We’re starting to ask different questions.

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.We then determine with our client – and key stakeholders – what the high level aspects are of a solution that would solve this problem.

That might sound a bit trivial, but the point is that the solution is almost never a building by itself.

A building is a system that, together with other systems, realises the value that matters to client and stakeholders..The external heat rejection unit size is typically based on the required heat rejection capacity and approach temperature (external air inlet temperature vs CHW/air outlet temperature).

Generally, the heat rejection plant is located as close to the data halls as possible, however, where there is a drive towards higher density data centres the typical space for external heat rejection may be limited.To achieve an increased heat rejection capacity in limited space, the approach temperature of the unit may have increase (leading to an increase in the mechanical cooling hours annually).. Based on previous Bryden Wood data centre projects, we have plotted heat rejection plant properties based on their heat rejection capacity (kW/m.

vs approach temperature(K)..Note: The footprint shown are for the unit only and exclude any access/air intake space.