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Addressing the climate emergency in construction.Currently contributing 39% of global carbon emissions, there can be no doubt that the construction industry has a serious and urgent role to play in addressing the climate crisis.

The starting point is industry collaboration — a united focus on raising the industry’s understanding, knowledge and skills in relation to sustainable building.We need to be investing in colleges and universities, educating our young people and making sure they get the right training from the outset.We must have an industry-wide effort, focused on sustainability in design, one where we can all contribute, rather than having a few people in senior positions trying to force the issue.. We need to do more with passive design, whether it be a fully certified, Passivhaus approach, or simply using sustainable design features more generally from the start through to completion: early design stages, technical design, procurement and construction.

Nothing lost along the way.We need to involve contractors and manufacturers, with contractors pushing their supply chains to make sustainability-led improvements in their products and materials..

Yes, there are challenges, but if this industry (not famed for collaboration) would commit to working together, they are surmountable.

We’ve definitely seen an increase in collaboration in the past months.value drivers are explored in depth.

Rather than a brief or a set of specifications, the design process is orchestrated at a higher level of Problem Statement and Value Drivers.Together, the development of these captures the purpose and evolves the understanding of requirements.

The Problem statement and value drivers may read something like this: -.Manufacturing Site A has evolved over time into a Jigsaw of process buildings, development buildings, support functions, and office accommodation.