Engineering Sustainability 2015: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line (ES15)

2015年贝克曼、Eric J.匹兹堡大学马斯卡罗可持续创新中心和卡内基梅隆大学施泰因布伦纳环境教育研究所将于2015年4月19-21日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举办2015年工程可持续发展：创新和三重底线。本次工程可持续发展大会将包括来自多个专业领域的与会者，并将重点讨论与工程可持续建筑环境和水利基础设施相关的问题。这些主题领域本质上是跨学科的，但也有工程学作为进步的基础。学术价值包括，这次会议将汇聚来自学术界、政府、工业和非营利组织的工程师和科学家，分享旨在发展环境可持续建筑和基础设施，特别是城市水利基础设施的尖端研究和实践成果。这次会议的独特之处在于，它专注于城市环境的环境可持续工程，并有能力将工程师、建筑师、经济学家以及城市规划师和管理者聚集在一起。出席率目标是375人。将围绕以下主题组织全体会议以及同时举行的口头和海报会议：绿色建筑设计和施工；室内环境绿化；建筑环境的可持续分布式电力；可持续的城市饮用水、雨水和废水基础设施；设计更可持续的交通网格；利用可持续发展的原则促进创新和新产品开发。还将有许多计划好的非正式交流和联网机会。工程可持续发展2015将通过促进影响人类健康和环境问题的科学知识状况，促进公众对可持续社区基础设施的兴趣。本次会议还将通过基础科学和应用科学的交叉应用，加强关于环境可持续性研究的跨学科对话。这次会议将有学生和年轻教职员工的大量参与，他们对下一代创新如此重要。关于建筑环境和基础设施可持续工程的前沿研究的跨学科演讲、与会者中学科和背景的混合以及会议提供的网络机会将使与会者能够带着关于研究需求和机会的新信息和想法离开会议。这将加强与会者向国家科学基金会和其他资助可持续发展科学和工程研究的组织提出新的和有影响力的建议的能力。

1511038 Beckman, Eric J. The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh and the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research at Carnegie Mellon University will host Engineering Sustainability 2015: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 19-21, 2015. This Engineering Sustainability conference will include participants from many professional realms, and will focus on issues related to engineering sustainable built environments and water infrastructure. These topical areas are inherently interdisciplinary, but also have engineering as the foundation for progress. Intellectual merit includes that this conference will bring together engineers and scientists from academia, government, industry, and non-profits to share results of cutting edge research and practice directed at development of environmentally sustainable buildings and infrastructure, especially urban water infrastructure. The conference is unique in its focus on environmentally sustainable engineering for the urban environment, and its ability to bring together engineers, architects, economists, and urban planners and managers. The attendance goal is 375 participants. Plenary talks and concurrent oral and poster sessions will be organized around the following themes: green building design and construction; greening the indoor environment; sustainable distributed power for the built environment; sustainable urban drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater infrastructure; design of more sustainable transportation grids; using principles of sustainability to foster innovation and new product development. There will also be numerous planned opportunities for informal exchanges and networking. Engineering Sustainability 2015 will further the public interest in sustainable community infrastructure by advancing the state of scientific knowledge of issues affecting human health and the environment. This conference will also enhance interdisciplinary dialogue on environmental sustainability research with cross-cutting applications in both basic and applied sciences. The conference will have significant participation from students and young faculty members, who are so important to the next generation of innovations. The interdisciplinary presentations on cutting edge research in sustainable engineering for the built environment and infrastructure, the mixture of disciplines and backgrounds represented among the participants, and the networking opportunities provided by the conference will enable participants to leave the conference with new information and ideas about research needs and opportunities. This will strengthen the ability of the participants to develop novel and impactful proposals to NSF and other organizations funding research in sustainability science and engineering.