Government Climate Change response plans – Mitigation and Adaptation: what they mean for SESOC members

Presentation

When – 23rd February 2023

Where – Eng1439/401-439, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street Auckland (Refer City Campus Map Link).

Agenda –
17:30 pre-presentation refreshments
18:00 SESOC AGM
18:30 presentation

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Abstract

The building and construction sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions which are emitted when building materials are produced, when buildings are constructed and demolished, and when energy is used in buildings. If Aotearoa New Zealand is to achieve its climate change goals, including net zero carbon by 2050, the building and construction sector must play its part, and so the Building for Climate Change Programme was launched in 2020 with the aim of guiding the building and construction sector towards this. In 2020, the government published the Emissions Reduction Plan and the National Adaptation Plan, and this talk will outline the construction sector’s role in delivering on these plans and what it means for SESOC members.

Biography

Katie Symons is Principal Advisor Engineering in MBIE’s Building System Performance Branch. She is leading the technical work on reducing embodied carbon emissions within the Building for Climate Change programme. Katie is a chartered professional structural engineer in New Zealand and the UK, and has over 15 years’ experience designing building structures in both countries. She has particular expertise in assessing the embodied carbon of buildings and construction materials. Working as a consulting engineer, she developed tools and methodologies to integrate carbon assessment into the building design process. She has also undertaken research work at Cambridge University on the application of environmental life cycle assessment in construction, and is the author of a number of academic papers on the subject

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