Introduction to Mechanical & Electrical Building Services
Key Areas
Course Content
Learning Outcomes
Who Should Attend
Course Fees
Getting Setup
How to Purchase
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Key Areas
Building services engineers are responsible for ensuring a cost-effective, environmentally sound, sustainable design and the maintenance of energy-using elements in buildings. As such, they are essential to the Governments' aim in reducing carbon emissions.
In order to achieve this, working closely with architects and other engineers, they make use of equipment and materials involved with: heating, air conditioning, water, drainage and plumbing, natural and artificial lighting, building facades, escalators and lifts, ventilation and refrigeration, communication lines, telephones and IT networks, security and alarm systems, fire detection and protection, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, public health engineering and work with utility suppliers such as those that supply gas, electricity and renewable sources.
The aim of this module is to introduce the role of the modern building services engineer; why we need building services - what are they, what they look like and what they do. It covers areas of mechanical services such as heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and their control. On the electrical size, it covers, for example, three-phase supplies and its distribution, electric shock prevention, earthing and uninterruptable power supplies.
This course is worth 7 CPD hours.
Course Content
- Welcome
- About this course
- What is building services engineering?
- Creating comfort
- Thermal comfort
- Visual comfort
- Auditory comfort
- The building services design process
- System design
- Building services systems
- Space allowance
- Co-ordination and communication
- Mechanical systems
- Heating
- Heating systems
- Heat sources
- Ventilation
- Natural ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation
- Cooling
- Air cooling
- Refridgeration
- Electrical systems
- Electrical systems supplies to buildings
- Supply arrangements
- Distribution inside the building
- Electric shock, metering and power, UPS
- Fire alarm and fire detection systems
- Sustainability
- Sustainability - the role of Building Services Engineer
- Low zero carbon energy sources
- Conclusion
- Next steps
Learning Outcomes
- The role of the modern building services engineer
- Why we need building services
- The common building services
- What they look like and what they do
- Mechanical systems: heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and their control
- Electrical systems: three-phase supplies, power distribution, electric shock, earthing, uninterruptable power supplies
Who Should Attend
CIBSE online learning courses are suitable for those wishing to enhance and support their current knowledge base, as well as graduates within an engineering discipline.
Each unit has been peer reviewed and tested through this group. The units allow students to take a coordinated journey through an individual topic or a series of topics. The units form the backbone of several corporate training schemes.
Course Fees
- Membership Rate: £255
- Standard Rate: £300
Getting Setup
New User
If you are a new user to CIBSE and would like to purchase an online learning course please contact us on 020 8772 3660 or email us at onlinelearning@cibse.org to get you started.
Alternatively, please follow the set up instructions below:
To set up the MyCIBSE Portal create a username from your desired email address and create a password. Then login to the Online Learning Portal with the same credentials as used to create your MyCIBSE Portal.
Once you have successfully logged in to both portals, please contact us on 020 8772 3660 or email us at onlinelearning@cibse.org to activate your account.
Existing User
If you are already a user of MyCIBSE but have not yet accessed our Online Learning Portal, please login to the Online Learning Portal with the same credentials as used for your MyCIBSE Portal.
Once you have successfully logged in, please contact us on 020 8772 3660 or email us at onlinelearning@cibse.org to activate your account.
How to Purchase
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Online: Log into your MyCIBSE account to purchase your desired course. Courses can be purchased by selecting the tab 'Online Learning' then by finding your course under one of the three topics mentioned above. This is by method of Credit / Debit card only.
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For corporate rates please contact the training team on onlinelearning@cibse.org
Corporate subscribers, please contact the training team at onlinelearning@cibse.org