Bradley Sisenwain | Lighting Electrical Option | 2008 - 2009
  
 
 
 
  References

The IESNA Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, New York, NY, 2000

The IESNA handbook was primarily used to establish illuminance criteria and calculate light loss factors for the various spaces and luminaire types throughout GCC

RP-33-99 Lighting for Exterior Environments, An IESNA Recommended Practice 1999. Illuminating Engineering Society 

RP-33 was used to establish illuminance criteria for the Roof Garden

Steel Construction Manual 13th ed., American Institute of Steel Construction

The Steel Construction Manual was used to size structural members included in structural breadths

ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.   

ASHRAE std. 90.1 was used to establish lighting power densities for various space types. Additionally chapter 28 in the ASHRAE handbook was used to calculate cooling load in mechanical breadths

National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (NREL) http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/olddata/nsrdb/bluebook/data/04725.SBF

NREL was used to calculate cooling load in mechanical breadths

National Electric Code 2008, Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, Inc., 2007

The NEC was used to size electrical equipment in electrical depths

Programs used:

  • AGI32
  • AutoCAD 2009
  • Photopia
  • Photoshop
  • RetScreen

 

 

 
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 Bradley Sisenwain. 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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