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This means we know far more about how a building is due to operate than we ever have before.We can fine tune the building to make it run as efficiently as possible before it is even built, making further energy cost savings..
Sustainable design and build for the circular economy.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.
Where materials can be reused, these should be considered for reuse on the same or a local site, thereby reducing material miles and facilitating a more sustainable construction process.While we’ll never get rid of the subjective element of planning, and certainly not the need for people, digitising planning could help reduce administrative burden, freeing up time for planners to do the more valuable, judgement based planning work and enabling us to make better, and more holistic, sets of decisions.. Another benefit it’s hoped will arise from digitising the planning system is to make planning more accessible to members of the public.
Being able to engage with and interpret a 3D model is much more helpful to people than being presented with unrealistic CGI imagery depicting permanent sunshine and few cars.Currently, trust in the planning system is at a low.
If we can help people feel more in control of what they’re being consulted on, and give them a better sense of what a development will really look like, it should help to alleviate a lot of concern.. At present, ten Pathfinder projects are being undertaken by various local authorities.All of them are looking at how to digitise planning policy, and make it more machine readable.
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