First day of AQSA Research and Education Conference 2024 held in Kuching, Sarawak.
Glad we meet up our QS fellows within the ASEAN Countries.
Ir. Habibie Razak Executive Director of The Institution of Engineers Indonesia also did contribute to the conference by presenting the slides deck with regard to the ideas and strategies to the enhancement of Indonesia’s sustainability in the Infrastructure Development.
One of the competencies required by Engineers and QSs as presented by Ir. Habibie, how to calculate embodied carbon in this construction industry.
This is definitely needed to be included in the ASEAN Country curriculums, so everyone understands the concept and implementation of this Embodied Carbon Accounting methodology.
This 2-days conference from 19 to 20th of November 2024 attended by at least 650 participants from various countries.
Second day of the AQSA Research and Education Conference which has been held in Kuching, Sarawak.
Executive Director of Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia (Official) Ir. Habibie Razak, FIEAust., EngExec., IntPE(Aus) was part of the panelist session with theme “ASEAN Digital Transformation in QS Profession”.
How the QS profession will add value in the era of Industrial transformation where the sustainability aspect has been taken into account towards net zero in 2050.
Engineers, QS, Architects should start looking on how to calculate carbon footprint for every infrastructure/building they design and build to comply with maximum threshold of KgCO2e per m2 or even for the offshore wind power foundation should meet maximum threshold of tonCO2 per MW capacity.
The panellists were from various countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Indonesia.
