NSERC CREATE: Sustainable Building Science Program

建筑是我们生活的重要组成部分；可持续建筑是我们未来的重要组成部分。可持续建筑行业的扩张速度超过了教育系统向高素质人才提供可持续建筑科学相关专业知识的能力。建筑业面临着寻找创新的技术设计解决方案并将其付诸实施的压力。学术项目已经落后于对宜居空间和绿色建筑的需求。这项建议旨在满足对HQP和创新研究和技术的需求，通过建立可持续建筑科学计划(SBSP)，为可持续建筑科学的专业培训和创新研究创造一个丰富的、跨学科的、协作的、学术环境--即应用于高度可持续建筑的设计、创造、控制、运营和监测的科学和工程，促进健康、居住者满意度和低生态足迹，并且必须存在于社区的更大背景下。该计划具有战略意义，涵盖了NSERC的三个目标领域：环境科学和技术、自然资源和能源以及健康科学。可持续发展战略计划将与可持续发展互动研究中心全面整合。拟议的计划将整合和增强现有的专业知识和协同效应，并与CIRS和行业合作伙伴一起，重点关注这些要素，以开发一门新的、全面的、跨学科的可持续建筑科学。SBSP仿照非常成功的UBC Bridge计划，将通过巩固和整合跨学科科学教育、开展最先进的研究以及关注可持续发展的现实世界设计挑战来培养下一代建筑设计专业人员。SBSP是加拿大第一个此类项目。它将吸引本科生、研究生和博士后研究员发展必要的科学知识、技术和专业技能，以优化可持续建筑的设计和性能。它将为学员们准备迎接新的“绿色经济”。

Buildings are an important part of our lives; sustainable buildings are an important part of our future. The expansion of the sustainable-building industry is out-pacing the ability of the educational system to provide highly-qualified personnel (HQP) with relevant expertise in sustainable-building science. The building industry is under pressure to find innovative technological design solutions and to implement them. Academic programs have lagged the demand for livable spaces and 'green' buildings. This proposal aims to meet the need for HQP and innovative research and technology, by establishing the Sustainable Building Science Program (SBSP), creating a rich, inter-disciplinary, collaborative, scholarly environment for professional training and innovative research in sustainable-building science-that is, science and engineering applied to the design, creation, control, operation and monitoring of highly sustainable buildings that promote health, occupant satisfaction and have a low ecological footprint, and that must exist in the larger context of the community. The program is strategic in encompassing three NSERC target areas: environmental sciences and technologies, natural resources and energy, and health sciences. SBSP will be fully integrated with the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). The proposed program will integrate and enhance existing expertise and synergies and, with CIRS and industry partners, focus these elements to develop a novel, holistic, interdisciplinary science of sustainable building. SBSP, modeled after the highly successful UBC Bridge Program, will train the next generation of building-design professionals by the consolidation and integration of interdisciplinary scientific education, the conduct of state-of-the art research and the study of real-world design challenges with a focus on sustainability. The SBSP is the first of its kind in Canada. It will engage undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to develop the scientific knowledge, technologies and professional skills necessary to optimize the design and performance of sustainable buildings. It will equip trainees for the new 'Green Economy'.