Engineers For Social Responsibility

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Engineers for Social Responsibility Inc.

We are 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.

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Events
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Next event: Balancing the energy trilemma EECA Chief Executive Dr Marcos Pelenur will join us on Wednesday 15th October, explaining how energy efficiency and renewables are key to balancing the energy efficiency ‘trilemma’. Dr Pelenur will share his views on this and the current focus and priorities for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. Find Out More
Upcoming event: Strategic Lighting for a Brighter Tomorrow Bryan King, the Executive Director of the Lighting Council of New Zealand, will speak to us on Wednesday 19th November about opportunities to advance safety, energy and environmental outcomes with lighting. Find Out More
Video coming soon: Navigating Low-Carbon Building Design – Journeys of France and New Zealand On Wednesday 20th August we heard Anais Guennoc and Julio Ortiz discuss the Environmental Regulation RE2020 which has been introduced in France, making it one of the first countries to adopt legislation with regulatory thresholds on whole-of-life embodied carbon for buildings. What lessons can be learned for the building and construction industry in New Zealand? Find Out More

Submissions

From time to time ESR makes submissions to Local Bodies or to Government, on issues of concern. These submissions are listed here and can be accessed for perusal.

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Members’ Papers and Media

From time to time ESR members prepare papers that provide useful guidance on particular topics, or invite us to attend and view webinars from like-minded organisations. Opinions provided in members’ papers and video media do not represent the official viewport of ESR.

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Newsletters

We publish a Newsletter from time to time, with news of ESR activities, articles and discussion on topics of interest.

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Climate Fact Sheets

Engineers for Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Energy Forum are concerned about the consequences of human-induced climate change and global warming and the need for widespread understanding of the facts and underlying science. Our combined organisations have prepared a series of discussion sheets and further papers will be published soon. Each paper is peer reviewed by top professionals with specialist knowledge about the topic being described.

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