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ith the appalling situation that has developed in Ukraine, Covid almost feels like it’s already a thing of the past, however of course its ramifi cations will continue for some time, including in construction. Yet Covid didn’t seem to have put people off coming to Futurebuild this year, which was of course cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic. While architects might still not be a regular sighting on all the stands, the show was defi nitely buzzing for good parts of the middle day. Sadly, the Tube unions inadvertently sabotaged the show with strikes on both the fi rst and last days of the event!


There was only one hall in its ‘comeback year,’ but the event has cut its cloth to fi t the currently challenged times, and there were a wide range of familiar, major manufacturers, as well as a lot of unusual names, such as Solar Assisted Heat Pumps, a UK business innovating heat pump technology for hot water. And, although there were only a handful of heat pumps on show at Futurebuild 2022 – something of a surprise – at the larger end of the market Daikin for one was launching a ‘monobloc’ pump designed for smaller homes, countering concerns around the bulky nature of some systems.


From a couple of conversations with those in the know at the show, it did seem clear that architects were increasingly taking on the mantle of M&E engineers. We are in an era where pushing towards net zero, and combatting an energy crisis now unbelievably exacerbated by war in Europe, are the new design parameters for clients. Architects might be as exercised about achieving the right size of heat pump for a building to optimise winter performance, as they are about achieving its best aspect for solar gain, or even the right aesthetic.


Sustainability has moved beyond a marketing tool, and a case of lip service to green design, to a spur that’s driving architects to fundamentally integrate building design with services design. Without this approach, there’s no way that most homes will even achieve the 31% reduction in emissions needed for the interim Future Homes Standard – which will be mandatory this June.


Other interesting learnings from Futurebuild included Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects’ mammoth initiative with the Department for Business, Energy and Skills, and AECOM, to do post-occupancy evaluation on low energy homes across the UK. The Building for 2050 report which is soon to emerge will provide some revealing fi ndings into the pros, but also cons, of lower emissions living for occupants.


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Rehau were focusing on district heating, like several other exhibitors, suggesting that this is also moving from a marginal idea to a mainstream way to get the UK to net zero. Whitecroft Lighting were embracing full cradle-to- cradle operations, and James Latham told us that as well as working with innovative low energy modular house builders like Kiss House, they were driving their timber suppliers to provide full transparency on embodied carbon. This is an example of how the industry is showing the way, when arguably central standards have neglected this end of sustainability. All in all, a show full of purpose, in worrying times.


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