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USA Bringing the Future of Technology to life
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore CA , USA
the amount of information it makes it possible to collect . It will enable the company ’ s different departments to communicate seamlessly with each other , collecting data from the various offices , operations , vendors , and subcontractors .
Sty explains : “ From the design process to the creation of models , to predicting energy usage and efficiency , once the buildings start operating towards moving into occupancy , data is collected to put into the models , and enables us to see whether the predictions were
accurate , particularly in terms of the mission critical 24-7 facilities .
“ Then we can start noticing trends that would lead to the predictability of failure . It becomes a circle of design , construction and operations , which then influences the next design project .”
Essentially the idea behind it is that every action creates data . Sty continues : “ In the construction environment it ’ s about how we ’ re bringing the project to life , executing its delivery and how it lives and breathes . We will become increasingly
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