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"Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world" Albert Einstein
ABOUT US - Engineers for Climate Action
Engineers for Climate Action is a not-for-profit group of energy professionals advocating for real climate action and all forms of renewable energy as opportunities.
We cut through complexity to develop business cases for these opportunities. to make them financeable.
Engineers for Climate Action advocate for ethics in engineering which includes at all times acting in a sustainable manner and protecting the environment.
Engineers for Climate Action advocate for a shared understanding of sustainability and Climate Action using the shared language of the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Engineers For Climate Action
Advocates for a shared understanding of sustainability
Sustainability must be more than just a buzzword but sustainability means different things to different people and groups of people.
We need a shared understanding of what sustainability means in practice.
Engineers for Climate Action advocate for a shared understanding of sustainability and Climate Action using the shared language of The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
First
What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
"A shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.”
Engineers for Climate Action focus on SDGs 7 and 13 as two complimentary SDG's promoting a sustainable energy sector .
What is Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
What is Goal 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Goal 7 - is to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
What is Goal 13 - Climate Action
What is Goal 13 - Climate Action
Goal 13 - is to ensure effective Climate Action before irreversible damage is caused to our planet.
DISPATCHABLE RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY
Advocates for dispatchable renewables via gas turbines on green hydrogen and waste heat recovery
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Advocates for co-ordinated and timely development of Ireland's huge offshore renewable energy (ORE) potential.
Ireland has a maritime area seven times its land area with some of the best wind/wave resources globally.
The Irish government has a target of developing ORE generation capacity ;
5GW by 2030,
20GW by 2040 and;
37GW by 2050
Ireland's south coast has the potential for 3.5GW to 18GW of fixed-bottom wind
Ireland's Atlantic coast has the potential for 30GW of floating wind.
Passivhaus Building standard using
Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) Construction
Advocates for building energy efficiency to meet Passivhaus standard using ICF as a cost efffective method with fast construction times,
There are only 70 buildings on the island of Ireland listed on the Passive House Databse as constructed to the Passivhaus standard
see link;
https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php#k_Ireland
ICF and the housing crisis in Ireland and throughout Europe
We should look at solutions from a previous housing crisis?
Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) construction - one such solution?
Use of lightweight expanded polystyrene (EPS) blocks as a form ( i.e. mould) was developed as a method to build much needed strong , high performance fast to construct , cost effective housing in post WW2 Europe.
Use of ICF can reduce the embodied carbon in a building by over 50%
see link
ICF Design and achieving the Passivhaus standard
One of the main advantages of using a build method like ICF is through its high levels of thermal performance abd airtigtness.
The central concrete core sits between the insulating block formwork creating an airtight structure with high thermal performance
This results in a finished building with U-values as low as 0.10 leading to represents a saving of around 70% on heating costs when compared to standard constrcution techniques
An ICF building when properly designed and constructed easily meets the Passivhaus standard.
DISPATCHABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY SMALL MODULAR REACTORS
Advocates for Nuclear Small Modular Reactors 150- 300 MW to provide dispatchale back-up for intermittent renewables
WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY AND DISTRICT HEATING
Advocates for renewable heat and waste heat recovery. We are particularly focussed on thermal source networks ( 5th generation heat networks) using waste streams form industry including data-centres.
Data-centre waste heat recovery involves;
Collecting low grade waste heat from a data centre servers typically at 25°C.
Upgrading this to 75°C using an ammonia based industrial heat pump
Distributing heat at 65°C to heat homes and industry, returning at 55°C via a heat network.
Distributing cooled water back to the data-centre at 10°C to cool their servers.
Thus creating a highly energy efficient circular energy system
Ethics in engineering and protecting the environment
The Engineer’s Promise
Ethics in engineering, protecting the environment, Rudyard Kipling, a bridge failure in Quebec Canada and the ring in our Engineers Ireland logo - what's the connection?
The connection is;
The Engineer's Promise
Core Principles of The Engineer's Promise
The 4 core principles of the Engineer's promise are;
1. Acting with Integrity Principle
Acting with Integrity honesty and fairness.
2. Acting in the Public Good Principle
Using engineering skills for the public good with public safety always the first priority.
3. Protect the Environment Principle
Using Earth's resources wisely, acting with professionalism and at all times using engineering skills to protect the environment and human well-being.
4. Do No Harm Principle
Acting professionally and at all times mindful to avoid causing unintentional negative impacts
The Engineer's Promise - background
Not many people aware that;
The 4 core principles of the Engineer's promise are now over 100 years old.
They were originally drafted in 1922 by Rudyard Kipling for Canadian graduate engineers.
See link;
https://ironring.ca/background-en/
Canadian Engineers, to this day, on graduating receive a steel ring ( now stainless), originally forged from the steel of a Quebec bridge which tragically collapsed in in 1907 killing 75 workers and collapsed again in 1916.
The cause of the failures was due to design errors, rushed construction and financially driven short-cuts.
The steel ring is given to engineers, to remind them of the lessons learned from the tragedy, and their professional obligation to act with integrity, including to stand up for what is right.
This ring symbol is incorporated in in our Engineers Ireland logo for this reason also.
see link;
https://www.engineersireland.ie/about-us
The Engineers Promise is the basis for our;
Engineers Ireland Sustainability Framework
see link;
https://www.engineersireland.ie/About-Us/Our-Strategy/Sustainability-Framework
The Engineers Promise is also the basis for our Engineers Ireland
Values and Code of Ethics
See links;
https://www.engineersireland.ie/Professionals/News-Insights/Campaigns-and-policies/Policy-values
https://www.engineersireland.ie/listings/resource/990
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