Carbon targets for bridges: a proposed SCORS-style rating scheme

Ian Poole, Marika Gabbianelli, Will Arnold and John Orr encourage engineers aspiring to low carbon outcomes to consider how their design decisions impact wider industry carbon emissions, ensuring that the benefits for one project are not detrimental to others.

John Parker proposes a series of minor improvements that can collectively add up to significant carbon savings when designing concrete buildings.

Arup have assembled a package of quick and easy guides to help practising engineers understand the origins of carbon factors for five key construction materials: steel, concrete, stone, aluminium and timber.