Following through the circular economy idea to the end of a building’s life, simple design choices allow new materials to be reused at that stage.
The sooner we start, the sooner we’ll reach our goal.The rewards will be worth it.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesDesign to Value.approach means we are always looking for new ways to deliver the best value solutions for clients.This sometimes takes us in unexpected and surprising directions.
For example, one longstanding client of ours is an industrial plastics manufacturer who is strongly focused on improving their sustainability.For this client, Bryden Wood have designed facilities with excellent environmental performance, introduced green landscaping throughout their site and undertaken studies into the feasibility of achieving Net Zero carbon for the site’s base load energy consumption..
However, none of these initiatives addresses the ‘elephant in the room’: the industrial plastics manufacturing process itself, which is heavily reliant on the carbon-intensive chemical production sector.. Chemical production is set to become ‘the single largest driver of global oil consumption by 2030’ according to a 2019 paper in the.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.In 2012 we won the Best Patient Experience Award for Circle Reading at the Building Better Healthcare awards.. Hospital Design for flexibility and change.
We also worked hard to make sure that the design of the hospital was flexible and adaptable.One recurring issue with hospitals is that the technology they house develops at pace and, as we have seen this year, the demands hospitals face can change very quickly.
Both of these mean that traditional approaches to hospital design and construction come with obsolescence as standard.. Our intelligent design, on the other hand, had future-proofing and flexibility built in.We had an early opportunity to prove the value of this, when Circle Health decided to expand vertically and double the size of the hospital during the construction phase.
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