Bryden Wood was the lead designer of Churchwood Gardens, described by the Housing Design Awards 2020 judges as ‘genius’.. Churchwood Gardens is a nature-centred residential development in London, which features multiple innovative design strategies and is a good example of a healthy residential design.

The electrical engineer should review with the client the earthing requirements, including static discharge within the floor construction or electromagnetic interference for sensitive equipment, and inform the lab design architect.Some client laboratory equipment can be damaged or become dangerous if there’s a loss of power, so understanding any Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) requirements early on is essential.. As usual, the coordination between the MEP services becomes the difficult part of the latter stages.

It’s not unusual to have an extremely busy ceiling void, so it is important to start with the drainage and then the ventilation.We have to bear in mind the coordination below the ceiling too, with dropping services, wall-mounted isolation and panels, shut-off valves and emergency stop buttons, all competing for space on the walls.Internal windows will be needed in labs with dangerous atmospheres to ensure line of sight for occupant safety, which will further impact the below ceiling coordination.

While external windows will need to be maintained to introduce daylight, this can lead to solar heat gains.Blinds can be used but they can trap dirt, so we will place them between secondary glazing.

Alternatively, we use solar film and external blinds, and if possible, design the building so the lab is north-facing..

In our experience, most of the issues with a laboratory design stem from the client laboratory equipment list.There are two main methods of carbon capture: carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The difference between them is that CCS takes the CO. 2. ,.and stores it to be sold on to whoever needs it later, whereas CCU reuses the collected CO. 2. almost immediately.

There are benefits to both systems, but CCU has less potential for wasted carbon dioxide.Both methods have been used at commercial scale with ‘undisputable technical and operational success for decades’ in the North Sea, North America, Australia and elsewhere.