| Proposal Submissions |
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| December 10, 2010 - Original submission |
| January 14, 2010 - Updated proposal. Changes to M.A.E. focus and minor gramatical changes. |
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| Lighting Depth |
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I will be completing a lighting design for four spaces within the North Addition: the main lobby, the auditroium, the courtyard, and the second floor nurses station. These spaces were examined in Technical Report #1 and schematic lighting designs were presented for these spaces as a part of Technical Report #3. The lighting design includes the selection and layout of equipment and controls. The main goal of the lighting design is to help create comfortable enviornmens with a modern appearance that meet or exceed recommended illuminance and power requirements. |
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| Electrical Depth |
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The electrical depth study of this thesis will include a branch circuit redesign for the four new lighting systems, a short circuit analysis, and two depth studies: the design of a major mechanical motor control center, and a comparison of energy savings versus first costs for increasing feeder sizes. |
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| Architectural Breadth |
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The architectural breadth will involve a redesign of the exisiting courtyard. The courtyard will be redesigned to function as an extention of the adjacent conservatory. With the help of the new lighting design, it will serve as a backdrop for the conservatory during night time hours. |
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| Mechanical Breadth |
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In order to allow the lighting design to build upon the architect's orginal vision for the lobby, the exisiting diffusers in the main lobby must be redesigned. The redesign will involve sizing and locating the new diffusers. |
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| M.A.E. Focus |
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To satisfy M.A.E. requirements, material and knowledge from AE 561 Light Sources will be incorporated into the redesign. Specifically, research will be conducted on circadian rhythms and the biological effects of light sources on building occupants with the goal of determining how light sources and or lighting specfic lighting designs will affect night shift nurses. The knowledge gained from this research will be applied to the lighting design for the nurses station.
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