Impacting Performance Building and Customer Satisfaction

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Impacting Performance Building and Customer
Satisfaction

• Interior Systems Technology
• Raised Access Floors
• Lighting
• Connectivity
• Interiors

Stephen R. Lee, AIA
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Workshop Issue

• Building occupant needs are typically not well
  documented, so it can be problematic to design
  and select interior systems and technologies.

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsIntegration

• A total integration of all building systems will
  provide for current operations as well as for
  future changes.

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsFlexibility

• The flexibility to accommodate continual change
  needs to be built in to the building design
  from the outset and respected in subsequent
  alterations.

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsTechnology
Infrastructure

• A technology infrastructure in each building
  should be planned to accommodate power systems,
  mechanical systems/ controls and communications
  systems.
• The infrastructure must provide . horizontal
  distribution pathways and workstation outlets for
  each system.

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsAccessibility

• All underfloor and ceiling areas used for
  horizontal system distribution must be accessible
  without requiring repair to interior finishes.

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsAccess Floors

• Access floors shall be incorporated into all new
  construction where office functions will take
  place.
• The flexibility allowed by accessible flooring
  recognizes the dynamic changes that occur in the
  use of the space and the continual upgrades that
  occur .

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PBS Facilities Standards ExcerptsUnderfloor Air

• Floor air plenum distribution systems are
  preferred in office applications with raised
  floors, eliminating ceiling ductwork and
  facilitating personal climate control systems.

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Interior Systems Technology

• Are you aware of these PBS-P100 requirements, and
  do your A/E teams design to meet or exceed them?

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Is This Your Kit of Parts?

• A Primer on Interior Systems Technology

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Or This..?
Brazil 1985
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Or This..?
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A More Complete Kit of Parts
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Excerpts from theCBPD HVAC Guidelines

• Deliver breathing air (ventilation) independent
  of thermal conditioning (heating and cooling)
• Engineer multi-mode conditioning with natural
  ventilation

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Typical Ceiling System
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RaisedFloor Systems
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Comparison

• Similar First Cost
• Lower OM/ Energy
• Improved IAQ
• Improved Flexibility
• Improved Productivity
• Improved Comfort
• Individual Control
• Low Noise
• No Flr-Flr Ht. ?

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Access Floor Performance Concerns

• Humidity control in space
• Drafts
• Condensation/ moisture in the plenum
• Dust/ debris accumulation in plenum
• Cost in retrofits due to modifications i.e.
  ramps, elevators, stairs, etc.

ARTI Study, Flexible Adaptable HVAC,CMU
CBPD/ Oakridge National Laboratory, 2002
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Excerpts from the CBPD Lighting Guidelines

• Provide daylighting as the dominant ambient
  light source integrate w/ electric lighting
  strategy
• Separate task lighting from ambient lighting

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Excerpts from the CBPD Connectivity Guidelines

• Provide Accessibility, Flexibility,
  Maintainability and Expandability
• Single point of responsibility connectivity
• Grid of service sized for maximum density
• Fixed consolidation points with flexible tethers
• Plug and play operability
• Prototype interfaces with workstation

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Excerpts from the CBPD Interior Guidelines

• Provide for layers of
• collaboration for teaming
• closure for privacy
• mobility for flexibility
• personalization
• Ensure ergonomics/ functional support for both
  individual and shared work processes

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Collaboration Closure
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Layers of Mobility Personalization
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Ergonomics
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Interior Systems Technology

• Are your project teams implementing a
  comprehensive kit of parts approach?
• How are your project teams handling the
  coordination with shell/ core?

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Interior Systems Integration

• For the interior fit-out to achieve its maximum
  potential, it must be fully integrated
• with respect to the shell and core
• and within the kit of parts
• and it cant be done as a last minute thing
• Both the tenants and the operating engineers need
  to understand the range of workable solutions.

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Interior Systems Integration

• The kit of parts is the daily touch and feel
  for the occupants, so the integrated project
  team needs to get it right the first time.

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Interior Systems Technology
What actions can be taken to improve this process?