Structural optimisation and validation are included as part of this process to ensure that the truss meets the required specification.
Take the example of the Ministry of Justice prison programme (a case study in our.with multiple aims of investment cost efficiency, running cost efficiency, while reducing the huge social cost of re-offending which comes with an £18Billion a year price tag to the UK economy.
There was even a proposal to develop the building technology so that inmates could be involved in the programme, building their skills, and making them more employable once released.. And there are technologies being developed now that can produce net carbon negative concrete, this would have offered the Ministry of Justice programme the possibility of a carbon negative prison as well as delivering all the other benefits.. What we also forget is a fact that should motivate us and give us hope.Renewable energy is lower in cost than fossil fuels.That’s lower in cost!
To put that in context, if the quantity of electricity used by the UK about 320 Bn KWh per year was moved from gas to offshore wind the saving would be £126Billion per year.If you wanted a 5-year pay back with such a saving, you could afford to invest over £600Billion.
There is a direct synergy between financial return and moving to renewable energy..
The payback, the value generated for doing the right thing on the environment is immense, in monetary terms and in our living environment and in protection of people and biodiversity; and in feeling that we are part of a generation that acted and made the world a better place for everybody.But by making it easy to understand the possibilities, and show solutions that can be quick to implement and agile enough to change quickly when necessary, I think we can help people come to the right decisions..
When we see how change can be implemented quickly when the circumstances demand it, and when we work in an agile way, it’s only natural that people will start to ask where else we can go, and what else we can use agility to achieve.. We have the opportunity to take bold, exciting steps.To make real improvements to the quality of our built environment.
We’ve seen that it can be done, and we have the tools to make it happen.. Why wait?.Learn more about our Creative Technologies team's work.
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