The back-land site had been undeveloped since the 1960s.. A sensitive approach to planning and active engagement with the surrounding residents through early-stage neighbourhood consultation was fundamental to the scheme’s success.
From nylon stockings to Teflon-coated cooking pans, we all use these types of plastics in some form or other.Industrial plastics have become so prevalent precisely because of their wide range of uses.
And while they have been historically carbon heavy in their production, they also have the potential, in fact, to lessen carbon emissions in certain areas.. One positive example we are seeing of the increased use of industrial plastics is engineered plastics adding benefit as alternative building materials.By reducing costs through lightening loads, and acting as better insulators to increase heating efficiency, industrial plastics have clear scope to deliver substantial cost benefits.These materials are useful, therefore, and we shouldn’t discount their potential in this area because of their historically carbon emission heavy synthesis.. Our goal, therefore, is to find ways to make the production of industrial plastics less reliant on fossil fuels and to reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible..
The way we are focusing on achieving this is through carbon capture, which reduces emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during synthesis by capturing emitted carbon dioxide and reusing it in other stages of the plastics manufacturing process..Carbon Capture and Utilisation vs Carbon Capture and Storage.
There are two main methods of carbon capture: carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
The difference between them is that CCS takes the CO. 2. ,.Ultimately, we suspect that over time buildings will become flexible configurations of components, rather than large, fixed assets.
We may end up creating loose-fit superstructures.The superstructure contains the majority of the embodied carbon in a building.
We could design these for a 100-year total life span, while the use of standardised components would make an interior refit possible every five to ten years.In its initial configuration a building might function as an office block, but components could be taken out and the building changed into a residential building or school.
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