Lecture
Making a Difference – Sustainability in Structural Engineering
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- Language: German
- Type: Panel discussion
Lecture description
Structural design plays a crucial role in the sustainability of buildings. Key decisions regarding material use, resource consumption and the carbon footprint over the entire life cycle are made at the early stages of planning and design. Engineering firms are already comparing different structural concepts in terms of resource consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and circularity. But how can these criteria be weighed against each other? What trade-offs arise, and where are the limits of optimisation? Experienced structural engineers from engineering consultancies will discuss how sustainability can move beyond ambition and become an integral part of everyday design practice.
