Modular Manufacture – (DfMA)
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) must be established as the default approach so that the systems and processes that underpin it are better understood by clients and become second nature to everyone else involved in the design,…
Passive Design
Passive Design The basic principle of passive design uses layout, fabric and form to reduce or remove (if possible) mechanical cooling, heating, ventilation and lighting. The passive design maximises the use of ‘natural’ sources of heating, cooling and ventilation to create comfortable conditions inside…
What is MMC?
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) ‘Modern Methods of Construction’ (MMC) is a wide term, embracing a range of offsite manufacturing and onsite techniques that provide alternatives to traditional house building. MMC ranges from whole homes being constructed from factory-built volumetric modules to the use of…