Abstract
Present use of the term environmental engineering is examined, and the limits of architectural engineering are defined. Attention is drawn to the difficulties of the construction industry arising from lack of co-ordination between specialists, both at the design stages and on site. Educational developments with the aim of improving the situation are described, including first degree courses in Environmental Engineering at Liverpool and Strathclyde Universities, an M.Sc. course at Bristol, and a proposed C.N.A.A. Honours degree course at the National College. Stress is laid on joint project training, and the need for students from different but allied disciplines to come together at the conceptual stage of a design. What they necessarily do as professional men as members of a design team must begin at student level. Finally, examples are given of the modern trend towards greater academic integration.
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