With changing market dynamics and growing environmental concerns, there's an urgent need to maximise energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprints.
Finishes, paints and adhesives have been selected to meet the formaldehyde, Benzene and VOC thresholds from the WELL Standard..The future of wellbeing in architectural design.
The impact of the pandemic has highlighted the importance of designing for wellbeing.While this is positive for building occupants, the lessons learned from COVID have shown that some of the design decisions taken to make buildings healthier, have implications for energy efficiency that can affect the aspiration to deliver low-carbon buildings.. Our response to the challenge is a holistic approach to sustainable design and wellbeing, with a strong focus on the use of passive design measures.We aim to give such a response to all different challenges, looking for synergies and using building physics and analytical tools to support our decisions..
The building of the future is energy efficient, but also a place with higher standards in terms of air quality, daylight and thermal experience, with a strong connection to nature.A new focus on healthy architecture will create buildings where materials are selected not just for their architectural and structural properties, but also with the potential effect on occupant health in mind..
Such a holistic approach to design for wellbeing will, ultimately, be of benefit to all of us.. To learn more about our Design to Value approach to design and construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesWhile the fields of design and architecture have been pushing ahead with Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), BIM and 3D models, the planning process hasn’t actually changed much since the 1940s and remains largely paper-based.We have completely changed the philosophy of how the building operates.
It's a much more slimmed down version of what it used to be, using fan coil units for the basic cooling.We have brought it into line with current building regulations, and industry best practice, through good modern design.. We are now in the installation stage and our role is working with the contractor to ensure the mechanical and electrical systems installed meet the client brief and design vision.
The works should be complete early 2022.. Pharmaceutical Facility Design for GSK.We've done a lot of work for GSK over four sites now, principally in Stevenage, where we built a new cryogenics building.