Since the launch of the 2030 Challenge by Architecture 2030 nearly 20 years ago, the design industry has seen related challenges and associated industry commitment programs that now span nearly every design discipline (see the MEP 2040 article from last August). While most have been catalyzed by practitioners and non-industry organizations, a few have found adoption within their respective industry associations.

The Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program (SE 2050) – a project of the the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers – is the second such commitment program (after AIA’s 2030 Commitment) to be embraced by a major design industry organization, coordinating action across the structural engineering profession to achieve the globally stated goal of net zero carbon by 2050. I asked Luke Lombardi and Lauren Wingo, co-chairs of the SE 2050 Leadership Group, to describe the program and discuss opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration…