It’s that time of year, when Business Link Magazine invites the region’s business leaders to offer up their predictions for the year ahead.
It has become something of a tradition, given that we’ve been doing this now for over 30 years.
Here we speak to Christopher Taylor, design director at Marchini Curran Associates.
The industry is dramatically shifting to incorporate sustainability at the forefront of design, rather than paying lip service to it, and this is fantastic to see. We commend our home city of Nottingham for having an inspiring target of being carbon neutral by 2028, two years ahead of the national target of 2030.
For 2023, we predict that our industry will be heavily looking to incorporate high quality sustainable design in all projects, and as a RIBA Chartered Practice, we have a strong commitment to this.
Focusing on ethical and responsible sourcing of materials will also be more important than ever, as will recommending ways to build more efficiently, especially from a thermal perspective, in light of the current financial climate. Industry professionals will also be looking at creative ways of reinterpreting redundant building stock for contemporary purposes, and this is a key focus of our practice.
We plan to continue developing our sustainability credentials across multiple aspects of the business, and our sustainability lead will oversee appraisals, addressing how we can continue to meet and exceed national and global targets, by reducing operational energy and embodied carbon in our buildings.
The only way is up on the sustainability ladder, and it has to be this way – we are excited to see and contribute to the future of the industry by taking necessary environmental action.
