BCE 324 – Engineering Utilities 1
FIRST EXAMINATION - Benefits of Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Electrical Theory - Lighting Design Practices and Consideration
- The History of Electricity - Lighting System Controls
- The Phenomenon of Electricity - Daylighting Principles
- Units of Electricity
- Electrical Circuits THIRD EXAMINATION
- Magnetism and Electric Current
• Building Telecommunication System
- Direct and Alternating Current
- Transforming Voltage and Current - Telecommunication System
- Impedance and the Power Factor - Fundamentals of Telecommunication System
- Telecommunication Networks
- Transmission Media
• Electrical Materials
- Electro Magnetic Interference
- Power Generation and Transmission
- Building Electrical Service Equipment • Structured Building Communication System
- Overcurrent Protection: Fuses and Circuit Breakers - Wiring and Cabling Standards
- Utilization Equipment and Devices - Telecommunication Cabling and Pathways
- Conductors - Structured Cabling System
- Enclosures and Raceways • Advanced Wiring System for Homes
- Electric Motors - Wiring System Components
- Occupant Protection
• Electrical Design Principles FOURTH EXAMINATION
- Electrical Codes, Licenses, and Permits • The Building Industry
- (Electrical Construction Drawings) - Mechanical Systems
- Building System Voltages - Electrical Systems
- Grounded and Ungrounded Conductors - HVAC
- Conductor Requirements • Environmental Impacts of Buildings
- Cable Raceway and enclosure - Residential Building Energy Use
- Branch Circuit Requirements - Commercial Building Energy Use
- Device and Equipment Requirements - Green Buildings
• MEP Design
SECOND EXAMINATION - MEP System Cost
• Architectural Lighting System - MEP Construction Standards and Building Codes
- Chronicle of Artificial Lighting - MEP Association, Societies and Agencies
- Characteristics of Artificial Lighting
- Types of Artificial Light Sources
- Forms of Architectural Lighting
- Lighting Installations
- Light Distribution and Glare
• Principle of Lighting Design
- Basic Design Approach
- Average Illuminance Level
- Luminaire Spacing
- Spacing Criterion