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Workspace Designers: How Sustainable Is Your Supply Chain?

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Designers have a responsibility to advise their clients on the environmental and social impact of products, materials and technologies. Raising awareness will put pressure on supply chains to become more sustainable, and in turn companies will have to become more proactive to meet the expectations of stakeholders.

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Practical Strategies To Design For The Planet

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The integration of data analytics and smart building technologies is essential for carbon management and sustainability in the built environment. Bio-based materials are derived from natural sources, such as plants, fungi and algae, providing biodegradable and regenerative alternatives to traditional construction materials.

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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

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Construction today typically follows this linear trajectory: materials are extracted, transported, produced, transported again, and used to build and fit out. The idea was to think outside of existing construction conventions to imagine a space that could form part of nature’s ecosystem. million without a home.

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Here are 4 Sustainable Office Design Trends To Embrace In 2022

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Our list covers a range of office design aspects – from the construction materials used to how design elements are recycled. Redesigning an existing office building is often more eco-friendly than constructing one from scratch. It also reduces supply chain carbon emissions. Photo credit: RODNAE Productions.

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AI And the Next Generation of Workplace Architecture

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As someone who loves to discover and invent new technologies, the incorporation of AI into the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) field has fascinated me for some time now. What About the Construction Industry? Image by SGA How will AI Impact Architecture & Design?

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Are your one-on-one meetings falling flat? Try these tips

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If all you want to know is the status of a project, use technology as much as possible. You’re not asking them to drop what they’re doing to supply you with what you need. That way, when it comes time to give constructive feedback, (which should happen often, not just at review time), you’ll have something to draw on.

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Generative AI will lead to a threefold increase in greenhouse gases from data centres

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The report, published by Morgan Stanley titled Global Data Centers: Sizing & Solving for CO2, suggests that the combined emissions from the construction of new facilities and their energy consumption will amount to around 2.5 Demand for data centre capacity is rising globally, driven by increased adoption of AI technologies.