The construction industry is constantly changing, and more than ever before, the real estate market is paying close attention to trends and new developments in order to remain future-proof. This applies not only to the private residential sector, but also to commercial real estate and hall construction. The important issues of sustainability, climate change, and resource scarcity have long since arrived in this sector. This raises the question of where the future lies in terms of warehouses, industrial buildings, production halls, and the like.
Several factors are decisive: political, economic, ecological, and sociocultural. Whereas in the past, the primary focus was on functionality and cost-effectiveness, today's hall construction must meet many more requirements. The experts at Larbig und Mortag provide a brief insight into where the trend barometer is currently pointing.
The fundamentals of a warehouse are being redefined
Two directions are emerging very clearly: The future-oriented hall...
- ... is individually designed and built and
- ... complies with the applicable and constantly evolving ESG criteria, where ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance aspects.
in essence, this means that there will be a growing shift away from standard warehouses, which have been the norm for decades. Customers want more flexible, modern solutions with modular components. There is also a growing need to use their own hall systems intelligently and efficiently, i.e., to coordinate production, logistics, and office units and connect them structurally.
However, the sustainability perspective is actually even more fundamental to the transformation process. There are an increasing number of legal requirements and regulations for real estate: adequate thermal insulation in buildings is just one simple example. In addition, the focus is on saving energy and costs and on the best possible use and processing of valuable building materials.
Attention is already being paid to the recyclability of materials. Steel structures, for example, can be reused easily. The same applies to wood, which, as a natural element, offers several sustainable advantages: it requires little energy to process, has very good thermal insulation properties, creates a pleasant indoor climate, and is just as load-bearing as concrete.
How will we build in the future: higher, more efficiently, and with even more technology?
Energy-efficient halls arealreadybeing built upwards rather than outwards, equipped with photovoltaic systems on the roofs and upgraded internally with smart IoT systems. And as technological progress continues, the real estate industry will also adapt accordingly.
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