EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM COMMENTARY
Carbon-led Façade Design Gianluca Rapone, Associate and Sustainability Lead at FMDC, envisions what it will take to design façades with carbon saving as the main driver
Cultural shifts By now we should all be aware of the crucial role the construction industry plays in reducing global carbon emissions; it is also obvious that it is naïve to think that everything can be solved merely with technical innovation and engineering optimisation. The whole industry will need to change radically if we want to come even close to achieving the carbon reductions required to keep global temperatures within the critical 1.5°C rise advised by the IPCC. We should expect shifts in clients’ expectations and in public perception, new economic and business models, a deep re-think of the way we design, procure, build, occupy, and decommission buildings. Essentially a change of culture in the world of architecture and construction which will involve pretty much every aspect. 28
intelligent glass solutions | spring 2022
