The UK’s Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) recently established a Joint Industry Working Group on MMC which proposed the following categorisation: 3D primary structural systems, 2D primary structural systems, Non-system components, Additive Manufacturing, Assemblies and sub-assemblies, Material and Product Innovations and Site Process Innovations.
We know a lot about operational carbon and how buildings operate.Data helps us to close the performance gap and make sure buildings perform as well as, or even better than, they do in the design stage.
As we’re able to drive better and better performance through energy efficient equipment and passive design techniques, we can actually start reducing our operational carbon right from the early design stages.This decrease in operational carbon will continue over time with things like the decarbonisation of the electricity grid.However, the result is that embodied carbon in buildings, due to material usage and the amount of carbon which is integral to the building itself, becomes a larger proportion of the overall carbon emitted from the building across its lifespan.
As such, embodied carbon is increasingly playing a much bigger role in our day-to-day focus on sustainability as architects and designers..Embodied carbon varies based on the building typology.
For example, in residential architecture, we might see a ratio of one third embodied carbon to two thirds operational carbon across a building’s lifespan.
On the other hand, with a building like a data centre, where the operational energy of the building is very high, operational carbon will always be a larger portion of the total, whole-life carbon of the building..Future Directions and Global Trends in Hospital Design:.
The podcast delves into future challenges and trends affecting hospital design and construction.It explores demographic changes, advancements in digital health, and the need for adaptable hospital facilities that can accommodate future technological innovations..
Learn more about Bryden Wood’s Design to Value approach to Hospital Design and Construction.For many, Christmas is a time for family films.Over the break, I watched.