Sustainable Power: Turning a liability into an opportunity.
Changes in the design are discouraged because that only leads to delay..This is understandable, but it’s a missed opportunity.
It’s wrong to think of designers as glorified technicians who turn project briefs into drawings and specifications that can be handed over to a contractor.The real challenge, and where designers can help their clients best, is to engage with stakeholders and come up with creative solutions that form the basis of the brief for a successful project.This is true Design to Value and adopting such an approach in conjunction with Modern Methods of Construction is transformational..
Engaging with stakeholders to build an initial model of a solution.We start out by discussing with our client in more detail what the fundamental problem is that they are facing.
We need to understand who is affected by it and its solution.
This allows us to identify the stakeholders and what they value.However, for most data centres, peak summer temperatures exceed the required supply temperature.
This necessitates mechanical cooling to maintain design conditions.The larger the temperature difference, the harder the mechanical cooling system must work.
Compared to free cooling, mechanical cooling requires substantial electrical input, which ultimately contributes to more heat being rejected.This can further increase water consumption if the heat rejection plant utilises adiabatic cooling.. Reducing the mechanical cooling demand.
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