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Widening engineering horizons: addressing the complexity of sustainable development

Prof Peter Guthrie, Dr Richard Fenner, Charles Ainger and Dr Heather Cruickshank present their award-winning paper on the complexity of sustainable development and present updated research. ICE Prestige Lecture 2008.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability

The delivery of a low carbon society - beyond rhetoric

Keith Clarke, Chief Executive, Atkins, drawson the inspirational leadership of engineers of the past to consider what engineering changes need to be implementedtoday to deliver a low carbon society. 8th Brunel International Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Sustaining cities into the future - the Ozymandias question

Simon Willis, Global Innovation, Cisco, presents his experience from cities around the world and gives his views on how city leaders, engineers, IT providers and communities must work in partnership to tackle social, economic and environmental challenges. ICE/AECOM Prestige Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Information systems , Municipal engineering

Realities, engineering challenges and opportunities of climate change

Professor Jorg Imberger of the University of Western Australia, reviews the key factors behind climate change and investigates the feedback mechanisms in the water and aquatic cycles, both aquatic and terrestrial. ICE Dugald Clerk Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Water

Future perfect - an engineering agenda for a sustainable society?

Mark Whitby of Ramboll Whitbybird tackles the challenges of sustainability and climate change and looks at what needs to be done by the profession to mitigate for these threats. ICE/RIBA Prestige Lecture 2007.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Entering the ecological age - concluding the Brunel lecture

Between 2008 and 2010, Peter Head, Director, Arup,conducted an international lecture tour to review the major changes required in the development of infrastructure, policy and legislation to tackle climate change issues. ICE Prestige Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Engineering for a sustainable future

Will Day, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, looks at the tension between the current global economic growth model and the unmet aspirations of billions of people around the world. He examines the implications for the engineering profession. ICE/Halcrow Sustainability Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Design of the built environment for the ageing population

This ICE/EPSRC seminar examines the changing needs as the population grows older. Itshares research into engineering solutions for extending the quality of life of older people and creating urban infrastructures and environments that are inclusive and accessible to all.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Innovation and research , Municipal engineering , Structures and buildings

Advanced design integration for radical energy efficiency

Professor Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, examines the idea that optimising whole systems for multiple benefits can achieve very large energy and resource savings. ICE/Halcrow Prestige Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Energy , Environment & Sustainability

Comparing Environmental Effects of Rance and Severn Barrages

Dr. Robert Kirby, PhD, CGeol., FGS Monday 21st February 2011. Dr. Kirby speaks on the existing Rance barrage and the proposed Severn barrage and how the study of one can affect the planning of the other.

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  • Last updated: 16 MARCH 2011

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Maritime , Water

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