The social value of this project was the continued development of this drug, and what that brought to the community who relied on it.. We made sure that everyone in the project team understood the importance of the project and felt that they had a personal responsibility to ensure its success.
Attenuation measures include the provision of openable windows, increased fresh air rates and avoiding air recirculation..Balancing improvements to air quality and energy efficiency..
Some of the recommendations widely accepted in the industry for the re-occupation of buildings post-pandemic have a direct impact on energy efficiency.In order to improve indoor air quality and reduce the likelihood of pathogens, fresh air rates need to be increased and air filters should be installed.However, that increases energy consumption from fans.
In naturally ventilated buildings, the recommendation is that windows should be opened frequently, even during winter, but this causes substantial heat loss and the inefficient operation of heating and cooling systems.It is also advised that in the event of further virus outbreaks, heat recovery devices are switched off – affecting the efficiency of HVAC systems.. Additionally, the recommendation to switch off recirculating cooling systems (fan coils and passive chilled beams) to limit the movement of airborne particles would affect thermal comfort and wellbeing due to overheating..
These healthy design requirements can have a large impact on energy efficiency and increase pressure on carbon reduction targets and aspirations to design Net Zero Carbon buildings.
It is very important to balance these needs and think carefully about our HVAC management and controls.Clients can’t have everything, but they also don’t need everything.. “They just want something of value,” she says, “that you understand, and that they understand is of value.”.
The construction eco-system and the impact on value.Still, the current industry obstacle isn’t really that we don’t agree on the importance of value, or think that working towards value isn’t a smart idea.. Amy Marks feels the blocker here is the same as it is for topics like prefabrication and productisation in construction - that the entire ecosystem is set up in a way that prevents those things from happening.. “I could determine value as speed,” she says, “but then every contract I have, every process I have, every decision-making point, all these procurement methodologies - they're not based on speed.
So you could say you want speed, but unless you change the contract, the risk management profile, the processes - in order to achieve speed, instead of what you do every single day - you're not going to get speed.”.It’s a fundamental issue and if we truly want to realise the potential industrialised construction has to offer, we need to address it.. “We rarely change the entropy of processes and behaviours around the good idea,” says Amy Marks.
(Editor: Magnetic Shavers)