Building services engineering (BSE),building services,service engineering orfacilities and services planning engineering is aprofessional engineering discipline that strives to achieve a safe and comfortableindoor environment while minimizing theenvironmental impact of abuilding. It is a component offacilities management, and plays a part in the operation and management of physical infrastructure in thebuilt environment.
Building services engineering can be considered a subdiscipline ofutility engineering,supply engineering andarchitectural engineering (building engineering), which are all subsets ofcivil engineering.
Building services engineering encompasses the professional disciplinesmechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), andtechnical building services, specifically the fields of
Building services engineering is related tofacilities engineering which focusses on the technical facilities of commercial and industrial buildings; and both are part of the larger field offacilities management that is made up of both engineering and non-engineering sub-disciplines.
The two most notable professional bodies are:
Building services engineers typically possess an academic degree incivil engineering,architectural engineering, building services engineering,mechanical engineering orelectrical engineering. The length of study for such a degree is usually 3–4 years for aBachelor of Engineering (BEng) orBachelor of Science (BSc) and 4–5 years for aMaster of Engineering (MEng).
In the United Kingdom, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) accredits university degrees in Building Services Engineering.[1] In the United States,ABET accredits degrees.[2]
Many tasks in building services engineering involve the use of engineering software, for example to design/model or draw solutions. The most common types of tool are whole building energy simulation[3] andCAD (traditionally 2D) or the increasingly popularBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) which is 3D. 3D BIM software can have integrated tools for Building Services calculations such sizing ventilation ducts or estimating noise levels. Another use of 3D/4D BIM is that empowers more informed decision making and better coordination between different disciplines, such as'collision testing'.
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