Getting on with it. COVID-19, Creative Technologies and the future of the built environment.
The future of net zero carbon emissions.
These advancements, combined with broader societal, political, and economic trends, are projected to double the size of the life science market within the next decade..The challenge: exponential demand, high complexity, & lagging supply.
Laboratories support all stages of the life science value-chain, from R&D to manufacturing and diagnostics, and exponential market growth means exponential demand for lab space..In addition to this rising demand, life science businesses and developers looking to deploy labs face additional challenges, including:.A lack of existing lab space in some locations already today.
In Cambridge and Oxford for example (two of the UK’s main life science hubs), demand for labs now outstrips available supply by nearly a hundred to one.Existing labs are increasingly not fit for purpose, incompatible with new science, technology, or regulations, or are simply in poor condition.. Supply-chain issues that are also impacting the wider construction industry, such as a shortage of materials or skilled labour, and which are increasingly competing against other major global challenges such as climate change or the housing crisis..
Lab projects that are relatively complex, with key issues including compliance (quality, safety, environment, permitting), difficulty in predicting the future (science, technology, sales forecasts), multiple stakeholders, and projects that require significant coordination during design and construction.. To solve this mounting challenge we need a solution that can deploy labs at speed..
Rapid Deployment with Fast Lab.Quantity of cooling units –.
We analyse the effect of removing cooling units, to reduce cost and energy usage, and remove excessive, redundant cooling..Architectural features –.
We analyse the effects of altering the hot return ceiling void depths, extent of hot aisle containment, aisle pitches and reducing FFLs.This drives the reduction of the economic and carbon cost of the building and reduce building footprint..