Services & Energy Performance of Buildings

1. Describe briefly with the aid of schematic diagrams, photographs and a schedule of major items of plant, how the various building engineering services are delivered within a case study building (Case study building to be confirmed by the tutor).

2. Detail how you would organise maintenance of the building engineering services in the case study building and whether you would consider an in-house or out-sourced approach most appropriate. Your response should be presented in the form of a business case to support your favoured approach.

3. Complete an in-depth energy audit of the building outlined within the coursework assignment. Give consideration to how the building currently performs and provide investment grade recommendations as to how the performance could be cost-effectively improved.

The indicative word count is approximately 4000 (+/- 500 words).