He says that far too much time was spent fixing the gaps between the manufactured and traditional parts.
Within this period a great deal of the time is taken in permitting processes and getting power to the site..Different countries and regions have different regulations and bureaucracies.
One of the reasons why there’s a big focus on projects in the US (other than technology development) is the relative lightness of the permitting and approval process.The UK is seen as relatively straightforward; however, the system is often slowed by multiple objections.In other countries (for instance, Spain) the permitting process is very long.. Getting power to site is another key factor.. Power in Europe is supplied by a monopoly.
Often state-run, these organisations suffer no commercial loss from being slow or late in delivering agreed power infrastructure.This can typically take 12 to 18 months.. To contend with some of these challenges, developers are pushing the boundaries of their operations and getting directly involved in the delivery of electrical distribution infrastructure by contracting private companies to carry out the work.
This approach is growing significantly in Asia.
Private companies like Octopus in the UK are looking at expanding their remit and starting to invest in distribution of power..The second part of the net-zero carbon equation is the operational carbon, for which there are currently fewer benchmarks.
These are still in development by the industry.However, some have been released by LETI, RIBA and others, and there is an effort within the industry to get them aligned.
What we need now is for organisations, clients and engineers to do the calculations to find out what the embodied carbon is within their building designs — both at the design stage and post completion.We need to be monitoring what is actually going into buildings, compared to what we think should be going in.