In the end, Sully says the key to our success will be a collaborative approach and a willingness to share.

This approach is beneficial for improving sustainability and work-life balance, reduces time spent commuting and lessens corporate carbon emissions from heating, cooling and especially daily commuting, which typically accounts for the highest proportion of a company’s carbon footprint.. Bryden Wood carried out an internal carbon emissions audit, which showed that the adoption of home-working can reduce corporate emissions by 69% compared to working five days a week in the office.This is mainly due to the reduction in emissions from Scope 3 (commuting)..

The price of land, especially in cities like London, has pushed developers to build deeper and taller buildings without much space for green infrastructure.Deep plan buildings do not prioritise design for wellbeing, as they reduce daylight availability and visual connection to the outdoors, and also limit the possibility of opening windows, making them unsuitable for creating healthy indoor environments.Moving office hubs to the urban periphery, where prices and density are lower, can create an opportunity for healthy architecture, as narrow-plate spaces provide better and healthier environmental conditions.

Lower land prices also facilitate the development of open green spaces between buildings, bringing the added benefits of biophilic design.. Lower occupancy densities and the adoption of flexible working hours also mean new spatial requirements; reducing individually assigned spaces, more hot desking and creating flexible office spaces with adaptable layouts.These adaptations will require innovative HVAC design which can address changes in local environments with suitable sensors and control systems..

Newly adopted habits also affect residential design.

In many cases, domestic buildings used to be empty during the central hours of the day, but with the more frequent adoption of homeworking, daylight, thermal comfort and air quality will become more important.Replacing coal: process.

simplification and standardisation.A standardised, mass-customisable design solution will make it possible to use algorithmic design for key design tasks:.

Coal plant viability for refurbishment can be assessed using automatic tools.Initial concepts can be produced using algorithmic design tools.