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PUE is dependent upon whether the heat rejection plant operates using adiabatic cooling..

‘Effectiveness’ is the ability of a design to deliver the required rehabilitative outcome, while ‘efficiency’ is the total whole life cost required to achieve this outcome..This collaborative assessment process included data visualisations and the transparent, objective evaluation of different potential solutions.

The team was able to balance the different and often competing interests of stakeholders using a range of techniques, including use of Virtual Reality (VR) to simulate how the new building would work and help them understand and contribute to the design..Gathering feedback from groups including prison staff and those delivering services in prisons gained buy-in and approval from all levels – from senior policy makers to operational staff – and meant we were able to demonstrate best overall value for money.. Translating evidence into design.All of this evidence gathering, consultation and collaboration had profound effect on the design:.

Significant emphasis has been put on visiting facilities.We know from the.

Lord Farmer Review into Family Ties.

that connections with family and friends are key to rehabilitation.What’s the smallest number of times that asset could be touched or processed by people?

How productive can those people be?.Our goal with P-DfMA is lean construction.

We want to remove anything which doesn’t add value.To achieve the best possible results, we must change the way we think, the way we manage materials and people.