Physical infrastructure
Energy & resources
We are interested in sustainability that can be seen in the way a place operates. Buildings, equipment and infrastructure offer practical questions about measurement, maintenance and the use of limited resources.
An area of exploration
Our focus
The parts that interest us.
A useful baseline
Understanding the available readings and what they can tell an operator about current resource use.
Operating decisions
Connecting information to a decision someone can actually make, such as timing, maintenance or an investigation.
Measurable changes
Defining how an experiment would be assessed before assuming that a different process is an improvement.
The question behind the work
Could a place make better use of the energy and equipment it already has?
Possible first steps
Something
we could test.
Starting points for discussion. A useful scope would be worked through with the people involved.
A building overview
Bring existing readings together and test which comparisons are useful to the people running the building.
A resource monitoring pilot
Follow one piece of equipment or one operating process over time, then review the findings with its owner.