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WorksheetsTopic 4: Designing for Indoor Air Quality
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why is maintaining and monitoring the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is important in a building?
To reduce risk of getting sick building syndrome (SBS)
To reduce risk of sanitary problem in the building
To nurture good attitude and friendliness of occupants in the building
To reduce risk of getting irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
What are the various types of natural ventilation approach that can be used in a building? (select ALL the right answers only)
Use of cupola
Use of roof window
Use of tinted glazing
Use of mechanical blind system
What is a cupola in a building?
Usually a small structure situated on top of larger roof or dome to admit light and air
Outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof to admit light and air
Usually a louvered opening located in the roof’s overhang, work well as air inlets and outlets
Unit ventilator fans on the outside wall of each room to circulate room air
What is a roof window in a building?
Usually a small structure situated on top of larger roof or dome to admit light and air
Outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof to admit light and air
Usually a louvered opening located in the roof’s overhang, work well as air inlets and outlets
Unit ventilator fans on the outside wall of each room to circulate room air
What is a soffits vents in a building?
Usually a small structure situated on top of larger roof or dome to admit light and air
Outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof to admit light and air
Usually a louvered opening located in the roof’s overhang, work well as air inlets and outlets
Unit ventilator fans on the outside wall of each room to circulate room air
What is a mechanical ventilation in a building?
Usually a small structure situated on top of larger roof or dome to admit light and air
Outward opening window that is incorporated as part of the design of a roof to admit light and air
Usually a louvered opening located in the roof’s overhang, work well as air inlets and outlets
Unit ventilator fans on the outside wall of each room to circulate room air
Why is glazing material selection of windows important in a building? (select ALL the right answers only)
Because it greatly influences the amount of heat gain and loss
Because it greatly influences the amount of natural lighting that can enter the interior space
Because it greatly influences the amount of wind that can enter the house
Because it greatly influences the amount of water that can be used as cooling effect
When do mechanical ventilation should be considered to be used in a space?
When there is no window or openings to allow fresh air into the space
When the space require more fresh air than it can sustain from the windows and opening available
When there are already enough windows and openings to allow fresh air into the space
When there is the need to make the space to look more interesting
What are the different types of basic window treatment that can be used in a space?
Curtains
Draperies
Blinds
Cupola
What is defined by active solar heating system?
Systems which incorporate solar collection, storage, and distribution with the use of pumps, fans, heat pumps, and other mechanical equipment to transmit and distribute thermal energy via air or a liquid
Systems which incorporate solar collection, storage, and distribution without the use of other mechanical equipment to transmit and distribute thermal energy via air or a liquid
System which incorporate mechanical operation to provide protection against solar heat
System which incorporate use of glazing material through introduction of color, tempered and others to allow solar heat gain.
