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Thursday, July 07, 2005
Our Chinese Apartment - Building Science Observations (4 year old building)
Since I had the chance to live in a Chinese building for half of its lifetime (2 years), and witness some remarkable design and maintenance challenges, some unique to tropical environments, I thought I would highlight some.
Concrete, Thermal Mass, and Cold Humid Winters
In the winter humid months of January and February, the high humidity weather fronts that are pushed north from the China Sea, 300 km to the south, the concrete buildings that have cooled to the ambient temperature (~5-10C) become permanent condensation surfaces. Moreover, the ceramic tile floors and stairs are a real hazard for descending.
Air Conditioning, Single Pane Windows, and Concrete Thermal Mass
Mould
Flat Roof Leakage, Stairway Rivers
Ants
Loud Internal Environment
Concrete walls and ceiling with ceramic tile floors makes for an incredibly loud interior environment. Add on a continuously loud exterior environment due to construction.
Energy Consumption !!! ???
Our energy consumption was 10000 kW over 9 months or about 1100 kW/month. The interior space is about 750 sq.ft. In Calgary, we consumed about the same in a 1,700 sq.ft. home.
Dust and Air Quality
Concrete, Thermal Mass, and Cold Humid Winters
In the winter humid months of January and February, the high humidity weather fronts that are pushed north from the China Sea, 300 km to the south, the concrete buildings that have cooled to the ambient temperature (~5-10C) become permanent condensation surfaces. Moreover, the ceramic tile floors and stairs are a real hazard for descending.
Air Conditioning, Single Pane Windows, and Concrete Thermal Mass
Mould
Flat Roof Leakage, Stairway Rivers
Ants
Loud Internal Environment
Concrete walls and ceiling with ceramic tile floors makes for an incredibly loud interior environment. Add on a continuously loud exterior environment due to construction.
Energy Consumption !!! ???
Our energy consumption was 10000 kW over 9 months or about 1100 kW/month. The interior space is about 750 sq.ft. In Calgary, we consumed about the same in a 1,700 sq.ft. home.
Dust and Air Quality
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Hi,
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Regards,
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I represent Emerson Climate Technologies and follow your blogs because it has interesting information on the same subjects as the space we operate in.
What I am writing to you today about is an industry award that I came across. A few friends of mine who are HVAC professionals told me about Emerson Climate Technologies, a U.S. listed company, which they deal with on a regular basis. This company has pioneered The Emerson Cup, which is an award held to recognize talent and reward excellence in the architecture industry as well as real estate developers, project managers, HVAC consultants, and even students starting this year!
They have 5 award categories for various types of building/applications - New Buildings (Residential and Commercial), Special Applications (Data centres, clean rooms etc), Retail & Refrigeration (Supermarkets, cold rooms etc), Retrofit (Heritage, other functional buildings where A/C has been added/replaced) and for students of architecture and engineering– any ideas that can reduce the carbon footprint of your institute/school.
The cup invites entries from anyone who has designed, made, managed, works in or studies in any of the buildings that falls under the 5 categories.
I thought that you, as someone who blogs about architecture and its associated industries, might like to let your readers know about this wonderful opportunity. If you would like to apply or even know more about this award, we have a huge presence on social media too. Here are a few links –
http://facebook.com/TheEmersonCup
http://twitter.com/TheEmersonCup
http://youtube.com/TheEmersonCup
http://slideshare.net/TheEmersonCup
Here is the LinkedIn group! - http://lnkd.in/eixXcr
And this is a news piece on them - http://www.prlog.org/10828589-emerson-climate-technologies-invites-entries-for-the-emerson-cup-2010.html
I hope you don’t think I am spamming you with so many links! We are actually just really excited about the award. Hope this helps you and your readers!
Regards,
Arjun.
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