The biggest environmental impact of data centres is in their use of power and water for cooling, but they are also heavy in terms of embedded carbon.
The opportunity is clear to see.Sully doesn’t believe there will be any person, from any industry, political party, or part of the government, who will object to having better quality buildings delivered at lower costs, and providing better overall value.
This is truly a better, faster, greener agenda.We’re seeing a need to kickstart things as a result of COVID, but there’s also been a reset of some of the policy, and time to create policy, which is now coming to fruition..Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030.
The latest policy refresh has been to Transforming Infrastructure Performance.The first TIP documents came out in 2017 around the suite of Industrial Strategy documents, setting out a vision for how we would start to drive value and deliver our infrastructure.
The Construction Playbook then set out key policies and guidance for how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered.
TIP 2021 has moved on significantly, painting a much more vivid picture..This allows the application of manufacturing techniques and processes, with consistent quality achieved, as well as facilitating greater economies of scale..
The manufacturing industry has long enjoyed the benefits of this design to value approach.At BMW and Volkswagen a common car chassis is used across all models.
It’s the finer details that change from car to car - the wheels, trim, engine, bodywork… Similarly, Ikea use a limited kit of components to create their various pieces of furniture.It doesn’t matter whether you’re making a bed, wardrobe or bookcase, most of the connecting pieces are the same.