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Minimising contact, creating efficiency
There is much to be said for how technology can help to reduce our proximity to others, but it can also help to reduce our potential contact with interfaces throughout a building.
Contactless technology, motion sensors and movement-tracking apps are becoming the new normal for calling a lift, turning on a light or operating office equipment. Even prior to COVID-19, such technology was becoming an increasingly central design priority from an environmental perspective. This trend could well accelerate to mitigate against the potential health risks of high contact points.
Our 70 Wilson project incorporates motion sensor technology to improve the building’s energy efficiency. Lighting is designed to be active only when necessary, such as where someone is sat or as someone moves through the building, and the retrofit design also sought to improve energy efficiency in a similar way. Sen- sors only activate in parts of the building that are in use, rather than the entirety of the building, to ensure that carbon emissions are always relative to the number of users at a given time. Aside from providing posi- tive environmental benefits, these systems could also help businesses to manage their overhead costs in the age of de-densification and remote working.
Twickenham Academy Improving ventilation systems
Some 800,000 people die annually as a result of poor workplace air quality, according to The Lancet - air quality is a crucial priority for workplace health made even more apparent in the context of COVID-19.
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