10 years) with low/medium financial risk and brand value of being first to market.. Franchisees.

Clara Bagenal George (Associate at Elementa Consulting) who initiated LETI and is the lead editor of the report, said.‘The building industry knows that we should be designing climate-friendly buildings now, but unfortunately only a fraction of new properties are of the standard needed to meet our climate targets.’.

The Climate Emergency Design Guide.covers 5 key areas: operational energy, embodied carbon, the future of heat, demand response and data disclosure.This ensures that developers, consultants and policy officers in the UK will have a reference point as to what defines what their developments should achieve to ensure our climate change targets are met.. LETI will also be publishing the.

Embodied Carbon.alongside the main guide, which offers supplementary guidance to those interested in exploring embodied carbon in more detail.

Helen Hough, our Head of Sustainability, who led the graphics team for the main guide and participated in the workshops collating industry knowledge for the.

Embodied Carbon Primer.We tested our school design app SEISMIC on a group of nine-year-old children in London.

We were astonished at how easily and intuitively they were able to use it.. It’s vital that we change the perception of the construction industry and focus on attracting young talent into it.We must make it clear that construction is an exciting, vital industry - one where these young people can put their existing skills to use in an enjoyable and rewarding way.

But most of all, we must collectively rise to our own potential.We must embrace modern methods of construction, including P-DfMA, to move ourselves safely and efficiently into the next stage of the modern world.. To learn more about P-DfMA and Modern Methods of Construction, listen to Episode 1 of our podcast, Built Environment Matters: Platform Construction & Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA).