Sequencing and Targeting Climate Change Policy for Architecture: An Interdisciplinary and International Approach

国家科学基金会研讨会提案1127851建筑气候变化政策的排序和目标：一个跨学科和国际的方法这个跨学科的气候变化政策研讨会的建筑将涉及合作的得克萨斯大学可持续发展中心（UTCSD），亚利桑那州立大学中心纳米技术和社会（CNS），曼彻斯特大学建筑研究中心（MARC）研讨会将探讨在气候变化时代采用对可持续建筑生产和使用至关重要的有益技术的三个相关障碍和机会：信息故障，需求刺激和知识系统。在信息方面，我们将重点关注两种类型的失败：（1）那些源于对行业和消费者来说突出的信息类型差异的失败;（2）那些源于群体对信息如何传达和谁传达的敏感性的失败。在需求方面，我们将重点关注两种类型的刺激：（1）如何刺激将技术变革与社会行为联系起来的研发资源，以及（2）如何刺激市场对可能有助于解决问题的事物的需求，而不是或除了对建筑师，科学家和工程师想做的事情。在知识体系方面，我们将重点确定产生、评估、传播和应用有关可持续建筑的新知识所需的机构。对技术和行为的关注需要跨学科和国际的视角，以避免在该领域的研究中占主导地位的离散技术修复上的短视建议。根据美国能源部的数据，建筑的建设和运营占所有温室气体（GHG）排放量的近一半，占北美年能源消耗量的近一半。这一数额是运输部门捐款的两倍。布鲁金斯学会的一项研究将这些统计数据置于一个关键的背景下，该研究预计，到2030年，美国人居住、工作和购物的建筑物中约有一半将是在2000年之后建造的，这表明建筑的建造和运营可能会成为美国最大的温室气体排放源。研讨会将以行动为导向，这意味着目标不仅仅是确定跨学科研究的机会和障碍，而且还要制定跨学科的具体研究计划，使建筑业，建筑管理人员和公共卫生受益。得克萨斯大学可持续发展中心的工作人员将在讲习班结束后进行为期六个月的后续工作，以传播研究结果并开展新的合作研究。

National Science Foundation Workshop Proposal 1127851Abstract Sequencing and Targeting Climate Change Policy for Architecture: An Interdisciplinary and International ApproachThis interdisciplinary workshop on climate change policy for architecture will involve a collaboration of the University of Texas Center for Sustainable Development (UTCSD), the Arizona State University Center for Nanotechnology and Society (CNS), and the University of Manchester Architectural Research Center (MARC). The Workshop will examine three related barriers and opportunities to the adoption of beneficial technologies that are essential to sustainable architectural production and use in an era of climate change: information failures, demand stimulation, and knowledge systems. With regard to information we will focus on two types of failures: (1) those that stem from differences in the types of information that are salient to industry and consumers, and (2) those that stem from the sensitivities of groups regarding how information is conveyed and who conveys it. With regard to demand, we will focus on two types of stimuli: (1) how to stimulate resources for research and development that ties technological change to social behavior, and (2) how to stimulate market demand for things that might help solve the problem, rather than, or in addition to, research and development for things that architects, scientists and engineers want to do. And with regard to knowledge systems, we will focus on identifying the sets of institutions required to generate, assess, disseminate, and apply new knowledge about sustainable architecture. The focus on technology and behavior requires both interdisciplinary and international perspectives to avoid the myopic proposals premised on discrete technological fixes that have dominated research in the field. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the construction and operation of architecture accounts for almost half of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and almost half of North America's annual energy consumption. This amount is twice that contributed by the transportation sector. These statistics are put in a critical context by a Brookings Institution study which projects that by 2030 about half of the buildings in which Americans live, work, and shop will have been built after 2000, suggesting that the construction and operation of architecture could ironically become the nation's single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. The workshop will be action-oriented, meaning that the goal is not simply to identify opportunities and barriers to interdisciplinary research, but also to forge concrete research initiatives across disciplines that will benefit the construction industry, building managers and public health. Staff of the University of Texas Center for Sustainable Development will follow-up for a period of six-months after the Workshop to disseminate findings and initiate new collaborative research.