The IStructE L&C YMG are pleased to announce an online sustainability seminar, hosted by Niamh McCloskey.
The climate emergency is the greatest threat to our planet. Structural engineers have a responsibility to help mitigate its effects by changing the way buildings and infrastructure are designed, commissioned, and constructed. In the UK, 49% of annual carbon emissions are attributable to buildings with 230 billion square metres of new construction expected to be built globally over the next 40 years! (LETI, 2020)
A huge commitment is required from the UK construction industry through reducing carbon emissions of our construction projects and through government legislation to help keep our planet from heating over 1.5 degrees.
UK engineering consultancies declared a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency in 2019, recognising the need to show leadership and drive real improvements.
In 2019, the Institution of Structural Engineers made the commitment to treat sustainability and the climate emergency with equal importance to life safety. We support the industry’s vital efforts through our role as an international centre of knowledge, sharing information and opinion with our membership and beyond.
Speaker
Niamh McCloskey MIStructE, Sustainability Coordinator, Curtins
Niamh is a member of the IStructE’s Climate Emergency Task Group, Chartered Structural Engineer and Sustainability Coordinator at Curtins.
Niamh leads the IStructE's Climate Emergency Task Group's outreach into universities and the Institution's young members inspiring and refreshing next generation of our industry, sharing the ethos with their students that the planet is a stakeholder of our designs.