2ANext‑A technical floor was located above the process.
2ANext‑In northern Europe, there is a precedent in community heating schemes, whereas in the UK this has never been common. 2ANext‑There are no established bodies or groups who can or will take the responsibility for installing and running these schemes.
2ANext‑There are also operational and contractual issues to be overcome.. Clients of DCs want efficiency and reliability and are usually uninterested in wider operational considerations. 2ANext‑Equally, any local heating project where homes rely on a DC for their domestic heating would be compromised if the DC is shut down for weeks in winter.. Making use of this valuable waste energy requires these conundrums to be resolved. 2ANext‑This may become critical as the sustainability spotlight increasingly shines on these energy consumers..
2ANext‑Some companies are exploring an industrial synergy with food production using low grade heat and heat pumps, but this is in early development.. 2ANext‑The feeling in the room was that, due to the regulations, Europe is pricing itself out of the general market – although due to data sovereignty a market will be retained.. Generally, green energy is more expensive, which also distorts the market.
2ANext‑But programmes like the Bernwick bank 4-GigaWatt wind farm may ease the UK situation in the longer term..
2ANext‑Although self-generated power looks like a silver bullet, bought utilities are significantly cheaper than those self-generated. 2ANext‑This type of simulation is well suited for activity-based operational modelling where the complexity of continuous simulation is not required.. DES is typically used to understand and improve the performance of a system, in the research and development or design phase, or for processes already in operation..
2ANext‑Bringing the construction industry up to speed with DES. 2ANext‑Research in the sector has found that while construction-related spending is 13% of global GDP, productivity has been flat for decades – with an ageing workforce and additional post-Brexit losses affecting the UK.
2ANext‑Similarly, construction accounts for a large portion of global waste and carbon emissions, but is yet to see large improvements. 2ANext‑With Discrete Event Simulation previously a niche activity requiring a specific skill set and often costly software, the industry has not been able to see and leverage the benefits, which include predicting the full effects of a project – whether related to efficiency, cost or the environment – until site work is completed.. A recent shift in the construction landscape has been an increasing focus on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, or DfMA, which aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the construction centre, improving productivity, reducing waste and aiming for net-zero carbon emissions.