{"id":54006,"date":"2024-12-11T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=54006"},"modified":"2025-01-09T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T07:44:51","slug":"how-to-radically-reimagine-building-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/pl\/how-to-radically-reimagine-building-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to radically reimagine building performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"54006\" class=\"elementor elementor-54006\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d296c46 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d296c46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5962b214\" data-id=\"5962b214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10422d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10422d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54015 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fiona-Cousins-New-York-Office-_C-Christina-Mui_Arup_200x200-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a28e8bd\" data-id=\"4a28e8bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e9dbdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29e9dbdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Fiona Cousins, Arup fellow and Americas region chair, CIBSE president 2024-2025<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3be6a3db\" data-id=\"3be6a3db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b466800 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b466800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/arup_contact-rqcx1rvu6tv52vxeggyr67hgh2xtekqz49mqg2y874.png\" title=\"arup_contact\" alt=\"arup_contact\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb4c362 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb4c362\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6d39e7\" data-id=\"d6d39e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9425ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9425ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c5bb69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c5bb69\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45193c9\" data-id=\"45193c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973cae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"973cae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<strong>We need a new definition of building performance, one that will allow us to reshape our ambitions for buildings and achieve true sustainability.<\/strong><\/p><p>As designers and engineers, the solutions we develop determine how a building will operate, often for many decades. Yet even with the best design intentions, buildings do not always perform as we need them to. Building performance is complex. It is the outcome of owner and developer expectations, tenant and purchaser requirements, cost and technological constraints, and occupants\u2019 habits of use.\u202f<\/p><p>Urgency to transform the buildings sector is growing. It\u2019s clear that we need\u202fan expanded sense of the value buildings create, and therefore new definitions of performance.\u202fWhat might that encompass,\u202fand how does the industry\u202fconvene\u202fdevelopers, investors, regulators and users to achieve the changes we need make?\u202fHow do we unlock\u202fand\u202frealise these future forms of value?\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s buildings, yesterday\u2019s practices? <\/strong><\/p><p>To change expectations, to raise our game, we need to recognise the situation the industry finds itself in. We face dissonant goals \u2013 the world is expected to add over 240 billion m<sup>2<\/sup> of new floor area to the global building stock, the equivalent of adding an entire New York City to the world, every month, for the next 40 years. At the same time, the industry recognises the need to pivot to build less, to increase the retrofit of existing structures, and to engineer smarter. These changes are vital if we\u2019re to achieve net-zero buildings, implement truly regenerative design, and continue to meet the needs of users and communities over time. Piecemeal tweaks to building systems will not be enough.\u202f<\/p><p>Predicting the future is always hard, but the built\u202fenvironment is playing catch-up to a\u202flist of societal, economic and environmental trends, all of which challenge current practices, investment choices\u202fand\u202fcall for innovation.\u202fArup\u202fwas commissioned by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)\u202fto\u202fconsider these issues in a joined-up way.<\/p><p>Our\u202freport\u202f\u2013\u202f<em>Building Performance Reimagined<\/em>\u202f\u2013\u202f\u202fdevelops and explores\u202fsome\u202fradical ideas about\u202fwhat we should expect from the buildings we invest in.\u202fOur team\u202fhas drawn on our expertise in design, building services engineering (MEP), economics, architecture, social trend forecasting\u202fand\u202fmany other related disciplines. We\u202fconducted\u202finterviews and led workshops with\u202findustry\u202fexperts to create a\u202frichly detailed\u202fpicture of the change that is needed and how it might be achieved.\u202f<\/p><p>These insights and scenarios have been built on some core principles, ones that we can already begin to discern across society, economy and our industry. The report calls for a shift in focus from individual benefit to collective social usefulness. Design solutions that don\u2019t just serve human goals, but align with the needs of nature. A pivot from consumption to restoration and regeneration. Fundamentally, a shift from compliance-based to performance-led design.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Who makes the case? <\/strong><\/p><p>Traditionally, building services engineers have not been the loudest voice in these high-level questions about an asset\u2019s purpose, form and value. Yet as a community of professionals, we have a huge wealth of insight that can help make the case for change. Performance insights coupled with insights about the future make this a vital collaboration between engineers, designers, clients, investors, and regulators. Our report explores how the balance of incentives need to shift across these diverse groups to achieve radical change in building performance. In particular, it identifies four groups whose actions and goals require change.\u202f<\/p><p>For the industry, its regulators and policymakers, there need to be financial incentives to prioritise a more effectively sustainable and resilient approach to design and operation. As it stands, inactive or vacant buildings and spaces are simply allowed to emerge and remain unaddressed. Pricing in these practices and externalities would reshape our choices.\u202f<\/p><p>For institutional bodies, there\u2019s potential to convene a wider cohort of economists and technical innovators to quantify the hidden costs of current building service design \u2013 this would reveal the true social and natural costs of traditional practices.\u202f\u202f<\/p><p>Engineering and design companies need to adopt more flexible, digital solutions to the way building services are implemented into today\u2019s designs \u2013 creating lower cost opportunities for retrofit, improvement and alteration for future users.<\/p><p>For individual building design practitioners, there\u2019s a need to be ready to challenge the status quo. Everyone needs to be able to ask: \u201cIs this design solution flexible for the future? Does it serve the widest number of goals and ensure the asset\u2019s ongoing relevance?\u201d<\/p><p><strong>A new vision<\/strong><\/p><p>Building performance, or how a building works, has always played a defining role in buildings\u2019 long-term value. But in future, \u2018value\u2019 can\u2019t simply mean a buildings\u2019 operating costs or its resale price. During discussions we led as part of our research for CIBSE, a wide range of experts arrived at four key pillars that, together, establish a more powerful definition of value:<\/p><ul><li>Variety of spaces, uses, and influences; flexibility, adaptability, and multiplicity of use. Healthy and resilient ecosystems reject \u2018sameness\u2019 and use difference to their advantage.<\/li><li>Readiness for changing conditions, tangible and intangible threats, risks, and uncertainties. Healthy and resilient ecosystems prevent harm from harsh environments or extreme events, and mitigate disruption.<\/li><li>Connectedness to local infrastructure, context and community \u2013 to people, devices, smart objects and infrastructure, within and around. Healthy and resilient ecosystems are connected to other complex systems whilst nurturing internal networks and relationships.<\/li><li>Emergence of new materials, uses, and ideas from what already exists. Learning and adapting throughout a property\u2019s life cycle. Healthy and resilient ecosystems generate, restore, and regenerate, unlocking local abundance and balancing supply and demand.<\/li><\/ul><p>By exploring these dimensions of building performance we are arriving at a deeper, more comprehensive definition of why buildings matter and what we should expect from them in terms of form, operation, resilience, and user experience. We hope that this report stimulates much-needed conversations at all levels of our industry, so that we all expand our ambitions for building performance and meet the needs of a changing society.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cibse.org\/policy-insight\/key-policy-areas\/building-performance-reimagined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download <em>Building Performance Reimagined<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fiona Cousins, Arup fellow and Americas region chair, CIBSE president 2024-2025 \/*! elementor &#8211; v3.14.0 &#8211; 26-06-2023 *\/ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} We need a new definition of building performance, one that will allow us to reshape our ambitions for buildings and achieve true sustainability. 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