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of modules and just 10% of onsite installations, which means a smaller team of operatives on site, working more efficiently..

This is another example where multiple value drivers can be augmented in tandem; increasing diversity, improving well-being, supporting productivity and creating educational environments.. How can we reduce waste materials, and, moreover, incorporate them into the built environment, reusing plastics and other potential throwaways?.How do we look at all these things together to find the best business, aesthetic and environmental solutions?.

The answer is simple and difficult.Thinking more broadly with the widest purpose, giving the right culture and encouragement is easy for a time.Creating the space, the willingness to change, requires a great deal of energy.

There is an opportunity to work and think differently; no longer do you have to assume that working for and with the environment will push a project over budget or make it untenable..While form might follow function, function is much more complicated today.

And this will only increase over time.

As the environment changes and technology shifts, more – and more complex – gears emerge.This includes regulated carbon emissions (heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and domestic hot water) and unregulated carbon emissions which include small power and plug-in systems.. What is embodied carbon?.

Embodied carbon refers to the carbon emissions generated by a building over its lifetime, including the processing, manufacture and distribution of building elements, the construction itself, the use of the building, the end-of-life scenarios and opportunities for reuse and recycle.. What does net zero carbon mean?.Due to the growing pressure in the construction industry, many new developments claim they can achieve net zero carbon emissions.

In many cases, they refer to the possibility of achieving net zero carbon in operation only, which means that they do not account for the embodied carbon of the building over its lifecycle.A net zero carbon building is one that achieves both zero operational (regulated and unregulated) and zero embodied emissions.. Buildings should only be considered net zero carbon if the amount of carbon emissions associated with a building’s products/materials, construction stages, use (including operation) and deconstruction, is zero or negative.