TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesdistribution of building service systems, particularly cabling and wiring systemsand provides easy access to maintenance (Zhang and Yang 2006). This systemimproves ventilation, air quality, and thermal comfort while allowing forindividual control. It also enables quick and economic relocation of workstationsthus minimizing impact of churns in modern office environment. A typicalenvironment with RFS fitout is shown in Figure 2.Figure 2: A typical RFS fitout environnentSource: Courtesy of Tate Access Floors, www.tateaccessfloors.com5.2 The concernsWhile retrofitting with raised floor systems can potentially meet theaforementioned three outstanding requirements, a few concerns related to thedesign and construction phases are raised by the consulting engineers and theproject manager employed by the investment company. Typical concerns includebut not limited to:• The space volume (floor to floor distance 3880mm) is not enough to encasethe RFS;• The irregularity of building structural restricts retrofitting with RFS;• Transitions to lift system, existing doors, stair landings, etc. are problems;460