It is being done.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Mark Bryden, John Dyson, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.

The demand curves were normalised curves.. To simply represent a portfolio of products I allocated a probability to each of the four trajectories.. Then I looked at scale.I used a few API (chemical synthesis) projects to normalise a base scale.

I then looked at relative scales around this.The smallest being., the largest being.

I used standard factors to adjust the capital cost in a no.halving the scale does not half the cost or time for each unit to be deployed; the capital per unit volume actually increases..

Lining up scale with demand.

Finally, I changed the conversion costs for each scale based upon rules of thumb factors.. M. ore batches.A net zero carbon building is one that achieves both zero operational (regulated and unregulated) and zero embodied emissions.. Buildings should only be considered net zero carbon if the amount of carbon emissions associated with a building’s products/materials, construction stages, use (including operation) and deconstruction, is zero or negative.

This can be achieved via measures to reduce the use or the carbon of individual materials, the implementation of energy efficiency measures, the use of on-site renewables and finally a combination of carbon offset schemes and green Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)..It should be noted, that for most new developments nowadays it is not feasible to become net zero within the possibilities of the design (energy and material efficiency measures), so the use of carbon offset schemes and PPA is essential.. Why should we focus on sustainable construction and net zero carbon?.

The UK has established ambitious targets to reduce carbon by 2050.The UK aspires to reduce total carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, compared to 2020 levels, and become net zero carbon by 2050.