This transformational process of on-going refinement and progress isn’t possible in traditional construction, where every building is bespoke.
There are solutions and choices out there that can protect and repair and restore the ecosystem; and deliver fantastic experiences and deliver financial returns.There are ‘ANDs’ the job of everybody is to find them..
The design to value approach, at its heart, is based upon the belief that there are many, many ‘ands’.The range of value drivers from financial, aesthetic, socio-environmental and processual demonstrate the breadth of belief and aspiration.Take the example of the Ministry of Justice prison programme (a case study in our.
with multiple aims of investment cost efficiency, running cost efficiency, while reducing the huge social cost of re-offending which comes with an £18Billion a year price tag to the UK economy.There was even a proposal to develop the building technology so that inmates could be involved in the programme, building their skills, and making them more employable once released.. And there are technologies being developed now that can produce net carbon negative concrete, this would have offered the Ministry of Justice programme the possibility of a carbon negative prison as well as delivering all the other benefits.. What we also forget is a fact that should motivate us and give us hope.
Renewable energy is lower in cost than fossil fuels.
That’s lower in cost!Often the only thing standing between us and positive change, is us..
Remember when working from home was seen as a perk offered by progressive employers, while others worried about whether it was a good idea, or even possible?Necessity sorted that one out.
Some businesses have struggled, but many more have found that working from home isn’t such a big deal and are wondering what all the fuss was about..In the built environment, we didn’t have time to wonder how two-metre social distancing might work, we just had to get on and do it.
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