Glenn KatzYour Design Journal entries this week should highlight your design thinking and process in modeling:
- your power system elements
- your lighting system elements
Lighting system elements: (first floor)
I used downlight recessed can incandescent-120V as lighting fixtures for places such as restrooms and Troffer Light - 2*4 -120V for hallways, exhibition spaces, and offices, which are spaces that usually require higher average illumination. I also switch between 2 lamps and 4 lamps version of Troffer Light to make sure the illumination reaches the target (which is provided in the module description), while also not providing too much light, which would be harmful for human vision and might cause fatigue. There is at least one switch in each room so that lights can be controlled through switch assigned to that room.
I didn’t include any lighting fixture for the green house on the 6th floor because I would like to create a natural environment for the plants.
Power System Elements: (first floor)
I placed duplex and quadruplex power receptacles in exhibition spaces, hallway etc., in a way that they are not spaced more than 6 ft apart from each other to meet the wire length requirement. There is at least 1 power panel on each floor and all panels are located in the mechanical room of each floor. There might be more than 1 panel for floors with remarkably high plug/lighting loads.
3D view of the electric system:
Sample Receptacle schedule for the power system:
Sample Space schedule indicating average illumination:
