This gained HEA04 BREEAM credits, and contributed to the projects’ BREEAM Very Good rating.. A-rated energy performance.
These takeaways highlight Lucy Homer's insights into the transformative strategies at Lendlease, the evolving role of architects, and the future direction of the construction industry towards greater sustainability and digital integration.. Find out more about out approach to.building sustainably hereThe difficulties in articulating and quantifying the essence of good design and its wider benefits to society have meant that design is often undervalued, both in the procurement of new development and in the planning decision-making process.
As a result, large urban developments often fail to meet the aspirations of policymakers.Architects have also been reluctant to focus conversations on the economic merits of their schemes, or the political issues behind them, instead focusing their descriptions and appraisals of work in mainly aesthetic terms.This has meant the discussion misses key challenges regarding what schemes are providing, or lacking, in terms of the economic and social value in architecture.. Part of the difficulty in embedding this design quality throughout the design process may be a result of the fragmentation of projects into stages, and the atomisation of roles in recent decades.
Individuals are often responsible only for small chunks of the process and wider design, with little collaboration between parties.It is therefore important to look at how to bridge these gaps across disciplines..
The ‘triple bottom line’ of sustainability.
In the early 1980s, the theorist Freer Spreckley first identified the concept that sustainable development could be realised through identifying and balancing environmental and social outcomes against economic benefits.The likelihood and impact of accidents with nuclear reactors is – contrary to what is generally believed – considerably less than in traditional energy industries.
Nuclear is much closer to renewable energy in terms of safety and greenhouse gas emissions.Traditional fossil fuels are much more dangerous in extraction and operation..
The main cause of death related to energy production is air pollution from fossil fuels.. 17.Solution: replacing coal with new nuclear power.