ASCE Infrastructure 2050

The Infrastructure 2050 challenge: Infrastructure engineers of all disciplines shall understand, reduce, and ultimately eliminate embodied carbon within infrastructure projects by 2050. This will be achieved by collectively identifying and communicating the most effective embodied carbon reduction methods for all high-emitting infrastructure projects. - Disciplines including, but not limited to: Structural, Transportation, Water, Environmental, Geotechnical, Construction, Planning, Energy - Infrastructure including, but not limited to: Bridges, Ports, Roadways, Runways, Tunnels, Substations, Pipelines The Carbon Leadership Forum issued the Challenge in the fall of 2021, and SE 2050 responded to the Challenge by establishing their commitment surrounding structural systems. As the program continues to gather and analyze buildings-specific data, a group of leaders from SE 2050 developed Infrastructure 2050 to expand the scope to include other engineering disciplines and project types. We are energized by this movement and look forward to collaborating with industry colleagues globally!