Mixed-use buildings stack different occupancies on top of each other: apartments or condos above, retail and restaurants at street level, and parking below. Each has its own mechanical needs, and the systems have to be separated, metered and coordinated in tight ceiling spaces.
A mixed-use building stacks different businesses and homes under one roof, often stores or restaurants below and apartments or offices above. Each use needs different systems, and they have to be kept separate.
Apartments, retail, restaurants and offices often get separate HVAC types, meters and controls.
Grease waste, kitchen exhaust and gas piping must route through floors above without affecting residents.
Fire-rated separations and noise control matter where homes sit over commercial space.
Base building systems are built first and finished later as tenants move in.
Split systems, VRF or water-source heat pumps for units, plus dwelling-unit ventilation and corridor makeup air.
Rooftop units or capped connections for tenants, grease waste interceptors, gas service and kitchen exhaust shafts.
Domestic water with submetering, water heating plants, and sanitary and storm systems that transfer between occupancies.
Garage exhaust with CO and NO2 sensing.
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