World Engineering Day: Finding water engineering solutions in Iraq
O’Malley doesn’t work in the most glamorous of fields, but it’s his work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure ...
Tag: sustainability
Sustainability is a practice that presumes that resources are limited, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences.
Sustainable engineering is the process of designing or operating systems such that they use energy and resources at a rate that does not compromise the natural environment or the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
World Engineering Day: Delivering clean and affordable energy
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today – and engineers are crucial to ...
8 practical ways to add more green to city landscapes
Micro-doses of nature benefit our cities and our communities. Researchers share how to incorporate more natural features into our urban ...
Bushfire mitigation: “Tackling climate change must be number one” says engineer
"To prioritise other goals over this urgent environmental issue would be like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."
WEC 2019: Creating a future fuelled by clean energy
As the world’s population rises, cities grow and technology advances, finding new and sustainable sources of energy will become vital ...
WEC 2019: “We can’t build a better world without a better construction industry”
Matt Gough’s keynote at the World Engineers Convention focused on how and why the construction industry must move to be ...
WEC 2019: Why engineers are vital to more liveable cities
It’s only fitting that a discussion about what makes for liveable cities should take place in the most liveable city ...
From next year, the world will finally have a day to celebrate engineering
President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations Dr Marlene Kanga announced today that, starting next year, 4 March will ...
World Engineers Convention 2019: InfraBuild keynote contributes to sustainability discussion
InfraBuild’s Daksesh Patel will be joined on stage by Hera Engineering’s Matteo Tirapelle to talk about steel’s essential role in ...
Meet one engineer helping people see the huge possibilities in the circular economy
Veena Sahajwalla hopes her micro-recycling approach to e-waste, metals, plastics and more will produce a smarter and more sustainable society.
