There are many construction innovations that can be considered MMC.

When we do use them, it’s important to make sure they’re energy efficient — they need to be properly designed, set up and commissioned.. Construction technology: data and computer modelling.As time progresses and construction technology advances, the importance of data and computer modelling in sustainable design continues to grow.

A few years ago, we had only very basic computer modelling to help us understand what to expect from a building’s energy performance.These days, additional layers of data are being added in, so that our design decisions are really being driven by data now.This enables us to make better, sustainable design choices, and to improve a building’s performance right from the start.

We look at issues such as the material choice for a building’s facade and structure, as well as energy performance and thermal comfort.These are evaluated with respect to the passing of time.

What will happen year on year, and at the end of a building’s life?.

Embodied carbon in sustainable building design.If we wanted to not only preserve the value identified in an innovative concept and technology but to enhance it, we needed to change the way we approach basic/scheme and detailed design..

Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.

He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.Available to purchase at.'Transforming Small Molecule API Manufacturing' explores the innovative strides being made towards more efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective drug production.. Adrian La Porta.