Building engineering

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Building engineering as a discipline

• Civil engineering
  Civil engineering
  
  Civil engineering is a Professional Engineer discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings....
   for building structures and foundation;
• Mechanical engineering for Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning system (HVAC
  HVAC
  
  HVAC is an initialism or acronym that stands for "heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning". HVAC is sometimes referred to as climate control and is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and in marine environments such as aquariums, where humidity and tem...
  ), and for mechanical service systems;
• Physics for building science
  Building science
  
  Building science is the collection of scientific knowledge that focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings....
  , lighting
  Lighting
  
  File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 033.jpgLighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. Lighting includes use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors from daylight....
   and acoustics
  Acoustics
  
  Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of sound, ultrasound and infrasound . A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician....
  .
• Electrical engineering for power distribution, control, and electrical systems;
• Chemistry and biology for indoor air quality
  Indoor air quality
  
  Indoor air quality is a term referring to the air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants....
  ;
• Architecture
  Architecture
  
  The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
   for form, function, building codes and specifications;
• Economics for project management
  Project management
  
  Project management is the List of academic disciplines of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives....
  .

• Energy efficiency, passive solar engineering, lighting and acoustics;
• Construction management;
• HVAC and control systems; Indoor air quality;
• Advanced building materials; building envelope;
• Earthquake resistance, wind effects on buildings, computer-aided design.

Specializations in Building Engineering

• Building Indoor Environment
  Building indoor environment
  
  Building indoor environment covers the environmental aspects in the design, analysis, and operation of energy-efficient, healthy, and comfortable buildings....
   covers the environmental aspects in the design, analysis and operation of energy-efficient, healthy and comfortable buildings. Fields of specialization include: thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustics, HVAC and control systems.

• Building Envelope
  Building envelope
  
  A building envelope is the separation between the interior and the exterior environments of a building. It serves as the outer shell to protect the indoor environment as well as to facilitate its climate control....
   is an application area which draws from all areas of building engineering, especially building science and indoor environment. It focuses on the analysis and design of building envelopes, including durability, heat and moisture transfer and interaction with the indoor environment.

• Building science
  Building science
  
  Building science is the collection of scientific knowledge that focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings....
   focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting the performance of building materials and building enclosure systems.

• Building Structure
  Structure
  
  Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature , and stability of patterns and relationships of entities....
   area concerns with the principles of structural mechanics, material behavior and their applications to the analysis and design of steel, reinforced concrete and timber building structures. Fields of specialization include: wind and seismic effects on buildings.

• Construction Management
  Construction management
  
  Construction Management refers either to the study and practice of the managerial and technological aspects of the construction industry , or to a business model where one party to a construction contract serves as a construction consultant, providing both design and construction advice....
   includes construction techniques, construction processes, planning, scheduling; project tracking and control, labor and industrial relations, and legal issues in construction.

• Computer Aided Engineering is an exciting area in Engineering. Even though computers have become ubiquitous in the architecture-engineering-construction industry, their present use is mostly limited to drafting, analysis, member sizing, cost estimation, and construction management. Computers have tremendous untapped potentials in the field of Building Engineering.

• Energy Efficiency is also an application area which draws from the building science and building environment areas. It includes analysis, design, and control of energy-efficient or low-energy buildings, HVAC
  HVAC
  
  HVAC is an initialism or acronym that stands for "heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning". HVAC is sometimes referred to as climate control and is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and in marine environments such as aquariums, where humidity and tem...
   systems, solar energy utilization and intelligent buildings.

• Architecture
  Architecture
  
  The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
  

• Construction engineering
  Construction engineering
  
  Construction engineering concerns the planning and management of the construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and reservoir ....
  

• Plumbing
  Plumbing
  
  Plumbing is the skilled trade of working with pipe , Tubing and plumbing fixtures for drinking water systems and the drainage of waste. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping systems, plumbing fixtures and equipment such as water heaters....
   and piping
  Piping
  
  Within industry, piping is a system of pipe used to convey fluids from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid....
   (hydronics
  Hydronics
  
  Hydronics is the name for the use of water as the heat-transfer medium in heating system and Air conditionings.Some of the oldest and most common examples are steam and hot-water radiators....
  )

• Fire protection engineering
  Fire protection engineering
  
  Fire protection engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their environments from the destructive effects of fire and smoke....
  

• Building power systems
  Electrical engineering
  
  Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism....
  

• Lighting
  Lighting
  
  File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 033.jpgLighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. Lighting includes use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors from daylight....
  

• Acoustics
  Acoustics
  
  Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of sound, ultrasound and infrasound . A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician....
  , noise
  Noise
  
  In common use, the word noise means unwanted sound or noise pollution. In electronics noise can refer to the electronic signal corresponding to acoustic noise or the electronic signal corresponding to the noise commonly seen as 'Noise ' on a degraded television or video image....
   & vibration
  Vibration
  
  Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic function such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road....
   control

Education

Educational institutions offering Building Engineering

Educational institutions in the US

• (ABET 1975, AEI)
• (ABET 1991, AEI)
• (ABET 2003, AEI)
• (ABET 1936-61 and 1980, AEI)
• (ABET 1988, AEI)
• (ABET 2006, AEI)
• (ABET 1969, AEI)
• (ABET 1986, AEI)
• (ABET 1936, AEI)
• (ABET 1977, AEI)
• (ABET 1936, AEI)
• (ABET 1936, AEI)
• (ABET 1962, AEI)
• (ABET 2004, AEI)
• (ABET 1960)
• (ABET 1938, AEI)
• (ABET 1986, AEI)

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