September 11th, 2001 – September 11th, 2011: 10 years-10 Lessons on Sustainable Infrastructure
Event details
| Date | 20.03.2012 |
| Hour | 18:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. José Torero, Université d'Edinburgh, Chaire Landolt et Cie |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The collapse of the World Trade Center towers represents one of the most dramatic failures of modern structural engineering. One of the most exhaustive and expensive failure analyses in history was conducted in the mist of speculation, controversy and conspiracy theories. In parallel, the world has seen an extraordinary evolution of the super tall building. Seven of the ten tallest buildings in the world have been built after 9/11. These not only include the tallest four but only one is not in Asia. Furthermore, a strong drive towards sustainability has driven tall building design to levels of innovation never seen before. This presentation will extract from a decade of questioning and innovation ten lessons on what is sustainable infrastructure. José L. Torero is the BRE Trust/ RAEng Professor of Fire Safety Engineering, Director of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the 2008 recipient of the Arthur B. Guise Medal by the Society of Fire Protection Engineering and the 2011 Rasbash Medal from the Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) for eminent achievement in the advancement of the science of fire safety. He is the author of a book and more than 500 other technical documents for which he has received multiple awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Fire Safety Journal, Associate Editor of Combustion Science and Technology (2005-2010) and member of the Editorial Board of several other fire related publications. He is the vice-Chair of the International Association for Fire Safety Science, chair of the Fire Safety working Group of the International Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and a member of numerous influential committees and standards development bodies. He is a consultant to many private and government organizations around the world. He is recognized for leading edge research in a broad arrange of subjects associated to Fire Safety and for the development of many innovative educational programmes in several countries.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Jean-Denis Bourquin, ENAC-DO