By reducing costs through lightening loads, and acting as better insulators to increase heating efficiency, industrial plastics have clear scope to deliver substantial cost benefits.

Over the last few months, we’ve seen changes to the fabric of our daily lives that would have taken years to bring about under normal circumstances.. We can learn from this.Often the only thing standing between us and positive change, is us..

Remember when working from home was seen as a perk offered by progressive employers, while others worried about whether it was a good idea, or even possible?Necessity sorted that one out.Some businesses have struggled, but many more have found that working from home isn’t such a big deal and are wondering what all the fuss was about..

In the built environment, we didn’t have time to wonder how two-metre social distancing might work, we just had to get on and do it.COVID-19 forced our hand.

We also had a tantalising glimpse of what car-free cities look like and, better yet, sound and smell like (even if things went back to how they were pretty quickly).. We know it can be done.

We’ve seen that in some circumstances we can deliver change, really quickly.Our dynamic thermal simulation enables a data-driven approach which we can use to predict internal temperatures, air flow and occupant comfort in existing offices.

It allows us to model scenarios so that building operators can effectively predict threats to occupant comfort.We can test rectification measures in a simulated environment and understand how they will affect energy bills – before choosing the most appropriate option.. A moment to act.

Once you have planned how to meet the challenges of thermal comfort, now is also the time to do a full MOT of your ventilation, heating and cooling plant.Cleaning out the filters, checking the pump pressure and tweaking the control systems are all examples of simple fixes that will help plant to run more efficiently and reduce energy bills.