Student and Junior Faculty Travel Support for Engineering Sustainability 2009:  Innovations that Span Boundaries

CBET-0828664贝克曼匹兹堡大学马斯卡罗可持续发展倡议和芝加哥大学施泰因布伦纳环境教育与研究所将主办一场题为“2009年工程可持续发展：跨越边界的创新”的会议。它将于2009年4月19日至21日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的大卫·L·劳伦斯会议中心举行。预计将有大约300人参加。本次会议将汇聚来自学术界、政府、工业界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尖端研究和实践成果。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经济发展。

CBET-0828664BeckmanThe Mascaro Sustainability Initiative of the University of Pittsburgh and the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research at CMU will host a conference entitled "Engineering Sustainability for 2009: Innovations that Span Boundaries." It will be held in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA, from April 19-21, 2009. About 300 participants are expected. 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 the development of environmentally sustainable buildings and infrastructure. 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 economic development.