Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Construction | Lucy Homer, Lendlease

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These include UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) targets for offices, as well as London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) targets for various building typologies.These metrics generally look at energy rather than carbon.

This is partly because we know the electricity grid is going to be decarbonised.Therefore, using electricity as our primary, or only, source of power on-site means we’ll be tracking alongside the decarbonisation of the grid.That’s well known in the industry; there’s guidance in place and our focus on sustainability in design has meant that we’ve been working towards that for years now..

Grid electricity carbon factor.The electricity grid had a much higher carbon factor a few years ago than it does now.

This is due to coal plants, etc.

However, substantial development and investment in recent years by the government and private bodies has reduced the carbon factor of the grid, through the use of renewables, nuclear power stations, and so on.Larger businesses looking to design and construct their own labs..

Smaller businesses trying to identify the best premises to buy or lease..Developers who want to construct labs that are a good fit for their target market..

Developers who want to attract a specific tenant..The need for fast and scalable lab solutions is clear.