'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology' - Excerpt 1

The programme for delivering a new data centre is three to five years.

Decarbonisation of the electricity grid is a very large-scale endeavour.Massive wind turbines, all the way through to the PV panels on individual homes; all of these elements contribute to the electricity carbon factor and will play an important role in creating a more sustainable future.. Net zero by 2050.

It’s true that not every building is going to be net zero at the moment.We’re designing with the government’s 2050 net-zero carbon objective in mind, and we’re on track to meet that goal.We’re designing to maximise use of the decarbonised grid.

The foundation of our approach to sustainability is based on using lean, passive design methods.It’s only after passive design strategies are considered that we look at efficient equipment selections, renewable technology and low/zero carbon technology.

In other words, when we look towards sustainable design, the focus on sustainable architecture must come before the focus on sustainable services..

Operational carbon - industry benchmarks.All this must be done with the lowest embedded carbon methods we can find, while also protecting and supporting the natural world to begin to thrive again..

This is no simple task.However, we know that the systematisation of methods, super-charged with developments in creative technologies, is a proven way to exponentially industrialise, as it has in the last 100 years.

Approaches which modularise process plants and utilities move construction techniques into mass production techniques.Building platforms move us away from bespoke design and delivery into repeatable, lean methods of construction.