Homo erectus, our earlier cousin, could do all these things and spread out globally surviving and developing for a million years.
Excellent Occupant Experience: Both Passivhaus and Bryden Wood believe that environmental performance should not come at the expense of occupant experience.This is reflected in the designs targeting both the Passivhaus Thermal Comfort criterion as well as CIBSE TM 59, which ensures adequate thermal performance.. Resilient and adaptable to different climate conditions: Passivhaus also provides additional resilience by adopting a design based on passive design strategies coupled with technological solutions that can easily be upgraded, refurbished and replaced.
Whilst Passivhaus was originally developed for residential buildings in Germany, the standard and its principles can be adopted in all kinds of building types, locations and climatic scenarios, and respond to the effects of global warming..However, there are four important challenges for the adoption of Passivhaus:.Increased design cost and complexity: It requires specific detailing of the envelope, high quality of construction and specific performance testing in order to get the building certified..
Increased capital cost: The additional construction capital cost can vary from 8% in the most optimistic scenarios (Passivhaus Construction Costs – October 2019) up to 25%..Increased programme: Delivering a Passivhaus building can take longer.
Quality control on site is extremely important, strategies for airtightness require careful sequencing and interim testing and workmanship skills need to be of the highest quality..
Skill shortage and understanding.How to lead the provision of modular infrastructure for autonomous electrical vehicles in a smart way that provides value to cities, society, fleet operations, stakeholders and the workforce.. How to respond to early opportunities such as an Autonomous Vehicle Trial, and adapt to the evolution of technology.. Value Drivers: -.
A reduction in self-drive fossil fuel car use, resulting in lower emissions, reduced environmental impact (e.g.improved air quality) and reduced traffic.. Society.
Reduced environmental impact with increased mobility and opportunities.. Customers.Service satisfaction and positive customer experience..