Sustainability Stories
A collection of short stories highlighting great work at the intersection of sustainability and facades. Our members’ stories curated by the CWCT. Members may submit a story by completing the form below and sending it to sustainability@cwct.co.uk
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Collaboration is the (carbon) key
Deatils of how effective collaboration can help to reduce whole life carbon emissions.
CLIMATE CHANGE READY
The team optimised the façade, eliminated the need for air handling equipment for the majority of the building.
PREFABRICATED TIMBER FACADE
Details of a new timber and aluminium unitised facade delivering a reduction in global warming potential.
CARBON NEUTRAL OPERATIONS
Deatils of some of the actions taken to measure and offset carbon emissions.
Enhancing Biodiversity
Growing plants on building facades, also known as ‘living walls’, is one such way buildings can improve the biodiversity of the local area. #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