Fall 2015 MECH 4407 Project

Objective: Design a HVAC system for an “open” office building.

Building description:

Footprint: 30 m x 30 m.

Storeys: 1

Location: Ottawa

Walls: Wall 1 from table 8-16.

Roof: Roof 1 from table 8-17.

Roof height: 3.7 m

Dropped ceiling height: 2.7 m

Slab on grade insulation: Insulation R-value 0.7 m2K/W, Length of insulation: 0.8 m

Windows: Triple clear glazing, 6.4 mm argon fill, insulated fiberglass fixed frame. Windows cover 40% of
all 4 walls.

2 doors on each side of building. Single bank, standard double swinging type. Assume steel doors (solid
urethane core without thermal break) with 80% of area covered by low-e double glazing (emissivity =
0.6, 1/4” air space).

Other information:

Assume occupant density of 10 per 100 m2.

Lights are on from 7AM until 6PM.

Occupants are in the building from 8AM until 5PM.

Computers and other equipment have a load of 11 W/m2 (use the same convective/radiative split as for
computers)

The peak cooling load occurs in July

Use rooftop units.

Use ceiling diffusers.

If you need to use additional perimeter heating, use electrical baseboard heaters.
Deliverables:

Zone Heating/Cooling load calculations (not coil load, only zone i.e. not including supply air) – November
5th 2015.

-Report should provide all calculations. Sample calculations are acceptable when same equation
is used multiple times.

-Also provide quasi steady-state solution for cooling load.

-Provide graphs of solar gains vs time for each zone.

-Provide graphs of cooling load vs time for each zone.

-Provide any code or excel spreadsheets

-State all assumptions

Final report – December 3rd 2015.

-Include all heating/cooling load analysis

-Ducting design.

-Equipment selection.

-Come up with one way to reduce peak cooling load, and one way to reduce heating load.
Calculate the new peak heating and cooling loads. Discuss how these may affect the yearly
energy consumption.

-Report should provide all calculations. Sample calculations are acceptable when same equation
is used multiple times.

-state all assumptions