The conversation advocates for a clear national vision and enhanced collaboration across education, commerce, and finance to drive sustainable growth.. Click the 'play button' above to watch the episode, or read our 5 Key Takeaways from this episode below.... 1.
altering the centre point of ceiling tiles to limit offcuts to a single side of the room, rather than both sides..Designing with/for components promotes offsite assembly of repeated modules.
Any leftovers from building the components can be used on subsequent projects, recycled onsite or restocked, minimising wastage.. How can we minimise risk in the building sector?.Minimising risk in the construction industry is important in encouraging developers and designers to take account of circular economy principles.Early decision making will give developers and funders confidence in design and construction choices and will have the largest impact as a result..
The following are suggestions of how risk can be minimised whilst maximising impact and implementing sustainable construction:.Ask yourself whether you really need to build a new building or whether repurposing an existing building could achieve the same end goal..
Undertake a pre-demolition audit to understand the potential for reuse on the existing site.
Use this information to develop sustainable construction design solutions..The problem is that such simple rules, although alluring, can be unhelpful or plain wrong in other circumstances..
When lecturing my students, I discuss the dis-economy of scale.How large processes need large peak demands of inputs, how many design factors are not linear so doubling the size of a process can mean 4x or 8x the energy, the time, or the effort.
For some processes, a colony of ants would be much more efficient than a brontosaurus..The point is that scale is a complex but critical issue if you are concerned with multiple factors – profitability, economic agility, sustainability, system reliability.