Putting the net-zero hierarchy into practice: Minimise waste

As the climate emergency and societal, technological, regulatory, and legislative developments are driving unprecedented change in the construction industry, watch selected presentations from the 2022 Designing for the future, now e-conference, highlighting regulatory and business drivers for change, as well as some modern methods of design practices.

Muiris Moynihan summarises available guidance covering the fourth level of the Institution's hierarchy for net-zero design, which encourages engineers to 'build efficiently' by ensuring designs are highly utilised.

Emily Halliwell continues this series of notes signposting key climate resources for IStructE members around each level in the hierarchy of net-zero design by looking at how to 'build clever' to minimise material usage and reduce carbon emissions.