Engineering Sustainability 2017: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line (ES17) Location: Pittsburgh, PA; Date: April 9-11, 2017

匹兹堡大学马斯卡罗可持续创新中心和卡内基梅隆大学Steinbrenner环境教育与研究所将于2017年4月9日至11日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举办“2017工程可持续发展：创新与三重底线”（ES17）会议。本次会议将汇集来自学术界、政府、工业和非营利组织的工程师和科学家，分享针对环境可持续建筑和基础设施发展的前沿研究和实践成果。会议将汇聚工程师、建筑师、经济学家、城市规划师和管理者。大会将围绕以下主题举行全体会议、口头会议和海报会议：绿色建筑设计和建造；绿化室内环境；建筑环境可持续分布式电力；可持续的城市饮用水、雨水和污水基础设施；设计更具可持续性的交通网络；运用可持续发展原则促进创新和新产品开发。本次会议将加强环境可持续性研究的跨学科对话，并在基础科学和应用科学中进行交叉应用。这次会议将有学生和年轻教师的大量参与，这对下一代的创新非常重要。

CBET - 1723949 PI: 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 2017: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line (ES17) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 9-11, 2017. 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. The conference will bring together engineers, architects, economists, and urban planners and managers. 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, This conference will 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, so important to the next generation of innovations.