U.S.-Egypt Workshop: Sustainability In Engineering And Architectural Design - Green Buildings, Cairo, March 2009

该奖项是为了支持将于2009年3月在埃及开罗举行的关于工程和建筑设计可持续性的美埃研讨会。美国的组织者是福阿德·h·福阿德博士，他是阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校土木、建筑和环境工程系的主席。埃及组织者是埃及开罗住房和建筑研究中心（HBRC）的Omima Salah el Din博士。预计将有12人来自美国，大约50人来自埃及及其邻国。美国的参与者将来自大学、政府和主要的设计/建筑公司。可持续建筑和工程绿色设计已经走到前列，因为他们使用的产品和材料可以节约自然资源，提供更高的能源效率，减少污染，创造一个更健康、更安全的环境。许多产品、材料和系统现在都在为可持续和绿色建筑而销售。然而，关于绿色材料和施工方法的信息是碎片化的，并且没有得到很好的理解。研讨会将通过促进北美、欧洲和中东的国际专家之间的互动和建立伙伴关系来解决绿色建筑设计领域的问题。知识价值：研讨会将讨论可持续材料和绿色建筑方面的问题，包括节能建筑系统、经济适用房概念、环境资源保护、材料开发、施工方法以及美国和世界各地关于这些主题的研究和教育现状。声明的目标是确定联合合作的未来研究课题，为确定的研究课题制定具有资助来源的白皮书，并产生一个国际合作研究议程。本次研讨会的重点是提高埃及和中东地区对绿色建筑原则的认识，并鼓励合作研究。将开发一个讲习班网站，以便以电子方式提交和分发摘要和论文。更广泛的影响：参与者提出的不同应用将提供对全球可持续设计问题的整体理解。工作坊将使人们更了解和接受可持续发展和无害环境的绿色设计原则，从而减少建筑基础设施对未来城市环境的不利影响。并为课程教材的编写提供依据，以补充可持续绿色建筑设计的研究生课程。该研讨会将加强埃及、中东和美国研究人员之间的关系，并将鼓励未来的研究合作。作为研讨会的直接成果，预计埃及住房和建筑研究中心（HBRC）将与参与的美国科学家建立一个联合工作组，以制定埃及的“绿色”建筑设计规范。来自代表性不足群体的美国研究生和教师将被邀请参加。在研讨会上介绍的研究工作将提供综合知识，通过促进更安全、更健康、更环保和更经济的建筑，使社会受益。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合科学技术基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些联合科学活动。

This award is to support a US-Egypt Workshop on Sustainability in Engineering and Architectural Design to be held in Cairo, Egypt in March 2009. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Fouad H. Fouad, Chairman, Dept. of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the U. of Alabama, Birmingham. The Egyptian organizer is Dr. Omima Salah el Din, Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC), Cairo, Egypt. Expected participation is twelve from the U.S. and approximately 50 from Egypt and neighboring countries. U.S. participants will come from universities, government, and major design/construction firms. Sustainable architectural and engineering green design have come to the forefront for their use of products and materials that conserve natural resources, provide greater energy efficiency, reduce pollution, and create a healthier and safer environment. A multitude of products, materials and systems are now being marketed for sustainable and green building construction. However, the information on green materials and construction methods is fragmented and not well understood. The workshop will address the area of green building design by facilitating interactions and fostering partnerships among international experts from North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Intellectual merit: The workshop will address issues with respect to sustainable materials and green buildings, including the issues of energy efficient construction systems, affordable housing concepts, environmental resource protection, materials development, construction methods and the current status of research and education on these topics in the U.S. and around the world. The stated objectives are to identify future research topics for joint collaborations, to develop white papers for the identified research topics with funding sources, and to generate an international collaborative research agenda. This workshop is focused on enhancing awareness of green building principles in Egypt and the Middle East, and encouraging collaborative research. A Workshop website will be developed to allow for electronic submission and dissemination of abstracts and papers. Broader impacts: The diverse applications presented by participants will provide a holistic understanding of global sustainable design issues. The workshop will result in better understanding and acceptance of the principles of sustainability and environmentally sound green design, thereby decreasing adverse impacts of the building infrastructure on future urban environments. It will also provide basis for the development of course materials to supplement graduate courses in sustainable green building design. The workshop will strengthen relationships between researchers in Egypt, the Middle East, and the U.S. and will encourage future research collaborations. As a direct outcome of the workshop, it is expected that the Egyptian Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC) will establish a joint task force with participating U.S. scientists for developing an Egyptian "green" building design code. U.S. graduate students and faculty from underrepresented groups will be invited to participate. The research efforts presented at the workshop will provide integrated knowledge which will benefit the society by promoting safer, healthier, environmentally sound, and economical buildings. This project is being supported by the US-Egypt Joint Science and Technology Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these joint scientific activities.