Sustainability Stories
A collection short stories highlighting great work at the intersection of sustainability and facades. Our members’ stories curated by the CWCT. Members may submit a story for review by completing the form here.
Collaboration is the (carbon) key
CLIMATE CHANGE READY
The team optimised the façade, eliminated the need for air handling equipment for the majority of the building.
PREFABRICATED TIMBER FACADE
CARBON NEUTRAL OPERATIONS
Enhancing Biodiversity
Designing out carbon
The team adopted a more a dynamic approach to minimising embodied carbon within their design decisions on the 5 Broadgate project.
#lowcarbon
Monitoring emissions in fabrication
Dane Architectural have adopted a carbon emission monitoring platform to better understand their greenhouse emissions and focus their carbon reduction actions.
#lowcarbon
Challenge the Brief
Justification for the retention of the existing façade was a pivotal change in approach to the refurbishment scheme for 1 Finsbury Avenue.
#buildnothing
Reusing Components
Reusing façade components eliminates the carbon emissions associated with the manufacture of new materials. This is exemplified on the recent refurbishment of 1 Triton Square, London.
#buildless #circularity