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Frances Yang on embodied carbon leadership and collaboration

Frances Yang on embodied carbon leadership and collaboration

FromDesign the Future


Frances Yang on embodied carbon leadership and collaboration

FromDesign the Future

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Frances Yang is a Structures and Sustainability Specialist at Arup. In addition to her work on projects defining embodied carbon leadership, she has been a mobilizer and leader in the movement, serving on the Carbon Leadership Forum Board, vice chairing the Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment, and co-founding the All for Reuse Initiative, among a host of other advocacy work. Frances talked about the importance of collaboration across disciplines. “No single profession can tackle climate change alone,” she says. She is dedicated to setting ambitious and achievable targets and frameworks to help disciplines meet them. She sees potential for cultural change around waste associated with construction. Frances cites the intelligence in the community and points to Bruce King as an inspiration (he and Chris Magwood have a new book out: Build Beyond Zero). “I am also very inspired by the young people -- they want purpose-driven careers. Seeing more and more of this gives me hope.”
Released:
Sep 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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