These include the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Cambridge Center for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), and other industry partners, including tech-powered design firm, Bryden Wood.
We’ve got to try and avoid bad practices -and report them.We can’t focus exclusively on ‘cheap,’ driving a race to the bottom.
The focus must be on broader value.In terms of implementing policy decisions, we need to provide more evidence, more data, more measurement.It’s vital that we’re able to demonstrate clearly that these new ways of operating will deliver the outcomes we seek.
It’s not enough just to measure cost and time.We need to make a strong case for the other value outcomes as well, including productive growth and social value..
Finally, we need to have a certain amount of flexibility on the journey to meeting our goals.
It’s critical to know where we’re heading, but we shouldn’t rush down the wrong path for political expediency or short-term measures.We shouldn’t stop at lowering embodied and operational carbon when creating low carbon, sustainable buildings.
A building’s impact starts before the building exists and carries on past the end of its useful life, as part of the circular economy.We can demonstrate that early sustainable impact can have an exponentially positive impact on carbon savings and the creation of our sustainable future.. Second-hand, locally sourced materials can influence design.
This might be re-using existing raised flooring, using demolition crush material for a piling mat, or re-using existing steel columns.A pre-demolition audit of an existing building highlights reusable and recyclable materials.
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