Buildings account for around 70% to 80% of a city’s energy usage. With a pledge from cities around the world to make themselves net-zero by 2050, Eckersley O’Callaghan Facades Director Damian Rogan explains how it is within our powers as engineers to impact building design to be able to meet these targets.
The article Damian refers to in his presentation is here https://www.eocengineers.com/en/news/climate-friday–we-need-to-talk-about-thermal-bridging and some of you who asked about whole life considerations can read a second post he wrote on the circular economy of facades here… https://www.eocengineers.com/en/news/climate-friday–circular-economy-of-facades.
Video courtesy of Eckersley O’Callaghan