Trainee engineers took part in Tomorrow’s Engineers Week by considering how their skills might solve future problems caused by climate change.
The event, now in its ninth year, is taking inspiration from COP26 and looking at how engineers and engineering can contribute to tackling climate change and achieving net zero.
The Week is featuring the first ever Schools COP, where students around the UK are coming together to discuss the importance of achieving net zero and how engineers behind technological and scientific breakthroughs will be at the heart of the world’s response to climate change.
The College’s Head of Engineering, Ross Tarnowski, said: “We held fascinating workshops across the College where we heard from engineers working in sustainability management with large firms like supermarkets and coffee shop chains to make sure their buildings use as little energy as possible.
“We also heard from chemical engineers replacing damaging products in household goods with more sustainable substances like vegetable oil.
“As a team we brainstormed how our future engineering solutions could contribute to carbon reduction targets and solve issues caused by extreme heat and flooding.
“It was a hugely stimulating session that the students really enjoyed. It also helped to focus all of us on the challenges and opportunities ahead for engineering careers.”
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