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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”.


Coming Events

Choosing the future of building materials

Engineers for Social Responsibility, Auckland

Date and Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm Thursday 20 October 2016

Venue:  Room 3.402, School of Engineering, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds St, Auckland

At least 20% of NZ’s carbon emissions come indirectly from buildings and from manufacturing their materials.  ESR has invited industry representatives to give a practical summary of the challenges & opportunities the buildings sector will face as it transitions to carbon neutrality in coming decades.

This talk is for engineers, architects, and anyone interested in the future of buildings in New Zealand.      More


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Hot News

July Newsletter
Our July 2016 ESR Newsletter is now on line as a PDF file on the Activities > Newsletters page.

Tamaki Campus
Tony Watkins provides a thought-provoking consideration of the buildings of the University of Auckland Tamaki Campus, their ecological value and their sustainability in the light of the threat to demolish them.  More ...

ESR Submission on Improvements to the ETS
ESR has lodged a submission to the Government on improvements required to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to make it effective.  See the details on the Submissions page of this website.

ESR Submission on TPPA
ESR has lodged a submission to the Government on aspects of the TPPA.  See the details on the Submissions page of this website.

New Paper added to Climate Change Section
A further Paper has been added to the Climate Change Papers section of this website;  It is:
   17 Climate Change and Sea-level Rise

ESR Letter to Engineering Insight Magazine

The Featured Letter on page 3 of Engineering Insight September/October 2015 Volume 16/5 published by IPENZ is included on the Submissions page of this website.

Professional Engineers and Climate Change

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. The negative effects particularly affect developing countries and are only beginning to be felt. They will increase greatly over coming decades unless we all accept our responsibilities and substantially reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.  More...

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Four New Papers added to Climate Change Section
Three new Papers have been added to the Climate Change Papers section of this website.  They are:
   13 Climate Change - New Zealand and International Response.
   14 Climate Change Mitigation - rapid change needed to restrict global warming to below 2oC.
   15 Climate Change - The Physical Science Basis
   16 Social Impacts of Climate Change


ESR's Submission in response to the MfE Climate Change Paper
ESR has presented its submission in response to the discussion paper published by the Ministry for the Environment.  This submission can be found on the Submissions page of this website.


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