highlights the central role data centres now play in our digital world.
With the reduction in internal floor area, there is less space to be conditioned with expensive MEP systems, less structure and less external envelope.This sustainable design process is incredibly effective..
Lean design encourages optimised material usage within the building.This might be improving the optimisation factor of steel, reducing the thickness of concrete slabs, or balancing insulation thicknesses of walls, floors and roofs with operational energy savings.A reduced quantity of building materials reduces a building’s weight.
This in turn reduces the load on the foundations, allowing a further reduction in materials used in the substructure.Lean design places a renewed emphasis on optimum sizing, without unnecessary redundancies or capacities.
This is an important component of sustainable architectural design..
Using fewer materials overall means less embodied carbon in the extraction of raw materials and their fabrication into building products.Our aim was to deliver a scheme that added value to the lives of the local community..
The developer’s forward-looking objective of creating a desirable community of rental apartments has informed a demographic spread within the resident community.Occupancy within the development has remained at 100% since its completion and there is a waiting list, with many residents requesting to purchase their properties outright.
The active engagement of the community within the local area and their pride in the development is testament to the positive social impact of the project..The project has also prioritised placemaking, providing great physical improvements to the neighbourhood.
(Editor: Durable Infrared Sensors)