Excerpt from Technical Report on Implementation of Building Management System at SIT@Dover

Executive Summary

 

This proposal is written in response to a call for proposal by Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to recommend an engineering solution to a specific problem which has been identified by the team. Cold room temperatures are often synonymous with the cold outdoor temperature on rainy days. This often causes the overcooling of rooms with unnecessary energy usage. This report considers thermal comfort for building occupants and achieve cost savings for building owners. A Building Management System (BMS)  are better suited for application in larger buildings such as institutional buildings with complex services and systems. However, most BMS do not take into consideration of the thermal comfort of the occupants. Cold rainy days are often synonymous with the overcooling of rooms which leads to excessive energy consumption.

This report describes and evaluates the implementation of the BMS which considers the occupant’s thermal comfort as a factor to improve the quality and productivity of the students in SIT@Dover. A survey has been conducted and the results have demonstrated that the school provides a thermally uncomfortable environment for the students at SIT@Dover. With the implementation of the ideal BMS, physiological factors such as the skin temperature, skin relative humidity and heart rate will now be considered into the cooling load of the rooms.  

The report concludes that implementing BMS will improve the productivity and quality of the work produced from the building occupants, who are mainly the students in the campus’ thermal comfort while simultaneously reducing the energy consumption and cost.


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