Construction Industry
UK Construction Policy Falls Short of Targets But Shows Significant Potential
January 17th, 2020Continually Demolishing & Rebuilding Our Buildings Is Not Smart or Sustainable
January 14th, 2020
Only By Involving Stakeholders Throughout the Lifecycle Can Buildings Be Truly Smart
Smart buildings are not simply designed to attract the first set of tenants or maintain the energy performance they achieved on their first day of operation. The technology and the demands of occupants evolve, meaning the true role of the smart building is to evolve with them. As this decade draws to a close and […]
Demonstrating Smart Building Business Value Further Up The Chain
“The buildings industry is notoriously slow to embrace change and innovation, and established procurement practices are highly risk averse and tend towards lowest-cost options,” highlights our latest report Future Proofing Smart Commercial Buildings. “While the market for smart building technologies continues to grow at a healthy rate, and customer expectations continue to rise, the technology […]
Buildings Consume Too Much Energy. We Need Stronger Regulation. “There’s No Time to Waste”
History is unfortunately full of examples of building and construction legislation that came too late. The use of combustible cladding offers several recent examples, including the London’s Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people, or the fires in Melbourne’s Lacrosse Tower and Neo200 building just this February. Combustible cladding on a tower block is an […]
Imagining A Circular Construction Economy For Buildings
We often talk about the fact that buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption but buildings are also a huge generator of physical waste. The built environment also consumes vast amounts of raw materials, which are generally only used once in their high-value form and often produced using an energy-intense production process. However, excessive […]
Step-by-Step Towards a 3D Printed Future for Construction
Moving Past the Era of Underperformance to an Age of Better Building Construction
Why is the construction industry underperforming? The skills shortage is a reason for poor quality work and slow technology uptake, labor and material costs explain high rates for the customer, and each blames the previous link in the construction supply chain for whatever is going wrong. The time has come for the construction sector to […]
On Buildings that Compute. A Proposal.
“What if the intelligent matter of our surroundings could understand us, give us feedback and communicate with us? What if the walls surrounding us were not only supporting our roofs, but had increased functionality? What if each brick, or building block, was a self-powered, decentralised computing entity that would comprise a part of an emerging, […]
Like “a Motherboard for Buildings”
The Internet of Things (IoT) is infiltrating every corner of the building. Systems like heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting and access control have already been revolutionized by connectivity. More recently, elevators, windows, and furniture have been given a smart makeover. Now, a Toronto firm wants to go one step further by integrating IoT […]
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