Climate emergency

Hear from a range of speakers on how best practice structural design can help to combat the climate emergency

Pragmatic assistance for structural engineers in the delivery of sustainable projects for the building sector.

Will Arnold describes the role structural engineers can play in tackling climate change, by making informed design decisions and influencing other members of the project team.

Mike Cook and Will Arnold outline the Institution’s approach to providing guidance on the climate emergency, discussing six key areas this guidance will fall into.

Mike Cook, Chair of the IStructE Climate Emergency Task Group, introduces a new 'Climate emergency' section in The Structural Engineer .

Engineering Matters speaks to 2020 Gold Medal winner, Mike Cook, about the climate emergency and his career.

Mike Cook FIStructE describes six actions structural engineers should take now to address climate change.

Mike Cook FIStructE explains how and why structural engineering firms are addressing the climate emergency.

Chris Wise discusses individual responsibility and how engineers can attempt to affect climate change.

How digital fabrication is transforming the way we construct the built environment.

A discussion of culture and practice in design relating to material efficiency.

A study shared by BuroHappold to share knowledge that may help address the climate emergency.

The Institution’s Digital Workflows and Computational Design Panel calls for a rethink of what computational design offers the industry for more sustainable design.

Steve McKechnie explores building a culture of sharing and innovation where people are proud to talk about the work they do.

Tim Ibell, James Norman and Oliver Broadbent challenge structural engineers to steer their clients away from a presumption of a new building.

James Norman, Tim Ibell and Oliver Broadbent examine the challenges engineers will face in persuading clients to repurpose existing buildings in place of building new ones.

Hear from the engineer behind the Structural Award-winning Newquay Harper Footbridge project - and get into the mindset of only doing what is necessary.

To design more sustainable buildings, big decisions need to be made early in the design process. Could laying out the structure to a 300mm planning grid reduce embodied carbon, enable the circular economy and still retain the uniqueness of design, asks David Treacy.

As the climate changes there will be ever-increasing social and economic pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with focus turning to the embodied carbon in products which has thus far been eclipsed by operational values.