ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AS A DESIGNER OF SUSTAINABLE FUTURES, AHR CHAMPIONS ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE WE WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO CARRY OUT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TO OVERCOME INDUSTRY-WIDE BARRIERS TO MEETING COP21 TARGETS.
Through detailed post-occupancy evaluation, AHR continually studies buildings in use to create architecture that is flexible and adaptable and meets the evolving. needs of occupants.
We build on this research to go beyond regulatory requirements to deliver award-winning designs that use significantly less energy and resources to build and operate while being resilient to the impacts of climate change.
AHR advocates the recognition of architectural influence on building performance. We actively campaign for a much greater legislative focus on validated performance to achieve better value for investment for our clients.
CONTACT
Brian Johnson
Judit Kimpian
We recognise the impact of climate change on our environment and in designing buildings we seek to not to mortgage our children’s futures. Our aim is to design buildings that have the minimum impact on the environment and are sufficiently adaptable to be resilient to future changes.
We are specifically interested in ‘minding the gap’: identifying and reducing the gap between how a building is designed to work and how it actually performs. So we learn from what we do, returning to projects to see how they are performing.
We use this feedback to inform the design process, enabling a continuous measurable improvement in building performance. In turn leading to increased energy performance, improved carbon reduction and a reduction in waste.
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2016 RIBA AHR Stephen Williams Scholarship Winners
15 JULY 2016
AHR is delighted
to be attending MIPIM 2016
Two Nominations for Scottish Design Awards
08 APRIL 2016