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THESIS RESEARCH
 

Architectural Lighting Design

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, The IESNA Lighting Handbook Ninth Edition. New York, NY: IESNA
     This manual is used in determining basic design criteria for specific interior and exterior lighting applications.  Selection of target illumination levels and system performance and determination of various Light Loss Factors.

Ander, Gregg D., Daylighting Performance and Design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
     This text is used in the preliminary selection and design of the daylighting system that will be added to the Whalen Center.  This text also will determine methods of investigating the performance of the daylighting system once it is applied to the space.

Electrical System Design

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2001. Atlanta, GA: ASHRAE
     This publication determines building energy utilization guidelines for both general building power and lighting system consumption.  Target power density consumption levels are taken from this publicaiton.

Hughes, S. David, Electrical Systems in Buildings. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, Inc.
     This text is used in determination of basic calculation methods for electrical system design and the resizing of electrical system components to reflect changes made to the overall system.

Structural Design

American Institute of Steel Construction, LRFD Manual of Steel Construction Third Edition. USA: AISC
     This manual is used for selection of steel members to be used in the structural redesign of the daylighting penetrations to be placed in the instrumental rehearsal space of the Whalen Center.

West, Harry H., Fundamentals of Structural Analysis. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
     This text is used for determining basic calculation methods for the structural redesign of the daylighting penetrations to be placed in the instrumental rehearsal space of the Whalen Center.

Acoustic Analysis

Egan, M. David, Architectural Acoustics.  New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
     This text is used in determination of calculation methods for reverberation time.  The text also includes sound absorption coefficient data.

Mehta, Madan, Architectural Acoustics Principles and Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
     This text is used as a reinforcement to the above text, for determination of calculation methods and sound absorption coefficients.

SAE College Website, http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/pages/Coefficient%20Chart.htm
     This website lists some absorption coefficients not listed in the texts above.

Acoustical Surfaces, Inc. Website, http://www.acousticalsurfaces.com/acoustic_IOI/101_13.htm
     This website lists some absorption coefficients not listed in the texts above.

 

Please Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of this CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project.  Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Benjamin Hagan.  Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed.  Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

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