air and energy movement which can then be shared as freeware with manufacturers . Watts believes sharing knowledge is critical for the adoption of energy efficient HVAC systems and confirms this plug-in will work with standard energy-based software used by manufacturers . “ We like to be proactive in what we do and want to be able to demonstrate a solution in a fairly interactive way . We want the industry to move forward and the best way to do that is to do it yourself . The construction industry offers that benefit – it ’ s still quite open to fundamental development that ’ s perhaps not always the case in other engineering-based industries .” He concludes : “ We want to narrow down the options to the best available – it ’ s what we did with façade design and we ’ re taking the same approach with MEP . In structures you can combine different functions into a single component but MEP design is quite fragmented and with currently few opportunities for integration of electricity , water etc ., the reduction of components is key to success as we aim to further imitate the benefits of the natural environment inside the building .”
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