Technology
Sustainable architecture in the digital age
Design starts with data
Sun path, wind and local climate can now be simulated before a single wall is drawn. Designers use these results to place windows, shading and openings where they do the most good.
Fewer materials, less waste
Digital models count every beam and panel, so quantities are known early. Ordering closer to what is needed cuts surplus and the cost of carrying it away.
Performance after handover
Sensors and monitoring show how a building uses energy once people live in it. Those readings go back into the next design, so each project learns from the last.