reference designs.
In terms of what we do here at Bryden Wood, we’re mostly focused on the environmental side of sustainability.We have a focus on building physics, with the aim of reducing energy costs for occupiers, as well as reducing carbon emissions.
We’re also particularly committed to looking at the whole life of a building, so this also encompasses the embodied carbon within materials — from construction methods all the way through to how that material operates.It’s very much a cradle to grave approach.We tend to not necessarily go for environmental ratings, so we can offer BREEAM, but it doesn’t have to be applied to every project.
It’s more about listening to the client, understanding what their drivers are, and then applying the best part of different ratings or standards in sustainable design so that the client actually gets what they need, rather than what a certificate says that they might want.. IP: What makes Bryden Wood unique when it comes to sustainable design?.HH: I think the unique thing is that we sit amongst both architects and engineers, so we are fundamentally set up to deliver an integrated approach.
For us, we’re not looking at a building after it’s already been designed and then trying to apply things, or forcing the design.
The advantage comes from working with the architect and the engineers.Lamont feels we need to slow down to go faster here, deploying simple, smart construction technology solutions to unlock sites.
Afterall, construction sites are temporary in nature, and contain vast amounts of data which isn’t currently being tracked, but easily could be with existing tech.In reality, there’s no need for 5G technology in order to obtain the data we’re looking to gather onsite, Lamont says.
Still, that’s primarily what we’re hearing about these days.In actual fact, what we really need are low-power devices to gather information about simple things.
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