Engineering Sustainability 2017: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line (ES17) Location: Pittsburgh, PA; Date: April 9-11, 2017

CBET-1723949 PI：Beckman、Eric J.匹兹堡大学马斯卡罗可持续创新中心和卡内基梅隆大学施泰因布伦纳环境教育与研究所将于2017年4月9日至11日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举办2017年工程可持续发展：创新和三重底线(ES17)。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，分享旨在开发环境可持续建筑和基础设施的尖端研究和实践成果。这次会议将汇集工程师、建筑师、经济学家以及城市规划师和管理者。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新产品开发。还将有许多计划中的非正式交流和联网机会，这次会议将加强关于环境可持续性研究的跨学科对话，在基础科学和应用科学方面都有交叉应用。这次会议将有大量的学生和年轻教职员工参与，这对下一代创新非常重要。

CBET - 1723949 PI: Beckman, Eric J. The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh and the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research at Carnegie Mellon University will host Engineering Sustainability 2017: Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line (ES17) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 9-11, 2017. 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 development of environmentally sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The conference will bring together engineers, architects, economists, and urban planners and managers. 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 new product development. There will also be numerous planned opportunities for informal exchanges and networking, This conference will enhance interdisciplinary dialogue on environmental sustainability research with cross-cutting applications in both basic and applied sciences. The conference will have significant participation from students and young faculty members, so important to the next generation of innovations.