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Welcome to Rebecca Allen's AE Senior Thesis e-Portfolio

Final Report

This report is the conclusion to the year-long capstone design project studying the Palestra Office Building in London, England. Specific sections summarizing the research, calculations and analyses of the report are available in .pdf format below. The full report is also available in .pdf format at the bottom of this page.

Table of Contents

Building Abstract

I. Executive Summary

II. Acknowledgements

III. Introduction

IV. Building Background

V. Mechanical Depth

.......a. Existing Conditions

.......b. Chiller Plant Optimization

.......c. Ventilation Optimization

VI. Renewable Resource Breadths

VII. Acoustical Breadth

VIII. Conclusions and Results

Appendices

Appendix A - Existing Conditions: Internal Loads

Appendix B - Chiller Optimization Data

Appendix C - DOAS Data

Appendix D - Trace Output

Appendix E - Solar Energy Calculations

Appendix F - Wind Energy Data

FULL REPORT

User Note:

Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of 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 $!!STUDENT!!$. 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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