Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on sustainable engineering systems

可持续工程系统I/UCRC规划补助金0832553圣克拉拉大学;豪尔赫·冈萨雷斯-克鲁兹 该提案整合了三个机构（圣克拉拉大学、圣何塞州立大学和加州艺术学院）的活动，计划组建一个多大学工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），研究可持续工程系统，重点是可量化的可持续性。拟议的“可持续工程系统中心”（CSES）将侧重于可量化的可持续性，并通过提高性能、安装由整体能效驱动的系统以及促进依赖于使用先进建筑信息系统获得的可衡量效益的激励措施来减少市场壁垒。拟议的研究将围绕可持续材料，建筑集成技术，建筑信息系统，可持续建筑环境和可持续交通，重点关注能源效率与天气/气候，建筑材料和位置以及人类行为和生活空间之间的关系。这项工作将产生的最大效益主要来自于公众对可持续性的更广泛的理解以及制定更有力的衡量方法，讨论开发的几种产品（建筑产品和集成太阳能电池板）将提供更广泛使用更可持续的产品。该中心利用加州实体利益的能力是有希望的。拟议中的中心计划从代表性不足的群体中招收学生，包括少数民族和妇女，以扩大他们对工程的参与。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC in Sustainable Engineering Systems 0832553 Santa Clara University; Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz This proposal integrates the activities from three institutions (Santa Clara University, San Jose State University, and California College of the Arts to plan the formation of a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on sustainable engineering systems with a focus on quantifiable sustainability. The proposed "Center for Sustainable Engineering Systems" (CSES) will focus on quantifiable sustainability and reducing market barriers by improving performance, by installation of systems driven by overall energy efficiencies, and by promoting incentives that rely on measured benefits obtained using advanced building information systems. The proposed research will revolve around sustainable materials, building integrated technologies, building information systems, sustainable built environments, and sustainable transportation, focusing on relationships between energy efficiency and weather/climate, construction material and location, and human behavior and living spaces. The greatest benefits that would be derived from this work largely descend from wider public understanding about sustainability and the development of a more robust way to measure it. The several products discussed for development (building products and integrated solar panels) will provide for wider usage of more sustainable products. The ability of the center to harness interest of entities in California is promising. The proposed center plans to recruit students from under-represented groups, including minorities and women to broaden their participation in engineering.