Due to the side effects of COVID-19, physical and mental wellbeing are becoming a key priority for many building developers, designers and construction companies.. Buildings (residential and commercial) are places to live and work but increasingly also to play and move, with a strong focus on physical activity and active lifestyles.
“We find the same thing”, says Jaimie Johnston.“It's serial custo.
mers who are dissatisfied with either the quality they're getting or the value they're getting.”.Johnston says that the biggest value driver of them all is climate change and carbon.He agrees that there’s a “dawning recognition” that we don’t have a choice.
However, these days, the data is starting to allow us to do these things, making this particular moment in industry history different from the ones that have come before.. “I think that's why it might stick this time,” he says.“But if it doesn't stick this time, we've got enormous problems.”.
Marks seems confident about the direction things are headed.. “Three-quarters of all specialty subcontractors have experience with multi-trade and two-thirds of general contractors have experience with multi-trade assemblies and prefabrication,” she says, referencing.
McKinsey’s report.This allows for optimisation based on climate and environmental considerations.. A key factor in maximising the heat rejection system (with chilled water) efficiency is minimising the heat rejection unit approach temperature i.e.
the difference between the external air temperature and the chilled water outlet temperature.Every degree closer results in mechanical cooling being eliminated for potentially hundreds of hours, leading to significant energy savings.
In hot, dry climates, using adiabatic cooling which cools towards the wet bulb temperature which is often much lower than the dry bulb temperature, can further reduce the number of hours of mechanical cooling required.The balance between reducing energy / water consumption as part of the design is investigated as part of each project design.. Water usage.