Bath architects and civil engineers Construction Industry Advice, Sustainability
Reduce CO2 emissions by curbing massive wastage
8 Feb 2020
Construction Industry to reduce CO2 emissions
Bath architects and civil engineers call on construction industry to reduce CO2 emissions by curbing ?massive? wastage
Experts say engineers are forced to significantly over-design and over-engineer our buildings and call for new thinking and codes of practice to reduce carbon usage

Buildings are routinely designed to support loads equivalent to many thousands of people more than they can realistically accommodate
Over-engineering wastes resources ? as buildings become more efficient, embodied carbon can surpass that used in normal running
University of Bath researchers are investigating how buildings can be engineered in a less resource-intensive way Researchers join with industry experts to call for existing codes of practice to be revised, and for architects and civil engineers to sign industry equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath
Discussion took place at the BRE CICM Built Environment: Building a Better World conference in Bath on Tuesday 28 January

New buildings in the UK and Europe need to be built in ways that are far less carbon-intensive, engineers from the University of Bath have warned.
Speaking at the British Research Establishment Centre for Innovative Construction Materials (BRE CICM) Built Environment: Building a Better World conference in Bath, Dr Mark Evernden said that whi...