ASHRAE 2007 Student Design Project Competition

ASHRAE sponsors this design project competition to encourage undergraduate students to become involved in the dynamic profession of Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning, to apply their knowledge to practical design use, and to promote team work. ASHRAE will recognize the outstanding student design projects at next year's ASHRAE 2008 Winter Meeting in New York, NY.

The student design competition follows a prescribed format. The contest’s guidelines provide enough background information to enable the teams to select and/or design the HVAC system for the given building and/or perform the architectural design for the given program. The teams may compete in one or more of the three subcategories: HVAC System Selection, HVAC System Design and Architectural Design.

ASHRAE recommends that the project groups consist of at least two members. However, team members can attend different colleges. Five copies of the all competition entries must be submitted to ASHRAE. Along with the hard copies of the entries, a CD with the electronic version must be included as well. Each entry, including drawings, diagrams, calculations and manufacture’s data, must be no longer that 45 pages. The report should include, at a minimum, the following:

• Statement of subcategory criteria and major goals,
• Descriptions of how the design satisfied these criteria and goals,
• Descriptions of how and why the final HVAC system or architectural design was selected,
• Supporting calculations, and
• Design drawings and/or schematic diagrams.

Entries may originate from an undergraduate engineering or architecture curriculum. All team members must be enrolled in an undergraduate program during the semester/term they contribute to the design. Projects submitted by graduate students are not eligible.

Awards

Awards will be presented to the winners of each of the three competition subcategories as follows:

First Place: $1,500 Plus a representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights lodging and $100 expenses for attendance at the ASHRAE 2008 winter meeting in New York, NY where the award will be presented.

Second Place: A representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights lodging and $100 expenses for attendance at the 2008 winter meeting in New York, NY where the award will be presented.

Third Place: A representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights lodging and $100 expenses for attendance at the 2008 winter meeting in New York, NY where the award will be presented.

The 2007 student competition will focus on a biotech research building located in New York City. An existing building will undergo a significant renovation from its present use as a UPS distribution center.

Phase I – 127,165 SF renovation/ new added space
Phase II – 11,700 SF new construction plus penthouse

Phase I building construction budget is $42M including design fees. The building will consist of office, lab, equipment, vivarium and mechanical penthouse space. The student design teams will keep in mind the future needs of Phase II when planning for the HVAC Selection and Design of Phase I. The intent of the design should be to provide modular, scaleable design of the systems. The modular approach allows the phased growth of the building to minimize cost and space impacts of infrastructure needs for both now and later.

Student HVAC Design groups will perform the HVAC System Selection and HVAC System Design for Phase I. The final HVAC System Selection and Design for Phase I shall address the following major design goals:

• Low Life Cycle Cost,
• Low Environmental Impact,
• Comfort and Health,
• Creative High Performance Green Design, and
• Synergy with architecture.

The Architectural Design portion of the competition will be the second planned phase, Phase II, of the building.

Student Design Competition Design Criteria

 HVAC System Design Criteria

 HVAC System Selection Criteria

 Architectural Design Criteria