26 September, 2008

A letter to Engineers.... ( Reproduction of my message to my freinds )

Good Morning to all,

Life have changed ....atleast my perspective about future..

Realised now that all i was doing .... continuing the same mistakes during the last 15 years of my career..

Atleast I was either part of the decision making process or part of the execution process of all wrong decision on ground ..

Yet being paid or drawn or demand perks( meager or larger ..whatever it may be ) as a responsible engineer ..

Folks , think about the future , nature of our decision (on everyday) can change course of well being of the planet we are living in .. and in what way we can contribute to sustain it as a resources for your children , grand children and grand grand children .. Once we leave this planet ..let our conscious realise that we did something for this planet ...

This is not difficult....but this is different .. a change in the direction of focus ..

-- Civil Engineers .

Are you aware that by reducing the storm run off at site , reducing the imperviousnes of the pavement , by choosing the higher solar reflective material on the pavement , roof , facade etc , can significantly reduce the global warming , ozone depletion , water scarcity ... look back to our country .. there are several rural areas where more than than 75 % of the people don't have potable water during most of the year ... Are we - engineers -don't have any responsibility ????

Are you aware that , by chosing the right shade of paint on your pavement ,roof etc can significantly effect the energy requirement for the building , and thus more power plant run time .. and thus more CO2 emission .. and thus global warming .. and thus more flooding , and thus more food scarcity resulting to poverty.

More rain water runoff can pollut our rivers and lakes....thus preventing community right of poor drinking water ..

Are you aware that , by applying a little thinking whilst preparing the procurement of material ..ask yourself .. are they sourced from locally available sources ?.. so that the embeded energy ( manufactured some where , transported through ship /vehicle , thus more fuel consumption , more green gas emission etc ) can be reduced and its' effect on plannet ..

---Electrical / Mechanical engineers .

We consider water as a medium to wash away our waste ,,, Remember ...experts warned that .. if there could be third world war...it will be for none other than water ...

By choosing right kind of plumbing fixtures ...high efficient closet fittings , showers , waterless urinals .etc can reduce about 35 % of water consumption in a building ...

Right electrical fixtures with energy efficient fittings can reduce the energy consumption by 20 % ..

Using the right HVAC equipment can reduce further energy consumption .. better indoor air quality resulting better health condition , better productivity , at the end less ozone depletion , global warming ..

Guy's , rise up , change your focus , and do something to preserve this planet ..

If a small dent I can make in this effort , I will relate that to our success, I'"m sure all of you can contribute in every day of your life .. make this dent a little bigger and bigger and finaly we make it as a big hole on the conventional thinking ..

I knew , we engineers are traditionally causcious until we pass through this learning curve .....

Therefore , we - engineers- to reconsider every decision that we make.. should be evaluated against a new 'tripple constraints ..( in terms of project management )

New tripple constraints as Environment ( Planet ) , Equity ( People ) , Economy (Power ) ..

life cycle cost of the project definition as life cycle cost of the planet we live in....

Quality as the Sustainability

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