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Amechanical room,[1]boiler room[2] orplant room[3] is atechnical room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment, as opposed to rooms intended for human occupancy or storage. Unless a building is served by acentralized heating plant, the size of the mechanical room is usually proportional to the size of the building. A small building or home may have at most autility room but in larger buildings, mechanical rooms can be of considerable size, often requiring multiple rooms throughout the building, or even occupying one or more complete floors (see:mechanical floor).
Technical rooms in residential houses typically house technical equipment such asair handling units,central heating,electric panels orwater heaters, or gives easy access to utilities such as a building's internal stop-tap forwater supply, inspection holes forgreywater orsewage lines.
Mechanical systems and equipment that may be housed in a mechanical room include:[4]
Equipment in mechanical rooms is often operated and maintained by astationary engineer or a maintenance technician. Modern buildings usebuilding automation systems to manageHVAC cycles, lighting, communications, and life safety equipment. Often, the control system hardware is located in the mechanical room and monitored or accessed remotely.
Rooms with only electrical or electronic equipment are not considered mechanical rooms but are instead calledelectrical rooms.
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