Requirements for a new NESFA clubhouse

Utilities

• Electricity:

  • 120V / 240V (2-phase).

  • minimum of ??A service.

    • Lighting:

      • The current meeting room has about one of every nine 2'x4' ceiling tiles replaced with a light fixture with four 4' (40W?) tubes: 160W/56sf ~= 3W/sf.

      • At that rate, 4000 sf would require 12KW.

      • 12KW at 120V requires 100A.

    • Computers:

    • Disk server, network hub, DSL or cable modem:

    • Printers & print server:

    • FAX Machine

    • Mr. G

    • Photocopiers

    • Heating

    • Air Conditioning

    • Refrigerator(s)

    • Microwave Oven

    • Coffee Pot(s)

    • What else?

    • Allowance for things we didn't think of: ??A @ 120V.

    • Subtotal: ??A @ 120V plus ??A @240V.

    • Total: ??A @ 240V (after adding required 25% fudge factor -- is this needed for commercial wiring?).

• Gas?

• Lighting:

  • One switch at each entrance which controls low-level lighting throughout our space (one or two tubes in every Nth lighting fixture)?

  • Bright lighting in each area, controlled by local switch(es).

• HVAC:

  • Air conditioning.

  • Air circulation.

  • Heating.

  • Ceiling fans (especially if we have high ceilings).

  • Consider programmable or remotely-controllable thermostats (or whatever) so that the building can be heated (or cooled) before people start showing up for a meeting, etc.

  • Should we have zoned heating / cooling to lower our costs? This would require separating, for instance, the meeting room / "noisy" room / bathroom area from the storage area. We have some ability to do this now, but rarely if ever use it.

• Internet:

  • High-speed 24x7 connectivity (DSL or cable).

  • Pervasive Category-5 network cabling:

    • Star topology, run to a patch panel and thence to a hub.

    • At least 50% more outlets than the planned number of computers.

• Telephone:

  • Either separate voice and FAX + swipe box lines (as at present), or one line with two numbers and "distinctive ringing".

  • Pervasive cabling (use the same runs and outlet boxes as the network cabling?).

• Mail delivery:

  • We'll need a mailbox or mailslot.

• Trash pickup.

• Water and sewer.

• What else?

This page is maintained by Dave Anderson, and was last modified at 10:45 am on 5 June 2003.