Bachelor of Engineering - Building Systems Engineering

In this course the student will be introduced to the requirements for control of fire and smoke in buildings. Part 3 of the Ontario Building Code will be reviewed to determine fire and smoke control options for various types of buildings. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements for sprinkler, standpipe and other fire suppression systems will be covered. Methods to control spread of smoke in buildings will be investigated.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: CHEM72000 OR CHEM72005
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 14
• Credits: 1
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• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

In this project the student will develop a commercial building integrating Building Science and design principles from previous semesters. CAD tools will be employed in the process. Heating and cooling loads will be calculated using appropriate Computer Energy Analysis software. Appropriate HVAC systems will be researched and applied in the project building. Fire and smoke control strategies will be incorporated into the project. Basic utility cost estimating will be introduced in the building design process.

• Hours: 84
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: DSGN71150 OR DSGN71155
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MATH71560 OR MATH71561 AND PHYS71020
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: MATH70010 OR MATH71560 OR MATH71561
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MATR71025
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $143.30

• Hours: 420
• Credits: 14
• Pre-Requisites: CEPR71050
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Topics in this course include: single and three-phase AC systems; transformers, equivalent circuit, equations, efficiency and voltage regulation; DC motors, equations, efficiency, operational characteristics and speed control; induction motors, equations, equivalent circuit, efficiency and speed control; synchronous motors, equations, phasor diagrams, speed control; power electronics; chopper and phase-controlled DC drives; and V/Hz control of AC motors.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: ELCN71025
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

In this course the student will study the elements of design for machines. The fundamentals of stress, strain, deflection, materials properties, failure theories, fatigue phenomena, fracture mechanics, finite element analysis, etc. will be covered. Treatments of specific common design elements used in elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks for buildings will be used as applications of the theories. Various types of elevators including hydraulic, traction and machine room-less systems will be investigated and applications for each will be studied.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: MATR72050
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $116.15

In this project the student will take the commercial building designed in the previous project and design lighting systems for various areas. Electrical loads for the building will be calculated and an electrical distribution system will be designed for the building, applying the requirements of the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC). Major electrical equipment such as transformers, distribution panels and load panels will be specified.

• Hours: 84
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: ELCN71025
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Topics covered in this course include: methods of solving first-order differential equations; second-order linear equations with constant coefficients; higher-order linear equations with constant coefficients; systems of first order differential equations; Laplace transform and discontinuous forcing functions.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MATH71000 AND MATH71570
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $156.05

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MECH73115
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 420
• Credits: 14
• Pre-Requisites: CEPR71050
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

Today’s technology employees need financial management skills to make decisions and manage projects within an organization. This introductory course for non-accounting students covers aspects of both financial accounting and management accounting. Students will be able to apply concepts of financial accounting to both personal and business situations, including the preparation and use of basic financial statements. Management accounting topics will allow the students to understand cost behaviour and its use in decision-making, evaluate capital investments, and prepare operating budgets.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This is the second semester of a year-long capstone engineering design project. Students work in groups depending on the report to be submitted. Students will incorporate their individual research reports into the design of a major Building System. This project will involve application of: Project Initiation and Management; Design Process; Concurrent engineering systems design; Design for construction and installation; Design to satisfy engineering, business and operation and maintenance criteria. Reports will include: Project Initiation; Feasibility and Proposal; Preliminary Modelling and Load Estimate; Design; Operation and Maintenance Requirements.

• Hours: 84
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: DSGN74090 OR DSGN74095
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course outlines how to implement an energy management system and to analyse energy savings measures improving building performance and reducing economic and environmental impacts. Topics covered in this course include: fundamentals of energy management; codes and regulations in relation to lighting, water and HVAC; effect of climate and extreme environmental conditions; equipment selection based on lifecycle costing; utility distribution structures and deregulation for electricity and natural gas; utility usage and projections; advanced energy modeling software for determining energy efficiency; energy policies, processes, targets and measuring methods; baseline energy performance indicators for improving energy performance; and internal benchmarking, measuring and documenting for improving energy performance.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: ECON74000 AND ENGG73000
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course covers turbo-machines in which energy is transferred either to or from a continuously flowing fluid by the dynamic action of moving blades. This includes centrifugal pumps, fans and compressors used in building systems, and turbines used for electrical generation. Compressible and incompressible flow will be studied. Efficiency and flow/pressure characteristics will be investigated.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MECH72125 OR MECH72126 AND MECH73115
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.