Asta publishes 'sustainability in construction' infographic after Ecobuild experience

THAME, U.K. - March 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Asta Development reported a great success at Ecobuild London, where it gained significant feedback from customers and prospects desiring to turn towards strategic project management as a method of embedding sustainable practices into all operations. The show also saw the unveiling of parent company ElecoSoft’s group capabilities and provided a forum to outline the ElecoSoft vision of providing a complete process solution for the construction industry and end to end software solutions for the built environment (http://www.astadev.com/uncategorized/asta-to-provide-end-to-end-software-solutions-for-the-built-environment/).

Government construction figures (http://www.astadev.com/news/sustainability-in-construction/) show that buildings account for 43% of all UK carbon, suggesting sustainable measures need to cover the entire lifecycle of each building from design through to operations post construction, as illustrated by the Asta Development infographic.

Feedback from existing customers and visitors to the stand revealed a need for solutions that ensure sustainable building practices (http://www.astadev.com/news/sustainability-in-construction/) are adhered to through all stages of the construction process and beyond. The need for strong project management was supported as a catalyst to enable construction projects to come in on time and on budget as well as support ongoing sustainability once a building is complete. Visitor feedback at Ecobuild demonstrated that more and more people are seeing how effective project management tools (http://www.astadev.com/products/asta-powerproject/asta-po...) can really help with the additional complexity that sustainability brings to projects.

Buildings account for a significant amount of resource usage (http://www.astadev.com/news/sustainability-in-construction/), with 50% of all global materials going into construction, according to research. 45% of energy generated is used to heat and light building but only 5% is used to construct them, whilst 45% of water used globally is for sanitation and other uses in buildings.

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About Asta Development  
Asta Development is a leading international developer of project, portfolio and resource management software which provides solutions for managing any size and any type of project.

Since its launch in 1988, the company’s core solution suite, Asta Powerproject, has evolved and improved driven by regular feedback from users and using the latest technologies available. It has proved its capabilities over the years on high-profile projects throughout the world and is now used by thousands of planners in a wide variety of industry sectors in the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA. Asta Development supports customers directly from its offices in Oxfordshire and Shropshire. Outside of the UK, Asta Development has a network of distributors who supply, train and support customers, with the software available in up to seven different languages. Asta Development is a part of Eleco plc (http://www.eleco.com/), a holding company focusing on software and advanced off-site building systems for the construction industry. More information about Asta Development and its products can be found at www.astadev.com

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