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Our quality of life depends on infrastructure. There would be little economic activity without energy generation and distribution, water supply and disposal, transportation by rail, road, sea and air, and waste management. Individual infrastructure assets are part of larger networks. These in turn are interdependent. So without energy there is no water supply, without transport there is no waste management.
The challenge for the engineer in the low carbon age is to understand and minimise the carbon emissions associated with designing, constructing, operating and maintaining this network, while still meeting society´s needs.
"We need a systemic view across the entire component parts of the economy and society of how they interrelate to deliver the low carbon economy."
Dr Chris Tuppen , Chief Sustainability Officer, BT
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