So demand control ventilation, activated by CO. 2. sensors, provides an optimal level of fresh air in fitness areas.

Approaching design and construction in this way helps to reduce material waste, producing more efficient and sustainable built assets.When looking at the vast scale of a project like Hinkley Point, at its enormous costs and lengthy timescales, it’s clear to see what the problems are.

We need a solution that’s much faster, more scalable and deployable, and we need it right away.Hinkley Point is still a number of years off completion..Achieving net zero by 2050.

It’s also important to remember that the challenge of turning the climate crisis around rests solely on the shoulders of our working generation.Although future timescales can sometimes feel abstract, 2050 really isn’t far away and our net zero deadline is looming.

In fact, half of the emissions in the atmosphere today were emitted in the last thirty years, so we’re going to have to think really expansively on the issue.

One of the greatest challenges we have is finance, because there’s still a lot of prejudice against nuclear power in the finance market.For example, a reduction in floor to floor height to 6.5m would enable a three-storey data centre on that same site – an instant gain of 50% in site yield and significant reduction in cost per kW.. A similar approach to close integration of design and the arrangement of primary plant and ancillary systems will optimise the data centre facility plan footprint.

Again, this maximises yield per m2, with the added benefit of a reduction in costly M&E distribution paths..Deferring CapEx, delivering predictability.

Data centres are expensive.Being able to compress the time from project inception to occupancy, as well as having reliable procurement and supply chain, and a predictable construction programme, is hugely valuable in being able to defer CapEx and cost of finance.. One of the core principles of DfMA is the standardisation of parts and construction/assembly processes.