In an ideal scenario, the peak summer design temperature would be lower than the required supply air/water temperature in the data hall.
We went on to join the MoJ’s multi-disciplinary designer framework in 2014 and, before PETP, developed a ‘proof of concept’ for the application of DfMA to the custodial estate..In February 2016, at the beginning of PETP, we conducted research into the aspects of design that can help influence rehabilitative outcomes.
The huge stakeholder engagement effort that informed the new prison design was the biggest piece of research ever undertaken by the department into the effectiveness of prison design and building use.This is a very good example of how evidence underpins our approach to design.. Stakeholders and sources of evidence included:.Serving and former prison governors, staff and prisoners.
Prisoner support groups, including the Prison Advice and Care Trust.Policy staff and academics from across Europe.
A review of other models of incarceration and a comprehensive literature review relating to carceral geography.
Clearly, no prison design concept will inherently rehabilitate people.Carbon is embedded in the structure of buildings as everyone knows, but in data centres significantly more so in the M&E equipment within them.
As we optimise the geometry and layout of the structure, plant and systems we can have a positive effect on the amount of embodied carbon in the building, structure and systems.. Our more sustainable approach to close coupling and integration increases efficiency in cooling and distribution losses and also lessens the carbon intensive materials used in these systems.. Our industrialisation and digital design approach allows us to quantify this carbon content during design, and minimise the content through optimisation and materials selection.It means our clients can make arrangements for carbon offsetting prior to the data centre facility being handed over.. We continue to investigate and take opportunities to make use of the heat that is generated by the cooling of data centres.
with provision for heat export suitable for connection to district heating or industrial processes where viable.. We are also working with data centre clients on alternative sources of clean energy; an area where we see significant potential for data centres to become autonomous, and to promote the use of cleaner standby power systems.. A positive future for data centre design.As society’s requirement for data processing grows, so the market for data centres will continue to grow – and at a frantic pace.