Who Are We?
Engineers for Social Responsibility Inc. is an independent group of engineers who consider that being knowledgeable in the field of technology means that they also have a special obligation to the public at large. This includes raising the awareness of the engineering profession to the consequences of its activities and explaining and discussing the ramifications of developments in engineering and engineering works to the public. In these days of greater accountability, the professional can no longer hide behind a mask of “professionalism”.
Engineers for Social Rsponsbility is registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005. Its Registration Number is CC41628.
Coming Events
Webinar
Pumped Storage Planning - 1970s vs. 2020
By Dr Alastair Barnett
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Recent proposals for pumped hydro storage ignore thorough planning work done in the 1970s. Instead we seem to be increasing our thermal emissions.
Further details are on the Coming Events page of this website.
Hot News
Submission in response to MBIE
As a group of
professional engineers, Engineers for Social Resonsibility Inc (ESR)
strongly endorses MBIE's commitment to meet the government's Carbon Zero
targets by 2050. Our sumission to MBIE is on our Submissions page.
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Prof Olaf Diegel of the University of Auckland delivered a webinar on additive manufacturing, popularly know as 3D printing, on 16 September. A recording of the lecture is accessible on the internet at https://youtu.be/t9liFbWYPhw .
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What is wrong with the NZ Electricity Market?
By Geoff Bertram
Wednesday 19 August 2020.
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Carbon Transition Conference Website
The Carbon Transition Conference website is now online.
The "Convergence for Carbon Transition 2020-2030" is a 1-day conference
that brings together New Zealand’s best technical minds to partner with
leading business organisations for co-creation of innovative "shift projects" that change their current trajectory for carbon emissions.
A one-day conference is planned for 26 November 2019. It is to held online, linked via video and audio.
Further information can be found on the Conference website at www.carbontransition.net.
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Submission on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Bill
The ESR Submission on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Bill is now on the Submissions page of this website.
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June 2019 ESR Newsletter
The June 2019 Newsletter is now online on the Newsletters page of this website.
New Paper in Climate Change section
A new Paper, 20. Carbon Dynamics in NZ's Native Forests by Joanna Buswell, is now available on the Climate Change page of this website.
ESR is now on Facebook
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