The Problem statement and value drivers may read something like this: -.
In the short term, the UK will see more warmer weather as we head from spring into summer.Opening windows in naturally ventilated buildings is accepted behaviour on warm days.
But now it’s important to open the windows before people start to come into the building, and to let the building air at the end of the working day.Longer office hours – in order to enable social distancing – will mean windows are typically open in the early morning.Heating systems will battle to heat buildings in the cool mornings, as the heat escapes out of open windows..
Unless we think carefully about our heating controls, heating bills could well go through the roof..But building occupiers will also need to balance the need to open the windows with safety security concerns, especially when there are periods of low or no occupancy.
People on ground floors in largely empty offices may feel particularly vulnerable to intruders, for example.
And open windows or doors may pose a health and safety risk if there’s a chance people will walk into them.. There’s an equally complicated scenario for mechanically ventilated buildings.The approaches and attitudes of the last century, which we were all part of, have led us to a point of crisis.. As I studied and researched systems thinking, and psychological understanding and analysed great stories of achievement I found evidence of how shared purpose and joined-up, holistic approaches yield better, maybe exquisite, outcomes on every level; individual, team, company, society, eco-system and planet.. At this point in human history I will argue that we have all the technology or technological development capability we need to solve our problems, what we lack is a scale of vision and connected approaches.
Not the reductive visions of companies and governments, but expansive visions and shared purpose that look to deliver value to all society and the planet synchronously.. And not the approaches written in our procedures, workflows and bodies of knowledge; approaches which align to expansive visions and work with the complexities we live in.. As we continue to build and develop the world we inhabit I will argue in this lecture that there is a way to find both treasure and redemption.. Join Professor John Dyson for his inaugural lecture 'In Search of Treasure and Redemption' at the University of Birmingham on 22nd November at 5:30pm in 124 - School of Chemical Engineering (Y11)..Secure your place by filling out the mandatory.
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