Sustainable thinking with a Design to Value approach

So if we want to live in a less polluted environment, we have to reduce the amount of waste we create..

Ultimately, such a process allows a focus of effort on architectural features which enhance the built environment, says Jami.. She is currently working with the Creative Technologies team on two such projects.The first is a web app to accelerate the design of precision manufactured housing in London for the Greater London Authority (GLA).

It allows users to create intelligent models within a 3D context, based on government space standards and DfMA rationale.Adaptability and feedback on the suitability of certain DfMA construction systems are just some of its features.Cresser-Brown notes that because designs are generated at speed, it allows users to ‘make objective decisions based on far greater exploratory studies than possible using traditional feasibility workflows.’.

Phil Langley points out that ‘the app encodes... ‘best practice’ design guidance from across the manufacturing and systemisation industry and will be made freely available and open source.’.Jami is also currently working on an Innovate UK funded project for the design configuration of primary schools.

The project is also delivered as an open source, web app and as she says, ‘enables architects, teachers and pupils alike to quickly and easily configure early stage design proposals...’.

Digital school models feature ‘clusters’ of rooms, which adhere to Department for Education area/adjacency requirements.Emphasis on embodied carbon.

A significant portion of the discussion centres on the importance of reducing embodied carbon—the carbon footprint associated with materials and construction processes.As operational carbon (carbon used during the building's life) decreases due to better technology and design practices, embodied carbon becomes a larger proportion of a building's overall carbon footprint.. 4.

Innovative use of technology in sustainable design.Advances in technology, such as more sophisticated computer modelling and data analytics, play a crucial role in sustainable building design.