High-rise buildings place unique demands on the availability of a power supply. At the design stage of a thirty storey building, the safety of tenants within that building – whether shops, offices or apartments – is critical.
Balancing the needs of each of these groups of tenants as well as meeting all the local safety standards – will determine the type and quality of service that needs to be guaranteed.
In specifying electrical systems such as a diversely routed cables or automatic transfer systems local to the critical systems, the objective is to maximise availability and minimize risk in the event of fire.
Through the analysis of different design architecture options, this document outlines solutions commonly used to achieve these objectives – with an explanation of the advantages and limitations of each.
Viking Link connects UK and Danish grids
These underwater links must, based on experience with gas pipelines, be vulnerable to sabotage by hostile powers. Excessive dependency on them could...