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The problem is, this leads us into crystal-ball
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gazing. Keith Clarke, the Atkins boss who will
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initially lead the new task force for developing the
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hose pessimists who thought that
the worldwide economic recession
would be an enormous setback for
sustainability appear to be being construction low-carbon agenda, predicts that, in
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proved wrong. Not only have China and India 10 years’ time, building services engineers will
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cutting agreement at the climate change talks designing for low-carbon fabrics and technologies
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sustainable industry moves on. such as fans and pipes. But, of course, what
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Mandelson took up his post a year ago, I was development and installation, lies only within
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highly sceptical about his green credentials – the crystal ball. Existing renewables technology
Laurence Aston, Director of Mechanical
wasn’t he a buddy of big business and unlikely to is proving difficult enough to make work and
Engineering, Morgan Professional Services
David Clark, Partner, Max Fordham offer environmental leadership? Well, the answer to fund. And Clarke seems to have his eye on
Consulting Engineers
Patrick Conaghan, Partner, Hoare Lea
is both ‘yes’ and ‘no’. the commercial and industrial
Consulting Engineers
First with aerospace and property sectors; what about
David Hughes, Building Services Consultant,
MTT Consulting manufacturing, and now It is now the knotty problem of existing
Philip King, Director, Hilson Moran
Chani Leahong, Senior Associate,
with construction, he is
clear that
residential properties, which
Fulcrum Consulting
pushing for a low-carbon overall have been making little
Stephen Lisk, President, The Society of Light
and Lighting agenda that would be
the built environment
headway with becoming more
Professor John Swaffield, CIBSE Past
President
driven by cutting-edge
can and should be at
sustainable?
Ged Tyrrell, Managing Director,
technologies – which
Tyrrell Systems the heart of the new
As ever, the best course to
Ant Wilson, Director, AECOM
ultimately would be very steer is between the optimists
Morwenna Wilson, Graduate Engineer, Arup
good for businesses and
global drive
and pessimists. The creation
Terry Wyatt, Consultant to Hoare Lea
the economy (see pages
to cut carbon
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