Author: Eleana Savvidi
4 January 2022
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Eleana Savvidi
The Structural Engineer, Volume 100, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 36
https://doi.org/10.56330/PGOS7745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/PGOS7745
Setting company-wide carbon targets for projects is an effective way to bring about behavioural change within a firm, leading to widespread carbon accounting and reductions across a firm's portfolio. This report summarises a roundtable held to discuss barriers and opportunities for setting targets within firms.
Kate Simonen has been promoting the cause of embodied carbon reduction in structures for the past decade through the Carbon Leadership Forum.
Claire Thomas explores how her practice has fared regarding low-carbon design solutions, and asks what the construction industry can do to encourage low-carbon outcomes.