Engineering Matters Podcast
1) #36 The Calculator that Could Save the World
How a calculator is helping countries around the world to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and create more sustainable energy systems. When Professor David MacKay of Cambridge University wrote a b...Show More
2) #362 Revisited: Skyscrapers, Predicting The Future
The London skyline is undergoing perhaps its most significant transformation in decades as a new ‘vertical renaissance’ is sending tremors of excitement from Guildhall to Mansion House. The City of Lo...Show More
3) #361 Revisited: Space – The Robotic Age
Humanity’s furthest ever journey into space has been delayed. Again. An interruption to the flow of helium forced NASA to scrap the revised 6 March launch date of the Artemis II mission, and begin the...Show More
4) #360 Systems Change: Thinking in Patterns
Systems thinking allows engineers to understand complex systems and the second-, third-, and nth-order effects of their interventions. It avoids the accidental creation of new problems when solving a ...Show More
5) #359k Transit-Oriented Communities in Toronto
Around the world, urban planners are seeking to deliver urban growth and increase access to city centres through the development of transit-oriented communities. These combine new publicly-backed tran...Show More
6) #359j – Modern Vernacular in Saudi Arabia
In the 1970s, Saudi Arabia, buoyed by a surge in oil prices, embarked on an ambitious building programme. The country moved rapidly to develop its cities and infrastructure. However, Prince Salman, th...Show More
7) #359i Stone as Structure
For facade specialists, stone is highly prized for its performance and character. The right choice of stone can anchor a building in its local context, or make a striking statement. While stone has fa...Show More
8) #359h Sustainability in Paris
Sustainability experts often use a hierarchy to help their thinking about interventions. The best way to limit your impact is to do nothing at all. If that’s not possible, then use as few materials as...Show More
9) #359g An Intergenerational Approach to Sustainability
Lifecycle carbon assessment – the process of monitoring the total carbon footprint of a structure from the first spade in the ground to demolition – sits at the confluence of engineering and sustainab...Show More
10) #359f Sustainability and Adaptation in East London
Retrofitting is an instrumental step in reducing the carbon footprint of a city’s building stock. It also extends the life of a building and has a lower environmental impact than demolishing inefficie...Show More