Design to Value thinking requires a change to the way we approach projects.

Learn more about.Industrialised ConstructionThe Benefits of Design to Value: To the Environment.

As society’s awareness of its impact on local ecosystems grows to a realisation of the global impacts of climate change and the continued and rapid destruction of habitats, diversity and the planet’s interdependent networks of life, Design to Value offers the opportunity to respond with purpose and adequacy.Although the green agenda has been around for a couple of decades, the response has been piecemeal, discreet; some would say derisory.The focus on meeting standards or gaining accolades has at best stifled major impact and at worst has lulled the industry and society into the idea that we were making great strides and further action was not necessary..

The facts are becoming increasingly clear: putting grass on roofs or achieving a gold plaque changes almost nothing; we need ambitious and holistic solutions at every level..In the past, shifting a project to prioritise the environment was often and easily rejected or written off as something that could be and needed to be sacrificed on the altar of cost.

Design to Value naturally seeks wider and synergistic value, leading, supporting and embracing these needs as an opportunity to innovate: the environment is not an encumbrance, but a space for crucial change through design..

Thinking beyond standards, Design to Value can look at absolutes and even further can look for redemption.This has complex implications for mechanical and electrical services.

For obvious technical reasons, each client cannot be serviced separately, so each one has to be monitored separately for energy, airflow and water usage..The existing plant was 20 years old, and at the end of its useful life.

But you can’t simply replace an old plant with a new one – mechanical and electrical engineering machines are so much more advanced and efficient now so some take up less space, but others are larger due to the need to reduce energy (for example, air-handling units).We have taken the opportunity to reconfigure the building to some extent.