Hi,
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
I have in fact yes. I'm a quantity surveyor in central London working residential projects of all sizes into the tens of millions, some of which are extremely complex due to the age of the city and so much unknown information in the ground as well all the number of authorities that influence your site from the royal family, the crown estate, the city and local councils all of which I have had to work with.
Traditional brick is sustainable yes as it lasts the length on time. The material choice of a buildings envelope doesn't really matter. Timber is a great choice, its sustainable when managed correctly. The importance of the envelope is that it meets key criteria such as being air tight and having little thermal leakage. This helps everyone's bills reduce and helps the planet at the same time.
There are two great developments happening at the moment Sustainability is starting to get noticed but progress is so slow, we just want to speed it up a bit.
As for large gardens, that would be amazing. But have you seen densely populated urban areas, good luck getting a garden. These are the most polluting areas and ones we need to work on, the countryside is not really the big problem here.
AI for milk, now your going OTT. If you remove the gimmicks AI can be extremely powerful in helping us to be more sustainable. Say turning lights off when no one is there to save energy. The first thing you do when you return home after a period away, turn the heating up from 0 to 20. That uses so much energy, instead you could slowly heat your home over the course of a day or two before you arrive back using less energy and less money. There are some amazing things that AI and smart tech could/can do but people get stuck up on the gimmicks like having a chat to Alexa about life or as you put it buying milk.
If you would like to voice your opinions in my research please do.