The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), handling information management and the need for data in order to foster learning in everything we do, and to do things in a more efficient and effective way..
and MMC Lead for the.They are joined by Simon McCarthy, Principal Structural Engineer from Bryden Wood.. Click the 'play button' above to listen in, or read our 5 Key Takeaways from this episode below.... 1.
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is a new, exciting market in Australia..But state governments need to do more to support it.At the moment, Victoria is going in one direction.
New South Wales is going in another.Victoria’s permanent modular skill building program increased the number of offsite fabricators from five to 16 in four years and they recently released their offsite construction guidelines.
New South Wales has done a comprehensive study over the last two years leading with their Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) guidelines for schools that go beyond volumetric towards a platform-based approach.
In Queensland, there’s been a recent expression of interest released to find out how they can utilise MMC to build more affordable and social housing.. States are talking about DfMA and MMC but taking different approaches and not necessarily sharing knowledge and insights.. 2.The obvious, although usually impractical, way would be to locate the data centre in a colder climate where the average temperature is lower, allowing for free cooling to operate for longer and reducing the mechanical cooling hours operated.
This won't be practical for most data centre operators due to cost, land, power and connectivity availability.. A more practical way to reduce the mechanical cooling demand is by increasing the air/water temperature supplied to the data hall.For example, migrating to ASHRAE A1 Allowable temperature range from ASHRAE A1 Recommended during peak external ambient conditions could reduce OPEX considerably.. ASHRAE Environmental Classes (Allowable) for Data Centres.
Hot and cold aisle separation is standard in all new data centres, however, improved air flow management and hot aisle containment (HAC) leakage reduction can have a positive improvement on air temperatures in the room.. Air Side Economisers.In data centres operating within ASHRAE A1 Allowance temperature and located in colder/dryer climates, direct evaporative coolers (DEC) are a highly efficient solution, however, they utilise a larger footprint on the site.
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