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PUMP

A water equipment used whenever the water supply at its natural pressure cannot be directly piped to a building, tank or reservoir.

CISTERN

A reservoir, tank or vessel for storing or holding water or other liquids

PNEUMATIC TANK

A tank using air pressure from a suction tank to distribute water for tall buildings which cannot be reached by normal pressure

SERVICE PIPE

The pipe from the public water main or source of water supply to the building served is called

WATER SOURCE

Refers to the public water system laid underground along the streets where house service is connected

CORPORATtON COCK

A stop valve placed in a service pipe close to its connection with a water main

BUSHING

A kind of G. I. fitting used as reducer from a bigger diameter to a lesser diameter.

TEFLON

To insure no leakage, a G. I. pipe when threaded has to use while lead liquid or tape around the thread

before tightening the fittings

UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPE

What does uPVC mean

CASING

A material used as a covering, such as a pipe bigger than the main pipe of a deep well so that the

main pipe can be pulled out for repair

PIPE CHASE

An opening or space to accommodate a group of pioes

LIQUID ENHANCED SYSTEM

A system of sprinklers with its pipes constantly filling both mains and distribution pipes.

STORM MAIN

That portion of the plumbing system which conveys rain water to a suitable terminal. This is usually discharged into a street gutter conveyed by a public ____ system and carried to some drainage terminal such as lakes or rivers.

BLACK WATER

Water plus human waste, solid and liquid, urine·that is flushed out of toilets and urinals

SOIL STACK PIPE

A vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and liquid waste

WASTE PIPES

A pipe which conveys only liquid wastes free of fecal matter.

VENT

.A pipe or opening used for ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system and for reducing the pressure exerted on trap seals

TRAP

A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air, gas and materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through it

UNDERGROUND PIT

A pit or receptacle at a low point to which the liquid wastes are drained

SHAFT

A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, light, ventilation and others

CAULKING

Plugging an opening around pipe joints with oakum (hemp soaked With oil) lead or other materials like epoxy adhesive on vinyl that are pounded place.

CATCH BASIN

A receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period of time to deposit setteleable

materials

PUBLIC SEWER LINE

A public sanitary waste disposal system consisting of a treatment unit which conveys the raw waste to the disposal system

SANITARY LANDFILL

Another method of disposing municipal solid wastes is by dumping of refuse at a pre-planned site, compacted and covered with a layer of earth. This method is called a

STATIC HEAD

What part of water suppty design is affected by building height?

RADIATION

Heat is lost through insulating glass by what process?

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE

In calculating solar heat gair., what value must you have in addition to the area of the glass?

AIR CONDITIONING

The process of treatrng air so as to control 'simultaneously its temperature, humk:tity, cleanliness, and distribution to meet the requirements of the conditioned space.

EVAPORATIVE COOLING WITH A CLOSED WATER LOOP

What cooling system would work best for the enclosed courtyard?

VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION

Is a term that describes all the methods used to move people and materials vertically. This- includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, vertical converyor, moving ramps, wheelchair lifts, and platform lifts.

ALTERNATING CURRENT

The bulk of electric energy utilized is in the form of _____ generators produced by alternators.

STEP-UP

A transformer rated 120/480V transforms the lower volt 120V a-cto 480V a-c bigger load. This is called the transformer.

CONDUCTORS AND CONDUIT CAN BE SMALLER

High voltages are used in commercial buildings because:

SOUND

Is a physical wave, or a mechanical vibration, or simply a series of pressure variations, in an elastic medium. For architects, this is defined as an audible signal. This travels much faster in liquids and solids than it does in air.

REVERBERATION

The persistence of sound after the cause of sound has stopped is called the . A result of repeated reflections

DIFFUSION

This is the converse of focusing and occurs primarily when sound is reflected from convex surfaces. A degree of is also provided by flat horizontal and inclined reflectors.

ACOUSTICAL BLANKETS

are made up chiefly of mineral or wood. wool, glass fibers, kapok batts, and hair felt.

NOISE CRITERIA

What method is used to specify the maximum allowable intensity of background sounds?

CANDLE POWER

Is the unit of luminous intensity. It is analogous to pressure in a hydraulic system and voltage in an electric system and represents the force that generates the light that we use.

GLARE

Ucomfortable brightness ratios, where background luminance exceeds object luminance is called a

WATERPROOFING

A method of protecting against the destructive effects of water.

RATPROOFING

A method of protecting rooms against the intrusion of rats and other small destructive animals from gnawing the wooden parts of the house, habitating on ceilings and floors of houses and buildings.

TERMITE PROOFING

It is important to poison the soil anay (white ants) in order to stop the anay from infesting the main spots, walls and flooring

THERMAL INSULATION

To prevent heat from the inside to escape to the cold climate outside or to prevent the transfer of hot outside temperature in summer to the living spac~ within the building, we should specify and use

SPLIT-TYPE

This type of air conditioning system having 2 units, the indoor unit and the outdoor unit. The heat inside a room is absorbed through the indoor unit and is released through the outdoor unit. This type can be wall-mounted, ceiling-mounted, floor-mounted, or, packaged

WINDOW-MOUNTED TYPE

This type of air conditioning system is a semi-fixed, air conditioning system. It is so because it requires a wall opening for it to be installed.

GEARLESS TRACTION MACHINES

There are two types of Electric Elevators. One is the ___ which uses a direct current (de) motor directly connected to the sheave. The break is also mounted on the same shaft. These are dependable and easy to maintain and used on high-speed elevators.

SPACE SAVER LIFT

When a parking space is limited. This Hightech Parking invention is used. It is called ___________ . This can be installed in two hours, anywhere you want to double the available parking space - one car would be parked on top of the other.

VOLUME/SIZE OF ROOM

What is one variable affecting reverberation time?