What will happen year on year, and at the end of a building’s life?.
However, the country of origin is also important for materials and components which are heavily manufactured, such as curtain walling.Sometimes the additional transport miles might offset the manufacturing emissions in counties with greener energy grids.. Substructure: Omitting basements should be the starting point of projects.. Raised floor: Reuse existing materials, both from demolition on site but also local existing buildings which are undergoing renovation or demolition.
The industry needs to develop a material database to assist with this, but the more demand the quicker it will happen.. MEP: The LETI benchmarks are underestimated for high end offices.To meet the LETI benchmarks this means every other element in the building needs to perform better to offset the impact of MEP.MEP calculations are still in their infancy compared with the rest of the building, meaning more research and data collection is required to create robust calculations and benchmarks.
MEP has a short lifespan compared with other elements and as such it is even more important to consider the whole life impact of services, alongside the operational carbon impact..At two thirds of the whole life carbon, embodied carbon is critically important within an office building.
Decisions made during early design stages should prioritise embodied carbon alongside design, function, and aesthetics..
The brainstorming sessions on how to move from the BaU scheme to a platform-led scheme (back in 2019) included embodied carbon as one of the technical indicators, giving as much weight to carbon as other metrics such as productivity, safety, and cost..Integrated detailing and performance design (useful version of 'façade engineering').
Focus on fabrication and construction.'Architectural standardisation'.
BIM link to factories and supply chain.Realistic Value-Engineering Summary.
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