Design

Sustainable design focuses on minimising the environmental and social impacts of a built structure from its conception and throughout its life cycle ensuring that it provides a resource that meets our stakeholders needs.

1. The operational life of buildings accounts for around 50% of total UK energy consumption.
2. The construction process accounts for less than 0.1%.
3. The operational stage of a building accounts for 80% of the life cycle impacts from raw materials to demolition/recycling.

Therefore, we recognise that we need to adopt the principles of sustainability from the first stages of design.

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