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From optimising concept and design right through to implementation and operation , SPIE UK provides smart engineering and technology-driven solutions for the built environment . Employing more than 3,000 people , the business is comprised of experts on design , electrical , mechanical and HVAC engineering , energy and communications and more .
Now , among its wider operations , a particular mission for SPIE UK is to help make commercial buildings – and by extension whole cities – function in a more sustainable , autonomous way in order to combat climate change and positively influence the health and wellbeing of employees .
“ Design thinking is about a holistic view of what we need to do as engineers to improve the built environment ,” comments Energy and Engineering Director George Adams . “ SPIE UK recognises that we have to constantly respond to changes , and equally create change through design , engineering , maintenance , operations and energy efficiency .”
Adams has been concerned with climate change throughout his career , and has long been fascinated by the way buildings and the built environment can impact factors like carbon emissions . The full potential , he argues , has not yet been recognised . “ I was embracing design for energy all the way back into the late 1980s – my eyes were opened up to the fact buildings need to focus on efficiency and sustainability , though back then we used to talk more about buildings being ‘ autonomous ’,” he recalls .
Central to SPIE UK ’ s corporate strategy is the smart city : a concept bringing together technology , energy , health and wellbeing to create better , more connected environments for people to live , work and learn in .
JUNE 2019