MEP designing is an essential part of the overall performance of the building. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that all MEP Engineering systems are designed and operated to obtain maximum efficiency. It is necessary that every building’s energy efficiency be taken care of right at the root cause, by enhancing building performance with best design practices.

Here are 6 simple but necessary practices to optimize MEP designs and enhance MEP operation.

• Effective use of site potential

All building sites have natural resources that can be used for better building performance. From the MEP perspective, taking the orientation of the building into account can help to harness natural sunlight and wind patterns to ensure better light and ventilation. Along with this, solar panels can be installed to collect the maximum solar energy, to satisfy the building’s energy needs.

• Use of smart technology to minimize energy consumption

While designing MEP, smart equipment must be included to control and reduce energy consumption.

MEP systems should make use of smart technology like passive Solar Building Design, Motion Sensors for lighting and use of fluorescent lights to reduce the energy consumption.

• Accurate installation and regular maintenance

After precise installation, timely maintenance is a must for sustainable building design. Building Information Modeling has transformed engineering and construction by offering accurate, timely and relevant information throughout a building’s life cycle. MEP BIM models are enriched with information that can be used during maintenance.

• Optimum material use

The raw material and equipment used in the MEP System play a vital role in deciding the effectiveness of the system. For example, using the material with the best heat-transfer coefficient, as per the location the building can help to reduce the load on HVAC systems in the building.

• Enhancing indoor atmosphere using the HVAC system

Indoor atmosphere is a primary factor that decides the comfort, health and productivity of residents. These factors indirectly also regulate energy usage in a building. Through MEP HVAC drawings it is necessary to make sure that indoor air quality and the temperature is maintained properly with an efficient HVAC system.

• Use 3D-modelling instead of 2D-drafting

Buildings are 3D-object. MEP BIM Modeling enables the engineer to have any chosen view of the building in order to ease construction work.

The principle of Mep Bim Modeling eliminates contradictions between any 3D-components of the building and between different drawings of the building.

• Strategic rules of representation used for Drawings

Drawings done for different purposes must show different representations. For this different set of rules should be followed for the representation of the drawing for a different purpose. For example, in MEP Shop Drawings, hidden lines must be represented as dotted lines whereas perspective drawings must hide hidden lines to be clear.

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