Decarbonising Structures: How to reuse structural building materials to save the money & carbon.
Description
Episode 32 - "Decarbonising Structures: How to reuse structural building materials to save the money & carbon." with Gary Elliott from Elliott Wood Partnership.
Engineering a better society
Gary is the Co-Founder and CEO of Elliott Wood Partnership Limited Structural and Civil Engineers and today we extract Gary's innovative ideas, advice and recommendations on how to deliver highly sustainable, healthy and future proof buildings.
At Elliott Wood we know that how you live, work and play will have an impact on happiness and that today the boundaries separating these are blurred. We also know that in 21st century technology, infrastructure, health, education and sustainability all have an enormous, increasing and ever changing impact too. But, people and communities will always remain at the heart of society and by better understanding what holds them together will enable us to engineer a better society.
- Gary Elliott, Founder and Chief Executive
Today's Episode
Today we dive head first into the following topics:
Full circle to reuse of structures
Best structural materials for reuse
Non-intrusive structural surveys
Benefits of BIM modelling
Second hand building materials market
Building structure recycling
ESG Passports
Benefits of timber frame & new ground breaking research
Resources
Full circle to reuse guide - https://online.flippingbook.com/view/915371497/
Full circle to reuse additional information - https://www.elliottwood.co.uk/latest/full-circle-to-reuse-series-with-penny-gowler
Structural carbon tool - https://www.elliottwood.co.uk/latest/the-structural-carbon-tool-goes-live
Manifesto for change - https://www.elliottwood.co.uk/latest/a-manifesto-for-change
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