Essentially, there is a massive, potential long-term benefit to gathering this type of data.

Being able to deliver Passivhaus detailing onsite requires complex coordination, overlap of materials and components and accuracy in order to achieve the specified final performance and certification.A P-DfMA approach ensures the highest quality, working with reduced tolerances which align with Passivhaus requirements..

Reduced capital cost:.The standardisation process reduces the volume of materials and the number of construction elements which in turn reduces the capital cost of the project.The repetition of components at a large scale can reduce the cost of standardised elements.. A Platforms digital workflow delivers tremendous improvements to the procurement process.

Having all data centralised in a BIM model provides instant access to both the cost and availability of a project’s components, and creates a more direct relationship with the supply chain cutting down transaction costs..Reduced programme:.

The design of each assembly and junction can be pre-tested and individually certified to Passivhaus standards before being included within any design.

This approach facilitates the pre-certification of components, panelised systems, building systems for thermal/hygrothermal/airtightness performance, reducing design time and programme..For example, if a firm that knew almost nothing about water infrastructure was asked to build a wastewater treatment plant, their success – the project’s success – would be a matter of abstracting processes, thinking systematically and schematically, and asking questions – not accepting the status quo.

The client might say that they would have to dig a large hole in the ground.When asked why, the client might typically respond, ‘When working with water you always do that’.

The answer would likely again be, ‘Well, because that’s what the book says’.repeatedly moves the conversation and enables both parties to imagine other scenarios; not burying the facility underground and instead building it above ground, for instance.