Conducting an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and Concrete Technology

举办可持续发展与混凝土技术国际研讨会全球变暖等生态变化对生命的生存产生了巨大影响，人们对这些问题越来越关注。混凝土行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，混凝土现在不仅用于建筑物和道路，还用于其他民用基础设施，如地下公共交通设施，废水处理系统和海洋结构。每年，全世界大约生产16亿吨波特兰水泥，产生全球二氧化碳（CO2）排放量的5%。混凝土工业每年消耗100亿吨砂石和10亿吨水。 混凝土极大地影响了地球的生态。这项建议是要举办一次国际讲习班，以解决上述问题。研讨会将由清华大学与其他组织合作主办。讲习班的目标是促进全球互动和促进研究合作，以便更好地了解如何利用具体技术实现可持续发展。将成立一个指导委员会，由来自美国和中国的成员组成，负责研讨会的组织和实施。美国水泥和混凝土材料方面的专家，特别是女性或少数民族专家将被邀请参加研讨会，其中8至10人将由研讨会委员会选出，部分由拟议的NSF旅行资助支持。中国建筑材料科学研究院（CBMA）将与清华大学共同主办此次研讨会。长江勘测规划设计研究院将协办此次研讨会。中国长江电力集团有限公司将主办并赞助一次三峡实地考察。将出版讲习班的会议记录。

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.