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and pre-manufactured components enables quick adaptation to changes in battery chemistry or manufacturing processes.. As consumer demand for EVs grows, deploying right-sized facilities with standardised design templates and rapid-build DfMA methodologies will help meet increasing battery capacity needs, accelerating the global energy transition..

The earlier we can get involved, the more impact we can make and the more energy and cost savings we can bring to a project.. IP: What is the future of sustainability?.HH: I think there’s a massive push at the moment for battery technology, as a very specific example.

There’s been a general realisation that there’s not enough power in the world, so people are looking into the likes of local generation.I also feel there’s a big issue around the embodied carbon that goes into making a battery and how batteries are reused and recycled.As such, there’s going to be quite a distinct focus on looking at some of the new technologies and working out whether they are actually going to be suitable in another fifty years time..

I also think there will be a huge drive to reduce material quantity in buildings.As a result, there will be less carbon going into the building and the lifecycle impact of the building will be lower.

I don’t believe this is necessarily achievable just by changing materials.

You’ll also need to look at reducing the quantity of materials and their transportation distances, as well as other similar considerations.. IP: What one piece of advice would you give to an architecture student about how to deliver sustainable design?.A standardised, customisable heat transfer system allows the new nuclear systems to plug in to the existing coal plant infrastructure.

A standardised cross-section design encloses the various types of reactor technologies while being able to expand to deal with various sizes of capacity that are required.The non-safety related systems for different reactors have strong similarities and can be standardised across different reactor technologies.. A key driver for cost and duration of projects is the complexity of design, construction, and approval process for safety related systems.

Traditionally, custom-designed nuclear grade facilities enclose a mixture of safety-critical, safety-supporting and other systems.Our approach is to separate out these systems and then standardise and optimise them as much as possible..