Heat Load Calculation and Coordination of Multispecialty Hospital Using Revit Modelling Software

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Heat Load Calculation and Coordination of Multispecialty Hospital
Using Revit Modelling Software
Krishna Ambekar1, Akshay Zope2, Vinay Thete3, Prof. S.J. Suryawanshi4
1Bachelor of Engineering Student, MVP’s KBT College of Engineering, Nashik, India
2 Bachelor of Engineering Student, MVP’s KBT College of Engineering, Nashik, India
3 Bachelor of Engineering Student, MVP’s KBT College of Engineering, Nashik, India
4Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MVP’s KBT College of Engineering, Nashik, India
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Abstract - In this particular work, we aregoingtodesign an
air-conditioning and ventilation system with the help of heat
load calculations for a multispecialty hospital using Revit
Modelling software. Autodesk's Revit building information
modelling (BIM) software is going to be used for 3D building
design and construction documentation tool. Revit had
allowed designers to analyze the annualandpeakheatingand
cooling loads of their designs using Energy plus BTO's
opensource building energy modelling engine. It provides
architects with directional guidance, steering them towards
the load-reducing building shapes, space plans. and envelope
designs that are the bones of anyenergy-efficientbuilding. The
heat load calculations forthemultispecialtyhospitalaregoing
to be done manually. The design standards used will be as per
the ISHRAE standards. The design of air conditioning and
ventilation system using the Revit modelling software will be
suggested for the multispecialty hospital.
Key Words: HVAC system design, VRV system, Chilledwater
system, Air handing unit (AHU), Chillers.
1.INTRODUCTION
Heat load calculation is a fundamental skill for HVAC
designers and consultants. Consider that space cooling is
among the highest energy expenses in buildings, especially
during the summer. However, to properly size a space
cooling system, first we must know the amount of heat that
must be removed - this is precisely the purpose of heat load
calculation. Heat in buildingscancomefrominternal sources
such as electrical appliances, or from external sources such
as the sun. A heat load calculation considers all sources
present and determines their total effect. The sum of all
these heat sources is known as the heat gain(orheatload)of
the building, and is expressed eitherinBTU(BritishThermal
Units) or Kw (Kilowatts). For an air conditioner to cool a
room or building its output must be greater than the heat
gain. It is important before purchasing an air conditioner
that a heat load calculation is performed to ensure it is big
enough for the intended application. Revit Building
Information Modelling software helps engineers, designers
and contractors across the mechanical, electrical and
plumbing (MEP) disciplines model to a high level of detail
and co-ordinate with building project contributors.
1.1 Problem Statement
To design an airconditioningand ventilationsystemwiththe
help of heat load calculations for the multispecialty hospital
using Revit modelling software.
1.2 Objective of work
 To study the basics of Heating Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) system.
 To get the core knowledge about different HVAC
systems.
 To make heat load calculations of multispecialty
hospital.
 To understand the working of Revit Modelling
software.
 To design HVAC system fora multispecialtyhospital
using Revit modelling software.
1.3 Scope of work
This project briefly introduces the principal components of
cooling load of a building, namely, wall transmission, solar
effect, internal heat gain (light, equipment, occupants)
orientation of building, etc. The building sector isgrowing at
a rapid pace and is the third largest consumer of energy,
after industry and agriculture. Environmentally benign
technologies and practices in this sector can address
sustainability issues and contribute to conservation of
national resources, besides saving on the operating costs.
2. METHODOLOGY
In designing of heat ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
system, a flow chart of methods had to be used to describe it
systematically.
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The steps include:
Fig-1: Methodology Flow Chart
3. LITERATURE REVIEW
Sharad Shukla et. al. [1] have designed the energy efficient
HVAC system for a school building. The use of air
conditioning systems for residential/office buildings were
very minimum in the earlier days of 1980’s. Due to the
technology advancement and industrial growth buildings
were started construction in a closed area and construction
of apartment also increased after 1980’s with increased
population. Also, ambient temperatures are changed
drastically due to global warming effect. The necessity of
design of air conditioning system for residential/office
buildings is increasing day-by-day and lot of professionals
have been developed in this field and adapted themselves
into this field as consultants/designers due to the increased
requirement. Hence, they also felt necessity to learn this
subject and upgrade their knowledge in this field of air
conditioning.
Ren Lu-luet. et. al. [2] have designed an office building in
Nanjing as an example to use the BIM technology for the 3-
dimensional optimization. With the detailed layout of
pipelines, it sets the elevation to replan the original
unreasonable designing.
V. Nikithaet. et.al. [3] have discussed the cooling load
calculations for a commercial building by using Revit
software. Window air conditioners, splitairconditionersare
used in small buildings and offices etc but in big buildings
and commercial complex we use central air conditioning
systems these systems are installed far away from the
buildings. The cooled air is supplied to the building with the
help of ducts. When ducts are not properly designed, then it
will lead to problem such as frictional loss, higher
installation cost, increased noise and power consumption.
For minimizing this problem, a proper design of duct is
needed. Equal friction method is used to design the duct; it
gives the comparison of pressure drop in rectangular duct
and circular duct. Central air conditioning is more reliable
for easy operation with a lower maintenance cost. Cooling
load items such as, people heat gain, lighting heat gain,
infiltration and ventilation heat gain can easily be done by
using REVIT SOFTWARE.Theprogrammecanalsobeusedto
calculate cooling load due to walls and roofs. And results
were compared withthestandarddata given byASHRAEand
CARRIER. The RULE OF THUMB method is used to calculate
the heat developed in the rooms.Thesemethodsareused for
lower power consumption capital cost and improve
aesthetics of building.
Minjae Shina et. al. [4] have designed building energy
simulation programs can be useful tools in evaluating
building energy performance during a building’s lifecycle,
both at the design and operation stages. In addition,
simulating building energy usage has become a key strategy
in designing high performancebuildingsthatcanbettermeet
the needs of society without consuming excess resources.
Therefore, it is important to provide accurate predictions of
building energy performance in building design and
construction projects. Although many previous studieshave
addressed the accuracy of building energy simulations, very
few studies of this subject have mentionedtheimportanceof
Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) thermal
zoning strategies to sustainable building design. This
research provides a systematic literature review of building
thermal zoning for building energy simulation. This work
also reviews previous definitions of HVAC thermal zoning
and its application in building energy simulation programs,
including those appearing in earlier studies of the
development of new thermal zoning methods for simulation
modelling. The results indicate that future research is
needed to develop a well-documented and accurate thermal
zoning method capable of assisting designers with their
building energy simulation needs.
Cary A. Faulkneret. et. al. [5] have stated to minimize the
indoor transmission of contaminants, such as the virus that
can lead to COVID-19, buildings must provide the best
indoor air quality possible. Improving indoor air quality can
be achieved through the building’s HVAC systemtodecrease
any concentrationofindoorcontaminantsbydilutionand/or
by source removal. However, doing so has practical
downsides on the HVAC operation that are not always
quantified in the literature. This paper develops a temporal
simulation capability that is used to investigate the indoor
virus concentration and operational cost of an HVAC system
for two mitigation strategies: (1) supplying 100% outdoor
air into the building and (2) using different HVAC filters,
including MERV 10, MERV 13, and HEPA filters. These
strategies are applied to a hypothetical medium office
building consisting of five occupied zones and located in a
2D Architectural Layout of Hospital
Heat Load Calculations
Design of HVAC System
Cost Estimation
3D Revit Model of Hospital

cold and dry climate. They showed that the ASHRAE
recommended MERV 13 filtration reduces the average virus
concentration by about 10% when compared to MERV 10
filtration, with an increase in site energy consumption of
about 3%. In contrast, the use of 100% outdoor air reduces
the average indoor concentration by about an additional 1%
compared to MERV 13 filtration, but significantly increases
heating energy consumption.
Guangcai Gonget et. al. [6] have definedthe radiantheating
and cooling has been widely acknowledged as an important
energy saving technique for building air-conditioning. This
paper put forward the concept of Air Carrying Energy
Radiant-air-conditioning System (ACERS) to solve some of
the limitations of existing radiant air-conditioning systems.
Since the orifice plate of ACERS would enable 2 radiant and
convective heat transfer with indoor surfaces, using the
traditional load calculation method could result in
inaccuracy. Therefore, a correction coefficient method for
load calculation for ACERS was developed. Based on
experiments conducted in summer and winter, in a room
installed with ACERS, the cooling and heating loads of the
test room were calculated by traditional and newly
developed Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation
method. Then the cooling and heating load calculation
results of two methods were compared as the approximate
correction coefficient of ACERS, which was validated as
about 0.75 in summer cooling and 0.8 in winter heating. The
load calculation is the foundation of ACERS design and
application, and should also contribute to energy
conservation in usage of Heating, Ventilating, Air-
conditioning (HVAC).
Yungang Pan et. al. [7] have stated the purpose ofthestudy
is to discuss the appropriate HVAC operations in civil
buildings from a perspective of engineering experience, to
provide a safe and healthy indoor environment for working
and living, responding to the prevention of COVID-19
transmission in buildings. The study reviewed the previous
theoretical studies of relations between increased
ventilation and the transmission of the virus, and based on a
premise of value orientation, addressed that increasing the
ventilation was still one of the most effective ways to
promote the antiepidemic property in the buildings. The
study thus summarized the current characteristics of
different HVAC systems in buildings, and put forward the
target operation strategies respectively, which effectively
increased the fresh air flow rate and meantime ensure the
normal operation of the buildings.
4. ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
Specific Assumptions:
[1] Conditioned space: Entire hospital (all floors)
[2] Location: Pune
[3] Inside conditions:
Dry bulb temperature = 75 0F
Wet bulb temperature= 62.5 0F
Relative humidity= 50%
[4] Outside Conditions:
Dry bulb temperature = 104 0F
Wet bulb temperature= 75 0F
Relative humidity= 50%
Daily range = 32 0F
Designed Assumptions:
[1] Hospital timings 24 hours
[2] Height of room 10 ft.
Load Assumptions:
[1] Density of air is constant.
[2] The peak time will be 4 p.m.
[3] Ventilation in toilets is free flow.
HEAT LOAD CALCULATION:
Room: OPD-1
1. Area and volume
Feet = (10.36 * 11.81)
Area = 10.36* 11.81 = 122.35 feet2
Volume =122.35 * 10 = 1223.5 feet3
2. Sensible Heat
 Solar heat gain through glass
Window Direction= South
Q=UA ∆T
Q= 0.65*(6*4) *12 = 187.2 British Thermal
Unit (BTU)/hr
 Solar Heat Gain through Wall
Wall 1: South direction
A= (10 * 11.8) – (6 * 4) = 94.1 Ft2
∆T = Equivalent temp + correction factor
∆T = 16+9 = 25
Q= 0.31 * 94.1 * 25 = 729.275 BTU/hr.
 Transient Heat gain
i. All Glasses
A= 6*4 = 24 Ft2
∆T = DBT Outside– DBTInside = 104 – 75 = 290 F
Q=UA∆T
Q = 0.65 * 24 * 29 = 452.4 BTU/hr.
ii. Floor:
Q=UA∆T
Q= 0.23 * 12.35 * 24 = 675.37 BTU/hr.
 Ventilation
Fresh Air CFM = (CFM/person*No of person) +
(CFM/Sq.ft.* Area in Sq. ft.)
= (5 * 3) + (0.06 * 122.35)
= 22.341
Q Heat Gain = Q fresh Air*∆T*B. F*1.08
= 22.341 * 29 *0.12 *1.08 = 83.966BTU/hr.

 Infiltration
Window Infiltration: Crack length= 2*(7+7)
= 28 ft2
Q infiltration = 28 * 0.375= 10.5
Q sensible = Q infiltration * ∆T * 1.08
= (10.5) * 29 * 1.08 = 328.86 BTU/hr.
 Internal sensible heat
1) People:
Q = No of person + Sensible heat / person
= 3 * 245
= 735 BTU/hr.
2) Lighting:
Q = Area * 3.4
= 122.35 * 3.4
= 415.9913 BTU/hr.
3) Equipment:
Printer = 50 W
Computer = 200 W
Q = (50 + 200) * hours running /
(24 * 3.4)
= (50 + 200) * 8/ (24 * 3.4)
= 283.33 BTU/hr.
 Total sensible Heat (TSH) =sum of all sensible
heats=87.2+729.275+452.4+675.37+83.966+3
28.86+735+415.99+283.33
= 3891.391 BTU/hr.
 Effective Room Sensible Heat (ERSH)
ERSH= (TSH + 0.1) * TSH= (3891.391 + 0.1)
*3891.391= 4280.530 BTU/hr.
3. Latent Heat:
 People = No of person * Latent Heat / Person = 3 *
205 = 615 BTU/hr.
 Ventilation = Q Fresh air *Specific Humidity (∆ꙍ)
*0.12*1.08= 22.341 * 25.6 * 0.12 * 1.08 = 74.122
BTU/hr
 Infiltration = Q infiltration CFM *∆ꙍ*0.68 = (10.5) *
25.6 * 0.68 = 182.784 BTU/hr.
 Total room latent heat (TLH) =
615+74.122+182.784= 871.906 BTU/hr.
 Effective Room Latent Heat (ERLH)
ERLH=TLH+0.1*TLH
871.906 + 0.1 * 871.906= 915.5013 BTU /hr.
 Room total heat = ERSH+ERLH=
4280.530+915.5013 = 5196.0313 BTU/hr
 Outside Air Heat= Q sensible = Q Fresh air *∆ T *
0.88 * 1.08= 22.341 * 29 * 0.88 *1.08
= 615.754 BTU / hr.
 Q latent = Q Fresh air *∆ꙍ *0.88 * 0.68= 22.341 *
25.6 * 0.88 * 0.68 = 543.56 BTU/ hr
 Grand Total = ROOM TOTAL + Q Sensible+ Q Latent =
5196.0313+615.754+543.56= 6355.345 BTU/hr.
 Effective Room Sensible Heat Factor (ERSHF)
ERSHF = ERSH/Room total heat= 4280.530 /
5196.0313= 0.8238
 Therefore, Apparatus Dew Point (ADP) = 54
4. Dehumidified Rise= (1- B.F) *(Room temp – ADP) =
(1 - 0.88) * (75 – 54) = 2.52
5. Dehumidified CFM = (Room sensible heat / DR) *
1.08= 3891.391 / (2.52 * 1.08) = 1429.817 CFM
6. Total CFM = (Dehumidified CFM * Dehumidified
Rise) / (Room temp – ADP)
= (1429.817 * 2.52) / (75 – 54) = 171.578 BTU/hr
Calculation Summary for Ground Floor:
Fig-2: Detail layout and HVAC system implementation
(Ground floor)

Table-1: Calculation summary for Ground Floor using VRV
System:
Sr.
No.
Room
Name
Dehumidifi
ed CFM
Tonnage
of
Refrigera
tion (TR)
Indoor Unit Outdoor
Unit
1. Pharm
acy
2750 6.8 FXAQ100
(DAIKIN
VRV System
Reference
Guide)
RXYQ18A
(DAIKIN
VRV
System
Reference
Guide)
2. X-Ray 1520 3.8 FXAQ100
(DAIKIN
VRV System
Reference
Guide)
RXYQ18A
(DAIKIN
VRV
System
Reference
Guide)
Table-2: Calculation summary for Ground Floor using
Chilled water System:
Sr.
No.
Room
Name
Dehumi
dified
CFM
Tonnage
of
Refrigerat
ion (TR)
Indoor Unit Outdoor Unit
1. OPD-1 1430 3.57 2 supply and
2 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
Air Handling
Unit (AHUs)
2. OPD-2 1275 3.18 1 supply and
1 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
3. OPD-3 1275 3.18 1-supply and
1 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
4. Waitin
g
Lobby
3700 9.25 5 supply and
5 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
5. Casualt
y
5520 13.8 3 supply and
3 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
6. Optical
Store
303.85 0.75 1 supply and
1 return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
7. Ophtha
lmolog
y
2580 6.45 2supply and 2
return ceiling
diffusers
Chilled Water
System with 2
AHUs
Calculation Summary for First Floor:
Fig-3: Detail layout and HVAC system implementation
(First floor)

Table-3: Calculation summary for First Floor using VRV
System:
Sr.
No.
Room
Name
Area
(Sq. ft)
Dehumid
ified CFM
Tonnage
of
Refrigera
tion (TR)
Indoor
Unit
Outdoor
Unit
1. Confer
ence
Room
167.70 4505 11.2 FXFSQ140
ARV16
Cassette
unit.
(DAIKIN
VRV
System
Reference
Guide)
RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
(DAIKIN
VRV
System
Referenc
e Guide)
2. Admin
room
134.82 1670 4.1 FXAQ 63
(2 units)
RXYQ18
A
3. Lab
Room
174.83 5000 12.5 FXFSQ140
ARV16
Cassette
unit
RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
4. OPD-4 96.86 1330 3.3 FXAQ100 RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
5. OPD-5 96.86 1330 3.3 FXAQ100 RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
6. OPD-6 96.86 1330 3.3 FXAQ100 RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
7. OPD-7 96.86 1330 3.3 FXAQ100 RXYQ10
A,
RXYQ12
A
8. Pediatr
ic
Room
144.88 1266 3.1 FXAQ 50
(2 units)
RXYQ18
A
9. USG
Room
133.82 2725 6.8 FXAQ100
(2 units)
RXYQ18
A
Table-4 Calculation summary for Ground Floor using Chilled
water System:
Sr.
No.
Roo
m
Nam
e
Area
(Sq. ft)
Dehumid
ified CFM
Tonnage
of
Refrigera
tion
Indoor
Unit
Outdoor
Unit
1. Waiti
ng
Lobb
y
167.70 4500 11.2 6 supply
and 6
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System with
2 AHUs
Calculation Summary for Second Floor:

Fig-4 Detail layout and HVAC system implementation
(Second Floor)
Table-5 Calculation summary for First Floor using VRV
System:
Sr.
No.
Room
Name
Area
(Sq. ft)
Dehumi
dified
CFM
Tonnage
of
Refriger
ation
(TR)
Indoor
Unit
Outdoor
Unit
1. Private
Room
119.87 1635 4 FXAQ63
(DAIKIN
VRV
System
Reference
Guide)
RXYQ10A
(DAIKIN
VRV System
Reference
Guide)
2. Labour
room
179.79 834 2 FXAQ63 RXYQ10A
3. Auto
Clave
room
86.85 1514 3.7 FXAQ63 RXYQ10A
Table-6 Calculation summary for Ground Floor using Chilled
water System:
Sr.
No.
Room
Name
Area
(Sq.
ft)
Dehumid
ified CFM
Tonnage
of
Refrigera
tion (TR)
Indoor
Unit
Outdoor
Unit
1. Twin
sharing
room
209.
24
2008.3 5 3 supply
and 3
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
2. Day care
Room
399.
53
4577.2 11.4 5 supply
and 4
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
3. Female
general
ward
405.
77
4940 12.3 5 supply
and 4
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
4. N.I.C.U
Room
134.
69
1601.6 4 3 supply
and 3
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
5. Gynae
OT Room
229.
14
2230 5.5 3 supply
and 3
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
6. Lobby 384.
94
2013 5 3 supply
and 3
return
ceiling
diffusers
Chilled
Water
System
with 2
AHUs
Description and Layout of Plant room
Fig-5: Layout of Plant room

Plant Room is located at the terrace of Hospital Building. It
consists of 2 AHU (Air handling unit) with capacity of 45 TR
each. They are connected to 2 SAD (Supply air duct) with
capacity of 20564 CFM and 18430 CFM. Cooling tower is
used to extract waste heat from a system and ejecting it into
the atmosphere primarily through evaporation.
Why Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) system?
VRV is a trademark of Daikin Industries, Ltd. In the
small/medium sized building environment where air
conditioning is required, it is common for Variable
Refrigerant Volume (VRV) systems to be installed to
maintain internal building conditions.
VRV systems operate with multiple indoor air-
conditioning units connected to a single outdoorcondensing
unit. Depending on each zone’s condition, the refrigerant
volume is varied to each indoor unit. Hotels, schools,
hospitals, cinema hall courthouses, residential,central plant,
multi-storied buildings, Commercial buildings, office
buildings, and industrial unit are good examples for VRV
systems.
VRV is a technology that alternatestherefrigerantvolume
in a system to match a building's precise requirements. Only
a minimum amount of energy is required for a system to
maintain set temperatures, and ensure that it automatically
shuts off when no occupants are detected in a room. This
unique mechanism achieves more sustainability in the long
run, as end users save on energy costs while reducing their
system’s carbon emissions.
Fig-6: VRV Combined unit
With up to 64 indoor units connected to 1 outdoor unit,
the VRV system operatessimilartoa multi-splitsystem.Each
individual indoor unit determines the capacity it needs
based on the current indoor temperature and requested
temperature from the remote control (set point).
The total demand among all indoor units will determine
how the outdoor unit adjusts the refrigerant volume and
temperature accordingly. By only supplying the cooling or
heating that is needed, the inverter compressorcontinues to
save a large amount of energy during VRV operation.
Modern VRV systems provide some major advantages,
such as consistent comfort, energy efficient, quietoperation,
zoning, individual temperature control, minimized
ductwork, excluding the need for secondary fluids (chilled-
water or hot-water distribution), and associated costs. This
all-electric technology consists of a single outdoor
condensing unit, multipleindoorunitsservingvariouszones,
refrigerant piping with branch selectors, and associated
controls.
Why Chilled water system?
Carrier invented the first centrifugal chiller, which made it
possible to provide large-scaleairconditioningforbuildings.
Chillers have undergone much innovation and there are
many different types of chillers. However, the purpose of a
chiller remains the same: To remove heat from water.
Chilled Water Loop:
The chilled water loop consists of pipes and pumps that
move chilled water around a building. A chilled water pump
(CHWP) pushes chilled water through the chiller and
through the chilled water line around the building.
The chilled water that exits a chiller is called the chilled
water supply (CHWS). The chilled water supply
temperature is usually about 45 °F.
The chilled water supply is pumped through the chiller and
to the building’s various air conditioning units such as air
handling units (AHU’s) and fan coil units (FCUs):
1. In the AHUs and FCUs, the chilled water is passed
through a heat exchanging coil to reduce the
temperature of the coil.
2. While the heat exchanging coil is cooled by the
chilled water, a fan blows air through the coil to
provide cold air to the building’s space. The supply
air temperature that is blown out of AHUsandFCUs
is usually about 55 °F.
3. After exiting the heat exchanging coil, the chilled
water return (CHWR) returnstothechiller,whereit
is cooled again, and the process repeats.
Water Cooled Chiller:
Water-cooled chillers are almostalwayslocatedinsideofa
building. They work almost the same way as air-cooled
chillers. The difference is that they remove heat from chilled
water by exhausting the heat to a second, isolated waterline
called the condenser water line.
The condenser water flows through the chiller and picks
up heat. The condenser water then returns to the cooling
tower. The cooling tower is almost always located outsideof

the building and removes heat from the condenser water by
evaporating some of the condenser water into the
atmosphere.
Fig-6: Chilled Water System
As some of the condenser water evaporates, heat is
removed from the condenser water, and the cool condenser
water flows back to the chiller. This process is then repeated
all over again.
Chilled water systems provide some major advantages,
such as longer lifespan, quiet operation, energy efficient,
safety, lesser cost, practicality, better indoor air quality, and
flexibility.
What is REVIT?
Revit was intended to allow architects and other building
professionals to design and document a building by creating
a parametric three-dimensional model that included both
the geometry and non-geometric design and construction
information, which is also known as building information
modeling or BIM. Revit is a parametric change propagation
engine that relied on a new technology, context-driven
parametric’s, that wasmore scalablethanthevariational and
history-driven parametric’s used in mechanical CAD
software. The term parametric building model was adopted
to reflect the fact that changes to parameters drove the
whole building model and associated documentation, not
just individual components.
The Revit work environment allows users to manipulate
whole buildings or assemblies (in the project environment)
or individual 3D shapes (in the family editor environment).
Modelling tools can be used with pre-made solid objects or
imported geometric models. However, Revit is not
a NURBS modeler and also lacks the ability to manipulate an
object's individual polygons except on some specific object
types such as roofs, slabs, and terrain or in the massing
environment.
Revit includes categories of objects ('families' in Revit
terminology). These fall into three groups:
 System families, such as walls, floors, roofs,ceilings,
major finishes, and even furniture built inside a
project.
 Loadable families/components,whichare builtwith
primitives (extrusions, sweeps, etc.) separately
from the project and loaded into a project for use.
 In-place families, which are built in-situ within a
project with the same toolset as loadable
components.
An experienced user can create realistic and accurate
families ranging from furniture tolightingfixtures,aswell as
import existing models from other programs. Revit families
can be created as parametric models with dimensions and
properties. This lets users modify a given component by
changing predefined parameters such
as height, width or number in the case of an array. In this
way a family defines a geometry that is controlled by
parameters, each combinationofparameterscanbesaved as
a type, and each occurrence (instance in Revit) of a type can
also contain further variations. For example, a swing door
may be a Family. It may have types that describe different
sizes, and the actual building model has instances of those
types placed in walls where instance-based parameters
could specify the door hardware uniquely for each
occurrence of the door.
3D Revit Model for multispecialty hospital:
In this work, we designed a 3D architectural view of
multispecialty hospital building, HVAC components
including indoor and outdoor units, plant room, etc., using
Autodesk Revit modelling software.
Fig-7: 3D Architectural model of multispecialty Hospital
Building

Fig-8: HVAC system installation model of multispecialty
Hospital
Fig-9: Combined 3D model of multispecialty Hospital
The figure 7,8,9 shows the actual position of air
conditioning units to be placed in the individual rooms of
hospital. Further, the plan will be shared with architectsand
civil engineers to construct building accordingly.
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSING
Results:
 Total Tonnage of Refrigeration of VRV system used
in entire multispecialty Hospital: 71.2 TR {85.44
Horsepower (HP)} …. (1 TR = 1.2 HP)
 Total Tonnage of Refrigeration of chilled water
system used in entiremultispecialtyHospital: 94.63
TR (113.55 HP)
 Total Tonnage of Refrigeration= 165.83 TR
(198.99 HP)
Cost Estimation:
 According to design, the cost for installation of VRV
system for multispecialty Hospital will cost
approximately 30-35 lakhs INR.
 According to design, the cost for installation of
chilled water system (AHU system) for
multispecialty Hospital will cost approximately 15-
20 lakhs INR.
6. CONCLUSIONS
The influence of building envelopparameters;HVACsystems
design, selection and operational techniques and lighting
system design on energy consumption in the selected
multispeciality hospital buildings from different climate
zones have been studied. The study has been conducted in
different stages to accomplish the research objectives.Inthe
initial phase, extensive literature was assessed for HVAC
system operation, energy efficiency in buildings, energy
conservation and thermal comfort. It was apparent from
earlier studies that energy efficiency in buildings and
thermal comfort conditions were primarilyalliedwithHVAC
system planning and procedure. In mostcountriesoneof the
major contributions in energy consumption for buildings
come from HVAC system and especially a largest electric
consumption found in commercial buildings by HVAC.
Through some studies conducted, apprehension about
preserving and improving an existing building energy
system has guided designers to pay a lesser amount of
consideration towards comparative study for the proposed
buildings. It was necessary to assess the current common
practices adopted in hospital building energy systems to
identifying the impact and potential of energy efficiency
measures in different climate zones of India. Engineering
design of a HVAC systemforthemultispecialtyhospital using
revit modeling software is presented in this research paper.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to thank our professor and guide Mr. S.J.
Suryawanshi, of Mechanical engineering department in

MVP’s KBT College of Engineering for their valuable advice
and technical assistance.
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