevators
- Noise and acoustics for buildings
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 110 pages
