How Does Climate Change Affect The Future Of Design And Architecture? 

Individuals adjust to the temperatures of the environments they typically occupy, and if they start feeling uneasy, they take measures to address it. As the temperature increases gradually, we tend to adapt to it. 

Some architects are already experimenting with new design techniques. James Dunnett has incorporated the Art Deco style in the latest expansion of a house in Hampstead Garden Suburb. The extension has a significant height and enlarged cornices to provide shade. It also includes appropriately sized windows that can open and southerly glazing to enhance passive heating during winter. 

These measures aim to create a comfortable indoor climate throughout the year. The increased mass and shading are particularly important for maintaining an ideal indoor temperature in the east-facing interior. 

Energy Efficiency

The concept of energy sufficiency will significantly shape the direction of design in the future. The IPCC report on Mitigation of Climate Change highlights that while energy efficiency focuses on incremental technological enhancements to mechanical systems, such as improved heat pumps, energy sufficiency involves long-term measures driven by non-technical solutions. It involves designing buildings in a way that provides numerous adaptive options to enable them to evolve over time to meet heating needs. Therefore, the actual building design and its flexibility will play a crucial role in achieving energy sufficiency.

How can Rapport3 help environmentally conscious architecture practices?

Rapport3 is experienced in helping architects meet standards for energy efficiency through providing detailed reporting on their projects, helping them streamline and manage your projects effortlessly.   We have many energy efficient and B Corp registered clients including Stride Treglown, AEW Architecture, and ADP Architecture. These architecture companies create buildings with the environment in mind. Rapport3 is a dynamic project management system designed for the AEC industry. Rapport3 helps you streamline and manage your projects effortlessly.

We have a business millage console which requires a setting to be switched on - it is used if a firm does want to take more notice of their environmental impact. With this feature, they can keep track of if people are cycling to work etc. A SQL script can be written to run across multiple databases though, but theoretically someone could write a script to find out.

Our B Corp certified client AEW Architecture use the expenses business travel console as a way to track miles done which therefore helps with CO2 emission calculations. Adding on to this, we have completely revamped the other info page for our B Corp clients. Now it is possible to easily track environmental related metrics on the other info page and the details pages.

Rapport3 has customizable dashboards specific to the client. Each client has their own unique way to gather emissions information and we make sure to make it is possible to track the data that is important to you.

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