Gilles Marceau Building
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals
Momentum supported the team led by BBBL on behalf of Public Services and Procurement Canada to undertake a regulatory review of the Gilles-Marceau building in Saguenay, where the Revenue Agency offices are located. Part of the review included an assessment of fire evacuation scenarios, which was conducted using Momentum’s innovative dynamic microsimulation modelling tools.
Momentum collaborated with the client and the design team to determine three realistic fire scenarios that would impact the movement of people evacuating the Gilles-Marceau building. These scenarios, along with a baseline scenario of evacuation without a specific fire location, were modelled using the Legion SpaceWorks software and were based on the worst-case occupancy of the building, when the two employee shifts overlap. The evacuation time was calculated and compared to regulatory standards and guidance from the US and Europe to assess the building’s performance and identify any necessary changes to the building layout to reduce evacuation times.
S4 #2 Conversations in Momentum. Lydia Clarkson on Momentum’s new public realm advisory service.
S4 #1 Conversations in Momentum. Kana Nomoto and Rebecca Oglesby on Momentum’s annual sustainability impact analysis
Momentum’s annual sustainability impact analysis results rise for second consecutive year: 7,937,039 net kilograms of potential saved carbon emissions for consented developments.
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Transport Strategy
“The transport sector is the biggest contributor of carbon emissions in the UK. While emissions from energy supply have fallen by 60% since 1990, emissions from transport have so far fallen by just 2%. The government has committed to a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but there is understandable concern that the challenging progress with transport will fail to meet this target.”
Momentum works with public and private clients, such as local authorities, councils, commercial developers and architects, to develop transport strategies from initial feasibility through to detailed implementation.
These sustainable strategies look at making best use of the available land and encouraging the use of public and active transport. We devise mobility and freight solutions that support the resilience of urban spaces including micromobility and innovative urban logistics such as consolidation and ‘first & last mile’ strategies. For our clients, this means that Momentum can work with you to develop more efficient and sustainable transport strategies, reduce your company’s transport carbon footprint, positively respond to ESG requirements and to help make better use of your existing infrastructure for servicing, mobility and permeability.
Our team has completed and delivered a substantial breadth and depth of transport strategies for our clients. We have introduced cargo bike deliveries to the Museum of London, reduced car parking demand across the UK, and enabled highly-efficient freight operations to minimise space requirements and improve public realm.
S4 #2 Conversations in Momentum. Lydia Clarkson on Momentum’s new public realm advisory service.
S4 #1 Conversations in Momentum. Kana Nomoto and Rebecca Oglesby on Momentum’s annual sustainability impact analysis
Momentum’s annual sustainability impact analysis results rise for second consecutive year: 7,937,039 net kilograms of potential saved carbon emissions for consented developments.