1.

Purpose

1. What is the purpose of this code?

2. Scope

2. What is the Scope of this code?

3. Define following

1. A/C System
2. Air films
3. Air-cooled A/C system:
4. Area of all door assemblies
5. Area of all exterior walls (gross):
6. Area of all fenestration assemblies
7. Area of all floor assemblies:
8. Area of all opaque wall assemblies:
9. Assembly:
10. Building:
11. Building Air Infiltration or Leakage:
12. Building Automation System (BAS):
13. Building envelope:
14. Building type, standard:
15. Residential buildings:
16. Commercial buildings:
17. Government buildings:
18. Mixed use buildings:
19. Buildings type, special:
20. Building type, partially Occupied:
21. Chilled water A/C system
22. Coastal and interior regions:
23. Conditioned space
24. Thermal storage
25. DX A/C system:
26. Effective On-Grade Floor Heat Gain: .
27. Envelope component:
28. External Shaded Construction:
29. Fenestration
30. Figure of merit
31. Floor area, gross:
32. Gross building envelope floor area
33. Gross conditioned floor area: 28.Gross lighted floor area:
34. Floor
35. Envelope:
36. Mass floor:
37. Steel-joist floor:
38. Wood-framed and other floors:
39. Glazing:
40. Glazed area.
41. Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC):
42. Shading coefficient (SC):
43. Grey water:
44. Gross roof area:
45. Gross wall area
46. Living Apartment unit
47. Opaque areas:
48. Overall thermal resistance (R-value43.Partially Occupied buildings:
49. Peak Electrical Load:
50. Peak Power Density of an A/C System
51. Peak Power Density of Lighting:
52. Peak Power Density:
53. Power factor optimization of inductive loads (PFOIL):
54. Power Rating:
55. Project:
56. Proposed design:
57. Residential Villa:
58. Roof
59. Shall:
60. Slab-on-grade floor:
61. Specific Heat (cp):
62. Standard Buildings
63. Residential buildings:
64. Commercial buildings:.
65. Government buildings:
66. Mixed use buildings:
67. Special buildings
68. Standby A/C Units:
69. Thermal conductivity of a material (k):
70. Thermal insulation materials
71. Thermal mass:
72. Thermal resistance (R-value): 62.Thermal transmittance:
73. Thermally insulated buildings:
74. Total Peak Electrical Load for Buildings:
75. U-effective (thermal transmittance): .
76. U-factor (thermal transmittance)
77. Unconditioned space
78. Ventilation:
79. Wall and Roof Areas:
80. Wall and Roof Construction Classification:
81. Wall:
82. Water vapor retarder:
83. Water-cooled A/C system
84. Window-to-wall Ratio:
85. Zone, HVAC:
4. HVAC Load Estimation

1. What is the use of hourly data profile calculation?

2. What are the parameters which affect hour-to-hour cooling and/or heating
demand of the building?
3. What are the methods for A/C load calculation?
4. What are the parameters to consider while doing load calculation?
5. What is Typical Meteorological Year (TMY)?
6. What is coastal and interior climatic condition?
7. What is A/C plant oversizing and under sizing and its effect?
8. What are the main criteria to be considered while designing A/C plant?
9. Explain detailed indoor and outdoor design conditions

5. Basic Energy Conservation Requirements

1. Explain type of buildings

2. Explain minimum energy conservation requirements for special buildings
3. Explain types of lighting system that saves energy?
4. Explain Energy conservation methods for mixed use buildings?
5. Explain basic A/C energy conservation requirement (methods) in buildings?
6. Explain basic energy conservation requirements of different standard buildings
(w/m2)?

6. Minimum Required Energy Conservation Measures for Buildings

1. What are the minimum standards/measures /requirements for energy

conservation in building?
2. U-values for
a. Exposed floor
b. columns and beams
3. What is slab on grade?
4. R-value of slab on grade insulation?
5. R-value of below-grade wall insulation?
6. What is the U-value of envelope components (Exterior Walls, Roofs and Floors)
of unconditioned spaces connected to conditioned spaces?
7. What is thermal mass?
 8. Maximum U-Value for walls?
9. Maximum U-Value for Roof?
10. What should be included in calculation of U-Value of wall and roof?
11. What is Thermal bridging?
12. How Floors exposed to ambient conditions should consider?
13. How partitions exposed to ambient conditions should consider?
14. What should be there between windows metallic frame and glazing?
15. What is Thermal Break?
16. Maximum U-value for windows?
17. Which type of glazing required for governmental buildings?
18. What is Low-e glass?
19. What are the common infiltration control methods?
20. What are the methods for infiltration control through building envelope?
21. What are the methods for infiltration control through fenestration?
22. Maximum air leakage allowable through fenestration?
23. What is NFRC Standard?
24. What are the methods for infiltration control in buildings and shop entrance?
25. What are the methods for infiltration/air leakage control in Exhaust fans?
26. U-Value for
1) Wall, 2) window, 3) roof, 4) skylight, 5) Floor above unconditioned space,
6) Floor on grade, 7) floor below grade, 8) Partition, 9) column, 10) Beam,
11) Exposed floor

7.1 Maximum Power Rating of A/C Systems

1. Mention power rating of the following

1. DX Units
2. Chilled water system, Air cooled
3. Chilled water system, Water- cooled
2. What is power rating?
3. Water temperature at chiller output? Why?
4. What is the required Temperature drop of chilled water across the cooler?
Why?
5. What is fouling factor?
6. What is fouling factor for cooler and condenser?
7. Explain A/C system selection procedure?
8. What is CRU/ERU?
9. Types of CRU/ERU?
10. Why should we use ERU?
11. What is the difference between ERU and HRV?
12. What are the Criteria to use CRU?
13. What is the required efficiency of CRU?
14. Which type of CRU should use in health hazards and what is it required
efficiency?
15. What are the criteria for selecting programmable thermostats?
16. What is the use of thermostat setback?
17. Criteria for partial cool storage use?
18. What is the required capacity of Partial cool storage?
19. What is the required capacity of Partial cool storage in governmental building?
20. What is the required power factor and efficiency of inductive motors
(including those in A/C systems) used in government buildings?
21. Which type of lighting system should be used?
21. What are the required PF of Discharge and LED Lamps?
22. What is PF (Power Factor)?
23. What is the values pertaining to power factors and lighting fixtures in non-
governmental building?
24. Describe the Utilization of Alternative Water Sources in Water-Cooled Central
Plants?
25. What are the Requirement criteria for VFD for cooling tower?
26. What are the recommendations for minimizing water consumption and
optimizing power consumption?
27. Explain ventilation requirements of air conditioned spaces
28. Explain the use of Building Automation Systems?

08. Application of the Code

1. Explain the application of code(R-6)

2. Explain the code of practice limiting parameters (R-6)?

3. What is power density?

4. What is window to wall ratio?

5. Explain the code of practice specifies criteria?

6. Explain MEW Submittal procedure –Architectural

7. Explain MEW Submittal procedure –HVAC

8. Explain MEW inspection procedure

9. Explain Enforcement of the Code