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We work together in providing good building performance by solving the problems, identify and eliminate unwanted costs, while improving functions and quality. We aim to increase the value of building performance, satisfying the design's requirements at the lowest cost. This involves the availability of designed features, methods, issues, limitations or restrictions, planning and organisation, costs and profit. Benefits that can be delivered include a reduction of life cycle costs, improvement in quality and reduction of environmental impacts.
Sustainable design or building performance analyses provide an exercise that involves most of the project team, taking a wider view and looking at the selection of materials, plant, equipment and processes to evaluate better cost-effective solutions that will achieve the same project objectives and functions. |
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Key to this is remembering the relationship between cost and value - value is function divided by cost. Concentration on the function of the project or design will avoid mere cost cutting.
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Functions
The buildings are designed to link seamlessly with the environment, bringing the natural resources into the internal spaces. These combined features will aid the healing process and enhance the general well-being of occupants, increasing the buildings' effectiveness and long-term operational efficiency and sustainability.
Energy Saving
Integration with the outdoor environment to reduce energy dependence on internal areas, i.e. reduce the load on building systems and increase the availability of natural light and fresh air. Passive solar protection and cooling design to reduce heat load and reflected heat and glare. The net effect will reduce energy consumption, as well as create a cooler external environment and protect the building facade and internal finishes. This is consistent with creating cooler built environment to counter the urban heat island effect.
Environmental Quality and Healthy Living
Design improvement with maximized natural ventilation, optimum day-lighting, thermal comfort and also the protection from our weather influences such as wind and rain etc. To avoid the occurrence of sick building syndrome such as excessive carbon dioxide in our work space, carbon monoxide in enclosed spaces (e.g. car park), pollution and volatile organic compounds etc. The proper design can provide passive cooling for comfortable work-space or living environment with energy savings.
Materials and Equipment Selection
Designers can fit correct plant and equipment to reduce energy consumption and for environmental protection. Selection of sustainable building materials represent an important strategy in design and construction of a building. Designers can select innovative materials to enhance design and sustainability. Engineers can design M&E systems to ensure the functionality, innovation and efficiency.
Our services focus on the functions in term of your design quality outputs for better solutions, time saving without physical test and avoidance of future amendments. Building performance analyses provide more efficient ways where technical solutions for the assessment of all aspects within sustainable designs.
Energy Saving
Integration with the outdoor environment to reduce energy dependence on internal areas, i.e. reduce the load on building systems and increase the availability of natural light and fresh air. Passive solar protection and cooling design to reduce heat load and reflected heat and glare. The net effect will reduce energy consumption, as well as create a cooler external environment and protect the building facade and internal finishes. This is consistent with creating cooler built environment to counter the urban heat island effect.
Environmental Quality and Healthy Living
Design improvement with maximized natural ventilation, optimum day-lighting, thermal comfort and also the protection from our weather influences such as wind and rain etc. To avoid the occurrence of sick building syndrome such as excessive carbon dioxide in our work space, carbon monoxide in enclosed spaces (e.g. car park), pollution and volatile organic compounds etc. The proper design can provide passive cooling for comfortable work-space or living environment with energy savings.
Materials and Equipment Selection
Designers can fit correct plant and equipment to reduce energy consumption and for environmental protection. Selection of sustainable building materials represent an important strategy in design and construction of a building. Designers can select innovative materials to enhance design and sustainability. Engineers can design M&E systems to ensure the functionality, innovation and efficiency.
Our services focus on the functions in term of your design quality outputs for better solutions, time saving without physical test and avoidance of future amendments. Building performance analyses provide more efficient ways where technical solutions for the assessment of all aspects within sustainable designs.
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The Values of Building Performance Analyses and Sustainable Design involves
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