How can we create an engineering industry while building nothing?

• James Norman ^[1] ; Tim Ibell ^[2] ; Oliver Broadbent ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Bath

     University of Bath

     Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] University of Bristol

     University of Bristol

     Reino Unido

     
  3. [3] Structural Engineering

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• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 98, Nº. 7, 2020, págs. 31-31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • IN LAST MONTH’S ISSUE1, we asked a very important question: do we need more buildings? Or can we fi nd a way and means of supporting our economy and infrastructure while building nothing? The latter position is supported by the World Green Building Council, which last year released a report2 highlighting the fact that, to save the most carbon, we need to do just that – build nothing .

    But building nothing raises two obvious challenges.