Plant connections and controls

This chapter focuses upon the way in which systems are put together and automatically controlled. At an early stage in the design process for space heating and water services it is necessary to identify how the building should be zoned, both in terms of time scheduling (those areas whose operating periods may differ) and in terms of temperature control (dependent upon building orientation, exposure and uses to which different parts of the building are going to be put). Figures 6.1 and 6.2 illustrate zoning diagrams.