Principles of Design to Value Excerpt 3 from 'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology.'

To rethink the status quo, we need to question how spaces have been designed traditionally, including their size, location, density and layout; and ultimately upgrade them to higher, more sustainable standards, using building physics, science and analytic tools..

Most coal plants are young: more than half are less than 14 years old.Existing coal-fired power plants have enormous value in terms of established markets for their power, grid connections, access to cooling water and experienced personnel necessary for the generation and distribution of power..

Principles of Design to Value Excerpt 3 from 'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology.'

But even though coal plants themselves are the largest single source of carbon, they can also act as flexible generators, complementing renewables in support of delivering reliable, affordable and resilient electricity grids..Installing advanced heat sources, such as small modular reactors (SMRs), to replace the coal-fired boilers at existing coal plants will enable the continued use of existing infrastructure for emissions-free electricity generation.. Repurposing coal offers a fast, low-risk, large-scale contribution to decarbonising the world’s power generation as we move into the future..Together with Terra Praxis, other specialists and key stakeholders, we are developing a solution that will contribute to creating a huge market for rapid, low-cost repurposing of coal and gas plants with carbon-free advanced heat sources, while delivering a substantial portion of the clean electricity required to help achieve Net Zero by 2050..

Principles of Design to Value Excerpt 3 from 'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology.'

Traditional Approaches won’t work – a platform (P-DfMA) approach will.If we use traditional approaches to design, procure and build nuclear plants at the scale we need to get the required level of carbon emission reductions, we simply will fail:.

Principles of Design to Value Excerpt 3 from 'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology.'

It would be too costly to be attractive to utilities companies and plant owners.

It would be too risky because of the typical levels of cost uncertainty in nuclear projects.Reduced and simplified subcontractor detailing.

De-risk main contractor with and allow more efficient procurement.Reduced programme from integration and BIM to logistics & machine design.

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