Making low-carbon material choices

Papers outlining the Institution’s position on the use of the three main structural materials in ways which minimise greenhouse gases at a global level.

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.

Paul Astle explores potential ways in which engineers can seek reductions in the embodied carbon of structural concrete.