Ways to Reduce Your Construction Carbon Footprint

The building and construction industry currently accounts for 39% of global carbon emissions, meaning that reducing carbon emissions in construction will have a pivotal impact around the world.

Removing politics from the sustainability equation

Simon Richards is sustainability director at Sir Robert McAlpine Over the past few years, there has been no shortage of promises to clamp down on climate change, and the legal commitment for the UK to be net-zero carbon by 2050 remains one of the most… The post Removing politics from the sustainability equation appeared first on Construction News.

Future of Net Zero | Free calculator leads to carbon savings and collaboration for US project

Stakeholders in a new mixed-use development in the United States have cut embodied carbon during the project’s design phase thanks to an accessible calculation tool. The post Future of Net Zero | Free calculator leads to carbon savings and collaboration for US project appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Swiss boffins develop carbon-catching insulation material

A Swiss research organisation has developed a new type of thermal insulation material that also acts as a carbon sink.

Future of Net Zero | Design changes slash embodied carbon of new University of Oxford buildings

Roof redesigns and changes to construction materials have led to significant carbon savings at a new university facility in Oxford. The post Future of Net Zero | Design changes slash embodied carbon of new University of Oxford buildings appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Fully Charged Show - Is Carbon Capture An Excuse To Burn More Fossil Fuels?! 24012023

What if we could take back the Carbon from the atmosphere and store it or, even better, remove it completely? Could that fix the Climate Crisis and get us to Net Zero? That's the hope of Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Dioxide Removal Companies and, perhaps unsurprisingly, Oil Companies Helen Czerski finds out whether CCS and CDR is an effective solution, or an excuse to continue burning fossil fuels or even, a necessary sidekick to renewable energy.

WSJ - Moving Upstream S1 E4 - Carbon, From Pollutant to Product, 04122017

Most scientists consider carbon dioxide the primary culprit in climate change. But what if CO2 in the atmosphere could be converted from an invisible gas into products like bricks and shoes? WSJ's Jason Bellini investigates

Matallurgy Data - Steel Metallurgy - Principles of Metallurgy 11042017

Steel is the widest used metal. This video looks at what constitutes a steel, what properties can be effected, what chemical elements can be added to steel, and how these effect the properties

Engineering Management Institute - Reducing Embodied Carbon in Construction: How Structural Engineers Can Help, 09122021

Megan Stringer SE, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal at Holmes talks about embodied carbon reduction and how engineers can help reduce embodied carbon in building construction

Supply Chain Sustainability School - Lunch 'n' Learn - Introduction to Climate Change and Carbon 10112022

A video webinar by Stefania Chica-Jacome that provides: - an explaination of Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Effect, and Carbon emissions - a summary of actions implemented at a global, national and industry-level scale - an explanation of how to calculate carbon footprints and Carbon Reduction actions

What percentage weighting on ESG / Carbon Footprint are you seeing in tenders?

Are Geopolymer Concrete and Cement the answer to taking carbon out of our structures?

Does anyone have an example of a management plan or recommendation report for reducing carbon emissions from the construction process please?

Why do we demolish so many buildings?