{"id":11652,"date":"2023-05-23T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incide.it\/?p=11652"},"modified":"2023-05-23T20:26:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:26:19","slug":"sustainable-buildings-report-deloitte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incide.it\/en\/sustainable-buildings-report-deloitte\/","title":{"rendered":"New Deloitte Report \u201cSustainable buildings\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deloitte, one of the world’s largest analysts and consultants to businesses, recently published the\u00a0Report<\/a> “Sustainable Buildings: Designing, building, and operating to help create a greener future<\/em><\/strong>” focusing on sustainable engineering and construction. In this article we will take a look at the main findings of Deloitte’s Report 2023 and find out how Incide Engineering is already actively meeting the needs of the environment and the market through increasingly sustainable design.<\/p>\n

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How to reduce our impact on the natural world within realistic spending limits<\/span><\/h2>\n

Worldwide, the built environment is responsible for 39% of gross annual carbon emissions<\/strong>: this includes all carbon emitted during the production, transport and disposal of construction materials. In addition, it’s becoming increasingly common for architecture, engineering and construction companies to receive requests from clients to reduce the amount of carbon used in construction projects: in the US alone it’s more than 90%, a survey<\/a> by Dodge Construction Network shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

The expense required to realise this vision can be considerable for a company’s finances, but the cost of a high initial investment can be offset by decisive long-term benefits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Deloitte’s report outlines various starting points, recommendations and useful approaches<\/strong> to begin to achieve your own and your clients’ sustainability goals, within the limits of realistic expenditure: let’s look at the main ones.<\/p>\n

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The triad of sustainability<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are already elements that guide the industry in its progress towards reducing emissions.<\/p>\n

In particular, sustainability is achieved through some central<\/strong> factors<\/strong> such as materials<\/strong>, construction<\/strong> methods<\/strong> and business models<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Source: <\/span>Sustainable Buildings Report<\/span><\/a>, Deloitte, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sustainable materials<\/span><\/h3>\n

The use of sustainable building materials<\/strong> reduces construction costs and, due to their durability, the finished building requires less maintenance, especially for high-performance fa\u00e7ades<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In addition, there’s been a general trend of reduced design and construction costs<\/strong> associated with sustainable buildings, as building codes become stricter globally, supply chains of sustainable materials and technologies evolve, and the industry becomes more adept at creating sustainable buildings.<\/p>\n

Some examples<\/strong> that can reduce emissions by around 46%<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n