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The idea of designing for COVID is very compatible with sustainable design’s broader focus on health and wellbeing, and ties in nicely with the WELL Building Standard.

Examples of typical options we analyse to optimise the design:.Different equipment selections –.

We test different options to find a balance between cost, energy usage and performance.. Cooling unit positioning –.Our analysis ensures an even distribution of cool air is provided to maximise cooling efficiency, in both normal and failure scenarios..Quantity of cooling units –.

We analyse the effect of removing cooling units, to reduce cost and energy usage, and remove excessive, redundant cooling..Architectural features –.

We analyse the effects of altering the hot return ceiling void depths, extent of hot aisle containment, aisle pitches and reducing FFLs.

This drives the reduction of the economic and carbon cost of the building and reduce building footprint..Security is a key issue, and security services are embedded within the programme.

In fact, Sharp says security is the area she feels most confident about now, but she also points out that there have been some learnings to this end along the way.She cautions that we need to be careful about creating risk, which can happen even with good intentions.

Ultimately though, we’re making quick progress with safety and security because it sets a whole lot of other things to zero.In the case of the Underground Asset Register, and to some extent the Construction Data Trust, there are certain types of data people are very willing to share, because, for example, everyone wants to help prevent deaths on construction sites.