Friday, March 6, 2009
Bringing down running cost by smart design
There is a lot of debate about bringing down running cost of an office by way of smart design. Whereas this is probably possible for a new office, how realistic is this for an existing office? Can we, as designers, help in bringing down running costs of an existing office and is it worthwhile for a client to go "through the trouble" of making changes in a running office?
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In cases where the savings are substantial, I wud say YES. I will give you one real life example. There is a conglomeration of 3 very up market restaurants (all very large size) in South Mumbai under one single roof. The total AC tonnage requirement for all 3 put together were approx 80trs. They had installed 2 units each of 40 trs!!!(that too imported machines). So even if there is one person sitting at any of the restaurants, one 40 tr machine was running!!!
ReplyDeletei think just following function and keeping it simple is minimal in cost too ...being truthful to its basic requirements would be it.
ReplyDeletewe must design rather than decorate!