Sustainable Building questions
FMT315 Sustainable Buildings _________________________________________ Tutor-Marked Assignment Two January 2024 Presentation _________________________________________ FMT315 Tutor-Marked Assignment Two TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT TWO (TMA02) This assignment is worth 14% of the final mark for FMT315 Sustainable Buildings. The cut-off date for this assignment is 21 March 2024, 2355hrs. Note to Students: You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the TMA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date. Collusion and Plagiarism is a serious offence and your Turnitin report will be examined thoroughly as part of the marking process. All works from other authors must be appropriately cited and listed in a bibliography – failure to comply with proper referencing measures will be penalised. ___________________________________________________________________________ Question 1 The office building was built in year 2012 and has not obtained any Green Mark certification before. The office building is occupied by a single tenant/entity. The building management team had done an analysis of the building’s energy performance by extracting the data from the various systems. The current performance and findings of the systems are listed in Appendix A. The client is considering to have the building undergo retrofitting to improve the building’s energy performance. The objective is to achieve Green Mark Gold Plus under the new Green Mark 2021 framework. You are to use Pathway 1: EUI for this. (a) As part of the feasibility exercise, you are to review the current performance and findings of the existing building. Based on the data available (Refer to Appendix A), describe and present to the client how does the current building fare on the Energy Efficiency Section of GM: 2021. Finally, demonstrate your ability to identify and recommend areas for improvement to comply to the pre-requisites for the Energy Efficiency Section of GM: 2021 for the building. (45 marks) SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 2 of 5 FMT315 Tutor-Marked Assignment Two You are to use Pathway 2: Fixed Metrics for this. (b) As part of the feasibility exercise, you are to review the current performance and findings of the existing building. Based on the data available (Refer to Appendix A), describe and present to the client how does the current building fare on the Energy Efficiency Section of GM: 2021. Finally, demonstrate your ability to identify and recommend areas for improvement to comply to the pre-requisites for the Energy Efficiency Section of GM: 2021 for the building. (55 marks) SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 3 of 5 FMT315 Tutor-Marked Assignment Two Appendix A – Project Information and Current Building Performance Project information Building name: Year Built: Site Area: Gross Floor Area: Plot Ratio: Block: Storey: Average cooling load (weekdays): Average Air-con system efficiency: General Dynamics(SG) Pte Ltd 2012 6,850 m2 30,500m2 4.5 Single block 12-storey, with open car park 566 RT 0.96 kW/RT Information on current energy efficiency • • • • • No permanent measuring instrumentation to monitor the chilled-water system 8 nos. lifts (which includes 2 nos. of fire/service lifts) with destination control system, sleep mode and variable frequency motor drive No escalator in the building 90% of the office areas are air-conditioned Others o Toilets and staircases: Natural Ventilation o Pantries and lift lobbies: Mechanical Ventilation o Carpark: Mechanical ventilation with CO sensors Monthly Electricity Consumption (kWh) Air-conditioning equipment list SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 4 of 5 FMT315 Tutor-Marked Assignment Two Air-distribution system Existing lighting schedule —- END OF ASSIGNMENT —- SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 5 of 5
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