Platforms dramatically reduce the risk of on-site changes in two key ways:.
Conversely, we know there’s a great deal of interest in financing clean technology, so there’s a lot of money going into an associated industry.Construction Platform design offers a huge opportunity, because if we could demonstrate a consistent ability to deliver things to price and budget, investors would view construction differently.
As a result, this could see investors flooding towards construction, as they would get a healthy return on their investment.There’s also the potential for the creation of a virtuous circle, whereby investment boosts spending on construction, which creates jobs and skills.This would have a bigger, beneficial impact on society.. An increase in investment should also free up more money for research and development.
Construction has famously low investment in R&D, which increases the risk profile.As most projects are currently prototypes, there is very little opportunity to test something out before it becomes a live project.
On our current project for Landsec, we’ve witnessed the benefits of prototyping everything in advance at our testing facility in Ropley.
This certainty from testing should continue to reduce the risk profile, making us more attractive to investors.. What role does government play in the future of construction Platforms?.All the above items added up together would mean just a reduction of around 4.7 kgCO2/m2, mainly due to the simplification of the heating and photovoltaic systems.
Compared to a residential LETI 2020 (Band C) target building (A-C) with a total embodied carbon of 675 kgCO2/m2, that is equivalent to just 0.7% reduction in carbon..Comparison of embodied carbon (A-C) between a baseline residential building based on LETI Band C and same building with Passivhaus characteristics.
The adoption of the above Passivhaus standard does not have a substantial impact on the embodied carbon compared to a standard residential building.The adoption of Passivhaus does not prevent the incorporation of additional strategies to reduce embodied carbon and all designs retain the potential to achieve low embodied carbon performance if it is part of the design intent.. Further potential benefits from Passivhaus arise from the compact shape and the use of timber, although full life cycle analysis is required to quantify this.
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