maggie.mcnamara
mechanical

n.r.u.c.f.c.headquarters

final.report.

sterling, va

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building.statistics

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thesis.proposal

final.report

		EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

		FINAL THESIS REPORT The purpose of the Final Thesis Report is to evaluate and redesign the existing mechanical system. The first redesign depth discussed is replaceing the current AHUs and terminal boxes with a DOAS with chilled beams. The second depth is adding a hybrid photovolatic/thermal solar system to the roof. Both of the depths will look at the energy saving potential and the econmics of each option. The breadths discussed are an architectual breadth, which studies the affect of adding solar collectors to the roof and an electrical breadth which looks at how that load of the building is changed due to the redesigned systems.

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*note: while great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of cpep, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-inprogress for this thesis project. modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of maggie mcnamara. changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.