PRiSM housing configurator app: the shortage of houses is a global problem

end of bay, base of column etc.

Some of the key themes are around air: providing more fresh air and avoiding recirculating air.The guidance includes bypassing those heat recovery devices which may recirculate air in some circumstances, and considering air pathways – how air comes in, moves around and leaves a building.

This is because occupants of a poorly ventilated room are exposed to a higher concentration of airborne pathogens.The risk of exposure increases with the time spent in such an environment..Suddenly, wellbeing and temperature control are higher on the priority list than energy efficiency and the climate emergency.. More fresh air, and its impact on energy efficiency.

Normally, having fewer people in a building would allow ventilation rates to be reduced, making a building more energy efficient.However, in order to reduce the risk of viral spread within the building we have to increase ventilation rates as far as practically possible, so that the occupants have more fresh air.. A higher ventilation rate, whether it is via natural or mechanical ventilation, will result in an increased demand on heating in cooler weather, and increased demand on cooling in warmer weather.

This may be exacerbated in a mechanical ventilation system where we’ve had to disable the heat recovery device.

Extra heating or cooling not only adds to our energy bills, but it also puts more pressure on hitting our carbon reduction targets..In addition, the brackets are colour coded, with each colour relating to a specific condition, e.g.

end of bay, base of column etc.Each colour is also liked to a series of standard tasks, such as a number of bolts and setting on their torque wrench.

So, the operatives need only match the colour with the type of interface.Platforms also simplify installation down into a series of simple, repeatable, highly productive, activities, which make the sequence of work entirely predictable, the quality assured and the speed of assembly vastly increased.. Key insight.