research · Global · 2026-09-14
Local MMC gains can be entropy shifts
SupportedMethod — not a scored national index
A biodegradable detergent can clean European waterways while increasing palm-oil demand in Borneo. Prefabrication can shorten a Sydney programme while raising factory energy, sea freight and residual module waste elsewhere.
This is the coherence test. Without it, MMC Sentinel would be a prefab magazine.
Evidence confidence · 50%
- Known
- LCA results are boundary-dependent.
- Inferred
- Import versus localise is an energy and evidence question, not a slogan.
- Estimated
- None.
- Unknown
- A verified Australian shipment-level energy account.
Evidence
- Lifecycle and embodied-energy literature on offsite construction · Multiple journals · 1 source count on object