Can a civil engineer talk about the carbon footprint of the building?

[alpacinou]

Is it correct to say buildings have "carbon footprint"?

Is this correct?

As a civil engineer, I try to design buildings in such a way that their carbon footprint is as low as possible.

 

[GoesStation]

That's fine.

 

[Tarheel]

Again, I would say as small as possible. Not that I would ever say that.

 

[GoesStation]

As a civil engineer, I try to design buildings in such a way that their carbon footprint is as [STRIKE]low[/STRIKE] small as possible.

That's fine.

I misread the sentence. It's fine with the change Tarheel suggested.

 

[tedmc]

An architect designs a building, not a civil engineer. A civil engineer designs the structural and civil works associated with a building. An environmentally-friendly building is called a green building.