As ENGINEER and MARVEX entered its second day, the Power Talks continued to power the industry’s knowledge with a keen focus on exploring trending issues in the areas of Data Centres and Cleanrooms. If you missed these productive, interactive sessions, we’ve gathered a quick 3-minute read for you.
Power Talk Industry: Cleanroom Requirements for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
Realising the importance of technology powering the nation’s burgeoning healthcare industry, this session focused on the advancements and requirements of cleanroom technology in this sector.
Ir. Al-Khairi Mohd Daud, Faqeh Management explained that the requirements for cleanrooms in hospitals are slightly different because they safeguard human lives, compared to industrial uses, which are for products.
“Not many people understand that the areas must be cleaned properly for pharmaceutical and hospitals, because every discipline and every service is different. It is not so simple. They are not like manufacturing which does mass processing,” he pointed out.
Power Talk Industry: Sustainable and Resilient Data Centre Infrastructure
Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, Project Director, Malaysia Data Centre Lead, Turner & Townsend was pleased to have this platform to address the social perception of Data Centres which is increasingly pressuring the Data Centre industry, and must be addressed.
“This is the biggest engineering and ACMV & R event in ASEAN, and the special focus on Data Centres is obviously aligned with what is happening in Malaysia – a lot of players are coming into the market and investing a lot of money, therefore the issues surrounding it must be talked about,” he said.
Power Talk Industry: Emerging Technologies in Data Centre Management
This session addressed sustainability in data centres and methods to implement energy efficiency in its operations. The session also addresses the importance of data centres economic development as Malaysia accelerates digital growth and increases reliance on Data Centre as a foundational structure for the digital economy.
“You can still access Data Centres from outside of Malaysia but it is not economical. The demand in the country is quite high, companies need the digital information, especially as consumers are using more and more services, so we might as well build these systems in Malaysia,” explained Ir. Wan Murdani Wan Mohamad, Vice President Digital Industry Acceleration, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), one of the event’s speakers.
“This platform lets us share knowledge and communicate with other industrial peers or our peers on what we are doing and also gain some personal experience from other countries in the region. I think this will be a quite important and wonderful experience if all the engineers come in”, said Ir. Ts Maxx Wong Meng Fai, Head of Technical and Solutions, YTL Data Centre, who also shared his insights at this Power Talk.
Power Talk Industry: Data Centre Strategies: Designing for a Sustainable Future
This session focused on looking at Data centres for sustainable growth and strategies to move forward.
Dr. Andrew Lau, Strategic Programme Director, Microsoft Malaysia gave an overview of the new innovations that Microsoft is bringing for sustainable Data Centres.
“One of the areas we talked about was cooling methods and the use of coldplate technology. Another important area that was raised is the role of renewable energy in powering Data Centres, which is very energy intensive,” he said.
“The more use of renewable energy, the less the dependency on carbon-type energy. Thai is in line with Microsoft’s aspiration to be carbon negative by 2030 and by 2025 for all our Data Centres to be net zero.”
He said Microsoft is using different types of innovation including the use of AI, analytics and gathering data through IoT devices to ensure that it helps their Data Centres operate optimally and approach the most efficient way of using energy sources available.
Power Talk Industry: Sustainable Urban Development: The Role of Carbon Management in Malaysia
This session aimed to point out that carbon is something everybody can adopt, and it is a part of the infrastructure which makes the improvement of the sustainability goals in our country very possible.
“For me green buildings are important but carbon is factored into that green building infrastructure and it can be a part of that performance index,” said Ar. Sarly Adre Sarkum, CIO, Green Building Index (GBI).
Adding his insights, Mitch Gelbe, CEO, Malaysia Green Building Council, agreed that carbon is a critically important metrics in building performance index. Therefore, making that process as simple and straightforward as possible allows the maximisation of this approach across cities and communities to improve the environmental performance of our buildings.
“An event like ENGINEER & MARVEX is incredibly important because it brings together practitioners, manufacturers, contractors and stakeholders from the entire industry, it is a collaborative effort and everyone learns from each other, see the efforts that the members of the industry is doing, so we can complement our approaches,”
Power Talk Business: EK-AIoT Digital Intelligent Energy-Saving Solutions
According to Ir. Soong Peng Soon, GBI Commissioning Specialist, EUROKLIMAT (SEA) Sdn Bhd green building has been seeking energy saving solutions for many years, and EUROKLIMAT has come up with a concrete example, showcased during this session.
“Our slogan – We Help You to go Green, so this is something every corporation has to design. This platform brings us closer to the market who are likely to be seeking this solution,” he said.
Power Talk Business: Optimising Data Centre Design with BIM Technologies
Bennie Lam Kit Yoke, Global BIM Manager, Danfoss Climate Solutions, NYKK Engineering Group Sdn Bhd used her session to encourage the use of BIM not only in Data Centres but in all construction projects.
“Globally a lot of people use BIM and it can reduce a lot of design errors. I shared some guidelines on how to use it effectively and how you can use available technologies to begin so you don’t feel it’s difficult to start with it,” she explained.