NSF EFRI-RESIN: Sustainable Infrastructures for Energy and Water Supply (SINEWS)

PI名称：John C.Crittenden机构：亚利桑那州立大学建议编号：0836046EFRI-RESOLE：能源和水供应的可持续基础设施(SONEWS)这个项目的目标是全面了解水和能源系统的可持续性和弹性，并提供跨越基础设施设计、物理环境管理和社会经济政策的解决方案。Sunews有四个主要研究要素：(1)物理环境。该项目将对城市(建筑和自然)环境的增长以及相关的内生基础设施风险进行建模。将确定在基础设施的整个生命周期内缓解这些风险的技术、工程和生态选择。(2)基础设施。该项目将审查和模拟水和能源供应系统备选方案的复原力和可持续性。将确定电力和供水系统的基准，这些系统对预期的冲击范围具有弹性，灵活、模块化、适应性和高效，并反映基础设施及其环境的相互依存关系。(3)社会经济环境。该项目将模拟与社会经济环境相关的基础设施风险--水和能源需求的人口、经济、体制和社会驱动因素，并确定不同社会经济条件下的风险管理选择。(4)基础设施备选方案的生命周期影响，例如，分散供电和供水系统与集中式供电和供水系统。总体而言，拟议的研究代表了一种新的系统方法，以根据关键基础设施的实际和社会经济环境设计其复原力和可持续性。对大凤凰城综合区域尺度模型的模拟将使人们深入了解水和能源基础设施在一系列环境情景下的弹性和可持续性。这些见解预计将有助于制定城市可持续发展综合科学和工程的国家研究议程。

PI name: John C. CrittendenInstitution: Arizona State UniversityProposal Number: 0836046EFRI-RESIN: Sustainable Infrastructures for Energy and Water Supply (SINEWS)The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the sustainability and resilience of the water and energy systems, and to offer solutions that span infrastructure design, management of the physical environment, and socio-economic policy. SINEWS has four major research elements: (1) THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. The project will model the growth of urban (built and natural) environment and the associated endogenous infrastructure risks. The technological, engineering, and ecological options for mitigating these risks over the life of the infrastructures will be identified. (2) THE INFRASTRUCTURES. The project will examine and model the resilience and sustainability of water and energy supply system options. Benchmarks will be identified for power and water supply systems that are resilient to the expected range of shocks, that are flexible, modular, adaptive, and efficient, and that reflect the interdependency of infrastructures and their environment. (3) THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. The project will model the infrastructure risks associated with the socio-economic environment - the demographic, economic, institutional and social drivers of water and energy demand, and identify risk management options under different socio-economic conditions. (4) LIFE CYCLE IMPLICATIONS of infrastructure options, e.g., decentralized versus centralized power and water systems. Overall, the proposed research represents a new systems approach to engineering the resilience and sustainability of critical infrastructures in the context of their physical and socio-economic environments. Simulations for integrated regional-scale models for Greater Phoenix will generate insights into the resilience and sustainability of water and energy infrastructures under a range of environmental scenarios. These insights are expected to contribute to a national research agenda for integrated urban sustainability science and engineering.