Some of the time, we find ourselves having to fix work that has been poorly conceived and carried out because of this way of working.
To truly achieve sustainability in design, we should use passive design measures as much as we can to address health and wellness related challenges, as we search for a balance between wellness and energy efficiency.If we’re pumping air into our buildings to make sure the environment is clean, are we wasting energy?
Focusing on sustainability in design with passive design measures can help us rely less on mechanical systems.When we do use them, it’s important to make sure they’re energy efficient — they need to be properly designed, set up and commissioned.. Construction technology: data and computer modelling.As time progresses and construction technology advances, the importance of data and computer modelling in sustainable design continues to grow.
A few years ago, we had only very basic computer modelling to help us understand what to expect from a building’s energy performance.These days, additional layers of data are being added in, so that our design decisions are really being driven by data now.
This enables us to make better, sustainable design choices, and to improve a building’s performance right from the start.
We look at issues such as the material choice for a building’s facade and structure, as well as energy performance and thermal comfort.In this blog, I reflect on how you approach planning for design with emergence..
I was asked to look at creating a schedule for the design of a modular, intensified-pharmaceutical plant, beyond its conceptual stage.This project looked at delivering a new technology to the company in a new and radical way.
Although the core ideas had been established, the next question was how this concept would be physicalised in a way that preserved and enhanced its potential value, in a business, like all, with multiple levels of moving parts..The standard way of scheduling such a study simply results in stress for those doing the work and/or the project manager.