Crafting a framework of embodied carbon education, tracking, and reduction for US-based structural engineers

M. Gryniuk, Dirk M. Kestner, Luke Lombardi, M. Stringer, M. D. Webster, L. Wingo, Frances Yang
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Achieving reductions to embodied carbon, the global warming potential emissions due to the production of materials, is an essential component to meeting science-based climate targets. Studies have shown that a significant portion of embodied emissions within the built environment are due to structural materials. However, many structural engineers are, not only uneducated in the concept of embodied carbon, but also not aware of the role their decisions can make in addressing climate change. This is further exacerbated by a profession that does not have sufficient structural system embodied carbon benchmark information to make important and informed early design decisions. This required the collaborative development of a structural engineering commitment program, SE 2050, that is supported by leading professional organizations to spur the education and transformation of the profession.
为美国的结构工程师制定具体的碳教育、跟踪和减少框架
减少因生产材料而产生的潜在全球变暖排放,是实现以科学为基础的气候目标的重要组成部分。研究表明,建筑环境中包含的排放量的很大一部分是由于结构材料。然而,许多结构工程师不仅不了解隐含碳的概念,而且也没有意识到他们的决定在应对气候变化方面所起的作用。由于没有足够的结构系统碳基准信息来做出重要和明智的早期设计决策,这进一步加剧了这种情况。这需要合作开发结构工程承诺计划,即SE 2050,该计划得到领先专业组织的支持,以刺激专业教育和转型。
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