Optimization of a Data Center

During the optimization process of a life cycle of a Data Center, the following stakeholders were chosen: an owner, an architect, an engneer, a MEP engineer, a constractor, a technician, and the end users. Each of the group members decided to play a role of the specific stakeholder involved in the assignment based on their importance and responsibilites in each of the life cycle stages, which consist of the programming stage, design, bitting and approval, construction, and etc.
During the programming stage of the project development, various types of sensors, actuators, and MEP modeling techniques were implemented. The biggest issue here is to ensure that the cooling needs of the building are met. The operation temperatures of the equipment can be related to the efficiency of the equipment as well as the total lifetime. The operation tempertures are directly realated to the operation costs of the building and the main concern is to limit the amount of energy that is expended.
During the design stage, the database that contains the sensor requirements is used to make sure that the conditions are met both from the manufacture and owner's perspectives. The analysis completed using BIM for the cooling may be altered in real time, which gives the cost estimators ability to adjust their calculations accordingly much faster. The entire design process is expected to be improved, since the database format will make locating errors much more efficient. During the comminissioning and occupancy stages, sensors will be heavily utilized to record energy usage patterns and record them in a database. The acquired data will be used to optimize the efficiency of HVAC equipmnet and promote energy savings. Sensors will come extremely helpful during renovation and demolition stages of the building existance. Sensor output results will be stored in BIM to improve the efficiency, improve integration, and estimate cost of demolition.

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