What is the definition of domestic apartment building?

Domestic apartment buildings – a building containing two or more sole-occupancy units where people live above, beside or below each other. This class may also include single-storey attached dwellings with a common space below, such as a carpark.

What is a Class 2 domestic apartment building?

Class 2 Domestic apartment buildings – a building containing two or more sole-occupancy units where people live above, beside or below each other. This class may also include single-storey attached dwellings with a common space below, such as a carpark. Class 3

How many radiators are in an apartment building?

• Number of stories: 4+ basement • Number of flats per staircase: 4× 2 = 8 • Number of flats in building block: 3 × 8 = 24 • Basement: 72 × 12 × 2,5 m • Number of radiators per flat: 6 • Number of tapping sites per flat: 3 several sub versions. • Number of basement substations per building:1 Other parameters are set to typical values.

What kind of heating system does an apartment have?

For apartment buildings, this individualisation of the control equipment for district heating supply brings about a two-pipe system with thermostatic radiator valves and a separate district heating unit for each flat, where metering takes place, this we call a flat station.

How is hot water distributed in an apartment building?

In an apartment building, the two main principal heat and domestic hot water (DHW) distribution methods are the riser pipe system and the decentralized system with flat stations. In the first case, the DHW system heat losses may be bigger than the net heat for preparing the DHW.

How are DH substations used in apartment buildings?

Distribution system design alternatives Only one DH substation or boiler in the basement serves the whole building. Here, hydraulic separation, temperature controls and heat metering take place, according to the local site conditions of pressures, temperatures, and requirements about heat metering.

Where are DHW and room heating pipes located in an apartment?

For the decentralized system with flat stations, the basement only includes DH pipes connected to one DH riser pipe pair in each staircase. All DHW and room heating pipes are placed inside the apartments, usually behind nice – looking skirting boards.

For apartment buildings, this individualisation of the control equipment for district heating supply brings about a two-pipe system with thermostatic radiator valves and a separate district heating unit for each flat, where metering takes place, this we call a flat station.