The higher degree of accuracy and innovation in platform components ensures that what was designed and modelled is much more likely to be what is installed on site, with no need for site based problem-solving/adaptions vs. what has been designed and tested..

These outputs – including virtual reality motorway driving – allow us to visualise and assess risks and opportunities of a smart motorway at the earliest planning stages.It takes a few days to do what used to take months..

This approach – harnessing wide-ranging data, applying it creatively, iterating rapidly – can be applied in any number of other contexts, and we are currently working on several initiatives that need rapid implementation in the post-COVID world.Watch this space.. It’s all about agility; the ability to plan and respond to changing circumstances in complex situations.But agility can’t simply be reactive.

We have to design it into our built environment.Future-proofing is no longer about thinking how we might repurpose a building in twenty years’ time.

The question now is how we allow for changes that may well cycle round in a matter of months..

In a world where everyone may need to work from home, what does that mean for designing and building flats and houses?covers 5 key areas: operational energy, embodied carbon, the future of heat, demand response and data disclosure.

This ensures that developers, consultants and policy officers in the UK will have a reference point as to what defines what their developments should achieve to ensure our climate change targets are met.. LETI will also be publishing the.Embodied Carbon.

alongside the main guide, which offers supplementary guidance to those interested in exploring embodied carbon in more detail.Helen Hough, our Head of Sustainability, who led the graphics team for the main guide and participated in the workshops collating industry knowledge for the.