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Resource Efficient Construction
Ben Harris, Principal Consultant
Temple Group
The opportunity for construction
• UK can save £23bn through resource efficiency per year
• 2% of profits are lost through inefficient use of resources
Construction as a slice of GDP
Construction, 7%
Rest, 93%
Carbon emissions
Materials use
Construction,
26%
Construction,
32%
Rest of
Economy,
68%
Rest of
Economy,
74%
Waste
Rest of
Economy,
67%
Construction,
33%
Trend amongst contractors
84%
69%
Sustainability is a priority
64%
Resource efficiency is very
important
Resource efficiency will be more
important in the future
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Resource Costs
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Operational Costs
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Need for alternative approaches
• Clients to respond to growing operational costs
• Contractors to respond to growing construction costs and
reduced tender values
• Design for Resource Efficiency
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