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CIBSE Guide D: Transportation Systems in Buildings 2015
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Since its inception, Guide D has become the de facto reference for many people involved in the broad and varied world of vertical transportation. The Guide provides the reader with a wealth of information and recommendations on key issues relating to vertical transportation systems. The Guide is not only a key source of information for those who work within the vertical transportation industry but is also a valuable source of information for architects, developers and those involved in the management of estates and individual buildings.
This fifth edition of CIBSE Guide D is the result of extensive review and revision by a dedicated and enthusiastic team comprising lift and escalator specialists and building service engineers. This Guide is very comprehensive, covering the whole spectrum of interior circulation, planning and design, selection of equipment and performance, computer programmes, types of systems, legislation, fire and safety, requirements for persons with disabilities, lift components, lift traffic controls, escalators and moving walkways (passenger conveyors), energy consumption, electrical systems and environmental conditions.
The purpose of Guide D is to provide guidance to practitioners involved in such systems. The Guide should also be of interest to architects and developers, along with facilities and building managers who may not be directly concerned with the design and installation of lifts and escalators but need to understand the advice offered to them by specialists. Not least, the Guide should be of value to students embarking on a career in mechanical, electrical or building services engineering and those already practising in these disciplines who wish to enhance their knowledge through a programme of continuing professional development.
It is important that people, goods and equipment are moved safely and efficiently. This latest edition of CIBSE Guide D will help meet those objectives.
Contents:
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Guide D
1.2 Recent developments
1.3 Contents of Guide D
1.4 Other sources of information
References
2 Interior circulation
2.1 General
2.2 Symbols and definitions
2.3 Signing convention
2.4 Human factors
2.5 Circulation elements
2.6 Circulation in particular types of buildings
2.7 Location and arrangement of transportation facilities
2.8 Facilities for persons with disabilities
2.9 Pedestrian movement modelling
References
3 Fundamental traffic planning and selection of equipment
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Symbols
3.3 Definitions
3.4 Signing convention
3.5 Traffic patterns
3.6 Four important equations
3.7 Quality of services: the handling capacity of a lift installation
3.8 Sizing of office lift installations
3.9 Worked example of design calculations
3.10 Frequently asked questions in the evaluation of rtt
3.11 Passenger times during uppeak traffic demand
3.12 Traffic conditions other than uppeak
3.13 Selection of equipment with respect to lift function
3.14 Equipment selection with respect to building form
3.15 Equipment selection with respect to building function
3.16 Review of all traffic conditions
3.17 Finally
References
Appendix 3.A1: Table of values of H and S
Appendix 3.A2: Use of spreadsheets for calculation
4 Advanced planning techniques and computer programs
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Advance round trip time calculations
4.3 Simulation
4.4 Describing traffic
4.5 Measuring traffic
4.6 Theoretical simulation templates
4.7 Simulation templates derived from traffic surveys
4.8 Other considerations
4.9 Uppeak design example
4.10 Simulation applied to modernisation
4.11 Comparing simulation with round trip time calculation results
4.12 Traffic analysis and simulation software
4.13 Epilogue
References
Appendix 4.A1: Symbols and formulae
5 Types of transportation systems
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Passenger lifts
5.3 Goods passenger lifts
5.4 Goods only lifts
5.5 Observation lifts
5.6 Service lifts
5.7 Motor vehicle lifts
5.8 Rack and pinion lifts
5.9 Lifts for other purposes
5.10 Future concepts
References
Appendix 5.A1: Car, well, headroom, pit and machine room sizes
6 Firefighting lifts and evacuation lifts for people with disabilities
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Need for firefighting lifts
6.3 Design considerations for firefighting lifts
6.4 Testing and maintenance of firefighting lifts
6.5 Evacuation lifts for persons with limited mobility
6.6 Design considerations for evacuation lifts
6.7 Using lifts for general evacuation
References
7 Lift components and installation
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Electric traction drives
7.3 Hydraulic drives
7.4 Controller cabinet
7.5 Guide rails
7.6 Counterweight
7.7 Lift car
7.8 Door operators
7.9 Door configurations
7.10 Overspeed governors
7.11 Safety gear
7.12 Buffers
7.13 Uncontrolled upward movement device
7.14 Suspension systems
7.15 Roping systems
7.16 Car and landing features and inspection controls
7.17 Guarding
References
8 Lift drives and controls
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Lift controllers
8.3 Controller technology
8.4 Control of lift drives
8.5 dc motor control technologies
8.6 ac motor control technologies
8.7 Harmonic-related issues
8.8 Energy saving considerations
8.9 Passenger evacuation: mains power failure
8.10 Unintended car movement (ucm)
8.11 Control of hydraulic drives
8.12 Control of door operators
8.13 Electromagnetic compatibility, environment and reliability
References
9 Lift traffic control
9.1 The need for lift traffic control
9.2 Single lift traffic control
9.3 Purpose of group traffic control
9.4 Types of traffic control algorithms
9.5 Advanced group traffic controller features
9.6 Other features of group traffic control systems
9.7 The effect of the traffic control algorithm on traffic design
9.8 Design case study
9.9 Installation case study
9.10 Improvement verification case study
References
10 Escalators and moving walks
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Definitions, commonly available equipment and duty
10.3 Principal components
10.4 Installation planning
10.5 Drive systems, energy usage and safety devices
10.6 Modernising escalators and moving walks
10.7 Testing and commissioning
10.8 Operating escalators and moving walks
10.9 Actions after an accident involving an escalator or moving walk
10.10 Escalators and moving walks and LOLER
References
11 Transport facilities for people with disabilities
11.1 Access for everyone
11.2 Disability or impairment?
11.3 Summary of the Equality Act 2010
11.4 Building Regulations Approved Document M
11.5 Equipment selection to meet user needs
11.6 Environmental considerations
11.7 Equipment provision
11.8 Escalators and passenger conveyors
11.9 Egress for persons with disabilities
11.10 Selection of lifting devices
References
Appendix 11.A1: Summary of the principal requirements of BS EN 81-70
12 Electrical systems and environmental conditions
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Electrical power supplies for lifts
12.3 Lift power factor correction
12.4 Protection of supplies
12.5 Standby power
12.6 Secondary power supplies for firefighting and evacuation lifts
12.7 Isolating switches, lighting and socket outlets
12.8 Electromagnetic compatibility and harmonic distortion
12.9 Cabling and wiring
12.10 Machinery space environment
12.11 Lift well environment
12.12 Lift car environment
12.13 Human comfort considerations
12.14 Environment for maintenance
12.15 Lightning protection
References
Appendix 12.A1: Schedules for electrical systems requirements#
13 Energy consumption of lifts, escalators and moving walks
13.1 Energy consumption and energy efficiency
13.2 Symbols
13.3 Signing convention
13.4 Energy consumption of lifts
13.5 Energy consumption of escalators and moving walks
13.6 Classification according to ISO
13.7 Conclusions
References
Appendix 13.A1: Example format for calculation spreadsheet
14 Lift emergency alarms, data logging, monitoring and traffic surveys
14.1 Reason for remote alarms and remote monitoring
14.2 Remote lift alarms
14.3 Lift monitoring
14.4 Traffic surveys
14.5 Escalators and moving walks
References
15 Commissioning, preventative maintenance, thorough examination and testing of lifts, escalators and moving walks
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Commissioning
15.3 Preventative maintenance
15.4 Thorough examination and tests
15.5 Documentation
References
16 Upgrading of safety, performance and equipment for existing lifts
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Relevant legislation, standards and codes of practice
16.3 Undertaking modifications to existing lift installations
16.4 Important considerations when undertaking modifications to existing lifts
16.5 Step-by-step approach to improving the safety of existing lifts
16.6 Summary of modifications undertaken to existing lifts
16.7 Tests and records
References
17 European Directives, legislation, standards and codes of practice
17.1 Important note
17.2 European Directives
17.3 Acts of Parliament
17.4 Regulations
17.5 Standards and codes of practice
References
18 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
18.1 Background
18.2 Where to obtain information
18.3 The CDM Regulations
18.4 Guidance to CDM 2015
Appendices
Appendix A1: Glossary of terms
Appendix A2: Lift kinematics
Appendix A3: Legislation, standards etc. related to lifts, escalators and moving walks