Design approach for the integration of services in buildings

• Published in: Building services engineering research & technology Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 333 - 348
• Main Authors: Fouchal, F, Hassan, TM, Loveday, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2013; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Additive manufacturing; Analysis; Building construction; Building management systems; Building services; Building services industry; Buildings; CAD; Capital costs; Computer aided design; Construction costs; Construction industry; Design; Design engineering; Electricity; Facilities planning; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Studies; Topological manifolds; Trunking; Walls; integration; computer-aided design; additive layer manufacturing; manifolds; Building services

This paper describes a novel methodology to group building services into a single trunking system at minimal proximal distances between them. The study focused on solving the geometrical complexity encountered in conventional arrangements of building services, while taking into account thermo-physic...