Conducting an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and Concrete Technology

举办关于可持续发展和混凝土技术的国际讲习班诸如全球变暖和其他严重影响生命存在的生态变化等问题日益受到关注。混凝土工业被认为是这些变化的重要贡献者之一。随着人口和工业化的指数增长，混凝土不仅用于建筑和道路，还用于地下公共交通设施、污水处理系统、海洋结构等其他民用基础设施。全球每年生产约16亿吨波特兰水泥，产生的二氧化碳占全球排放量的5%。每年，混凝土行业消耗100亿吨砂石和10亿吨水。混凝土对地球的生态有很大的影响。本建议举办一次国际讲习班以解决上述问题。该研讨会将由清华大学主办，并与其他组织合作。讲习班的目标是促进全球相互作用和促进研究合作，以便更好地了解利用具体技术实现可持续发展。将成立一个由中美两国成员组成的指导委员会，负责研讨会的组织和实施。将邀请水泥和混凝土材料方面的美国专家，特别是女性或少数民族专家参加研讨会，其中8至10人将由研讨会委员会选出，部分由拟议的NSF旅行补助金支持。中国建筑材料研究院（CBMA）将与清华大学共同主办该研讨会。本次研讨会由长江勘测规划设计研究院协办。中国长江电力有限公司将主办并赞助对三峡的实地考察。将制作一份研讨会纪要。

Conducting an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and Concrete TechnologyThere is increasing concern about the issues such as global warming and other ecological changes that have drastically influenced the existence of life. Concrete industry is considered as one of the significant contributors to these changes. With the exponential growth of human population and industrialization, concrete is now used not only for buildings and roads but also for other civil infrastructure facilities such as underground mass transit facilities, wastewater treatment systems, and marine structures. Every year, approximately 1.6 billion tons of portland cement is produced worldwide, generating 5% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. Annually, the concrete industry consumes 10 billion tons of sand and rock and 1 billion tons of water. Concrete greatly impacts the ecology of the planet Earth. This proposal is to conduct an international workshop to address the above issues. The workshop will be hosted by Tsinghua University, in collaboration with other organizations. The goals of the workshop are to promote global interaction and foster research collaboration so as to develop a better understanding towards sustainable development using concrete technology. A steering committee, consisting of members from both US and China, will be formed for the workshop organization and implementation. US experts, especially women or minorities, on cement and concrete materials will be invited to the workshop, eight to ten of whom will be selected by the workshop committee and partially be supported by the proposed NSF travel grant. The China Building Material Academy (CBMA) will sponsor and jointly host the workshop with Tsinghua University. The Yangtze Survey, Planning, and Design Research Institute will co-sponsor the workshop. China Yangtze Power Corporation Ltd. will host and sponsor a field trip to Three Gorges. A proceeding of the workshop will be produced.