Posted on 21-06-2011 at 01:00
How Tender writing is responding to emerging technologies
Emerging technologies mean that your business, whatever area it might be in, is changing all the time. Predicting and integrating emerging technologies within the tender writing process is imperative to its success. Incorporating sustainable, cutting edge technologies provides the assessor with the encouragement that your bid provides a genuine modern perspective on how best to achieve the desired outcome, differentiating your bid from rival firms.
“Sustainability is a non-negotiable as the opposite of sustainability is extinctions”
Porrit, J
(Former chair of the UK’s Sustainable Development Commission)
Currently the UK construction industry consumes 90% of non-energy minerals extracted in the country each year. Concrete is second only to water in terms of the amount of materials used by humanity and cement production accounts for about 6% of the Global carbon emission. Over recent years the construction industry has seen a dramatic increase in the use of sustainable technologies to try to combat the rise in carbon emissions.
This sustained period of technology development in both wind and solar power has been supported by the discovery that 40% of all the wind energy in Europe blows over the UK, making it an ideal country for small domestic turbines. The use of small efficient energy production devices provides benefits to both the environment and the consumer, reducing your carbon footprint and energy bill. From April 2010 connecting your wind system to the National Grid has allowed you to generate revenue by selling any generated electricity to the national grid, promoting the rise in micro-turbines.
A North-east builder is leading the way in sustainable construction by opening up its first 100% solar panel housing development. As well as solar panels, the homes come equipped with enhanced wall insulation and roof spaces, rotary clothes dryer, efficient boilers, low energy lighting and water butts in the garden. This example provides insight into the type of sustainable technologies that will soon become common practice within the sector and need to be incorporated within a ‘winning bid’. Inclusion of modern techniques and continuous innovation throughout the bid process promotes differentiation between tenders.
The tender writing process allows businesses to state their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and negative impact on the environment, by reacting and employing modern construction methods. Within the tenders, businesses need to acknowledge and embrace new technologies, demonstrating an understanding of how their business activities impact the environment, aligning the operations of your organisations to sustainability. This is just one area where you may be able to improve your tenders, explain what makes you unique, and how you have adopted modern techniques and practices.
“Sustainability is a non-negotiable as the opposite of sustainability is extinctions”
Porrit, J
(Former chair of the UK’s Sustainable Development Commission)
Currently the UK construction industry consumes 90% of non-energy minerals extracted in the country each year. Concrete is second only to water in terms of the amount of materials used by humanity and cement production accounts for about 6% of the Global carbon emission. Over recent years the construction industry has seen a dramatic increase in the use of sustainable technologies to try to combat the rise in carbon emissions.
This sustained period of technology development in both wind and solar power has been supported by the discovery that 40% of all the wind energy in Europe blows over the UK, making it an ideal country for small domestic turbines. The use of small efficient energy production devices provides benefits to both the environment and the consumer, reducing your carbon footprint and energy bill. From April 2010 connecting your wind system to the National Grid has allowed you to generate revenue by selling any generated electricity to the national grid, promoting the rise in micro-turbines.
A North-east builder is leading the way in sustainable construction by opening up its first 100% solar panel housing development. As well as solar panels, the homes come equipped with enhanced wall insulation and roof spaces, rotary clothes dryer, efficient boilers, low energy lighting and water butts in the garden. This example provides insight into the type of sustainable technologies that will soon become common practice within the sector and need to be incorporated within a ‘winning bid’. Inclusion of modern techniques and continuous innovation throughout the bid process promotes differentiation between tenders.
The tender writing process allows businesses to state their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and negative impact on the environment, by reacting and employing modern construction methods. Within the tenders, businesses need to acknowledge and embrace new technologies, demonstrating an understanding of how their business activities impact the environment, aligning the operations of your organisations to sustainability. This is just one area where you may be able to improve your tenders, explain what makes you unique, and how you have adopted modern techniques and practices.
