Final Report

The mechanical redesign of the Bellevue Ambulatory Care Pavilion involves utilizing a local two-stage steam-fired absorption chiller plant, which replaces the need to use chilled water from an off-site centrifugal chiller plant. Applicable parametric studies, which incorporate material and similar studies from the M.A.E. class AE 557, helped further depict from where the energy savings came. Stuctural and architectural breadth studies accompany the full report.

For a full PDF version of the final report, click on the link below.

For a PDF version of the executive summary, click on the link below.

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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-in-progress 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 David Sivin. 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. This page was last updated on 11/26/08.