Buildings control

Provide wind direction indication visible from inside the building / control room... 

Chemical plants also consist of process buildings, storage and warehouse buildings, control houses, laboratories, and general offices. Depending on tlie nature of activity and tlie quality of the contents, tlie structural requirements and protection features will vary. Building standards are defined by the National Code of the American Insurance Association. 

The need for building control arose primarily to protect the health and safety of the population and, latterly, to conserve fuel and power and prevent waste. Local and State Building Regulations give standards of performance necessary in the building and, as such, make reference to national and international standards and codes of practice. The regulations cover two areas of health and safety and can be subdivided as follows ... 

Local and statutory authority issues (e.g. planning, building control, service tariffs) ... 

Where existing buildings are of an age which would indicate that their design and construction were performed in accordance with statutory requirements, planning, building control, standards or codes of practice subsequently superseded, care must be taken to ensure that extensions to such facilities are designed and constructed in accordance with current requirements. 

For building control and safety, the presence, concentration and flow of gases are crucial parameters. We distinguish the following categories ... 

In building control the controlled parameters include basic functions such as discharge air temperature, space temperature, humidity and fan control. The benefits of such a control system in an intelligent, integrated heating and cooling network include repeatable and individual parameter or area (zone) control. Individual comfort control has been shown to increase employee output and provide an annual productivity gain of over 1000 per employee. 

Cross-linked wre and cable, foam tubing, weather protection, and moisture barriers (e.g., powercable, building conduit, portable apparatus building control, instrument, shipboard, automotive, marine appliances, insulation of heating tubes)... 

In the control and optimization of renewable energy processes, ambient humidity is one of the important parameters. Humidity also plays an important role in building controls and in minimizing the energy use of HVAC systems. Leonardo da Vinci was the first to attempt the measurement of humidity by weighing a ball of wool. Today, as shown in Figure 3.24, a wide range of humidity sensors is available. 

Landis, Validating Building Control Systems, Siemens Building Technologies Inc. 

Development cind Building Control Division Yes/No (Enciose copy of approval)... 

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