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The idea of increasing the worth of a product by overlaying additional services – ‘servitisation’ for shorthand – is something that the construction industry is beginning to offer. Servitisation is becoming mainstream in other industries, too. Rolls-Royce, for instance, offers power-by-the-hour on gas turbines, and earns over 50 per cent of its revenues from services. Generally, society’s appetite for services is now outstripping its appetite for product.

• Hear case studies on servitisation in construction (both new build and retrofit projects) and the opportunities being created for building owners, asset managers, prime contractors and supply chains
• Understand how to increase servitisation to achieve circular outcomes by embedding the approach at project inception, design stage and within project budgets
• Recognise and discuss the barriers to servitisation, for example attitudes towards leasing, risk, and budget/financial considerations

• Kaer: Air conditioning as a service
• Aldstone: Award-winning building materials systems enabling tile reuse
• Egg Lighting: Commercial LED Lighting Manufacturer (based in Glasgow)

And also hear from:

• Juan F Azcárate-Aguerre, Architectural Engineer & PhD Researcher in Building Product Innovation, Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment

Juan’s interdisciplinary research team within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment is developing a circular business model based on the use of multifunctional façades as performance-delivering tools. Under this scheme, the client is no longer the owner of the building envelope and its integrated building services, but instead leases them from a service provider through a long-term performance contract. Rather than purchase the façade panels as a product, the client hires the energy performance and user comfort services delivered to his building by this new façade system.

Any questions, please email mia@supplychainschool.co.uk