Representing the interest of engineers across America

Engineer's Forum on Sustainability

Next EFS Meeting Agenda, Friday, January 25, 2008, 0900 - 1200, Lecture Room, NAE, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 

ENGINEERS FORUM ON SUSTAINABILITY

(Co-Sponsored by ASCE, ASEE, IEEE, ASME, and the AIChE Institute for Sustainability)

9:00 a.m. to Noon,  Friday, January 25, 2008

Lecture Room, National Academy of Engineering, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.

AGENDA


9:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS -                                             Al Grant, Forum Chair


9:15 GREEN BUILDINGS IN THE ENERGY ACT OF 2007 

                                   Deborah Estes, Counsel, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee


9:45 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK REPORT
         Ashbindu Singh, Regional Coordinator, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)


10:15 NETWORKING BREAK


10:30 QUANTIFYING SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE TOOL FOR REDUCTION AND

       ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS (TRACI)
                              Jane Bare, Chemical Engineer, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)


11:00 BRIEFING ON HIGHER EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM

      (HEASC) AND DISCIPLINARY ASSOCATIONS NETWORK FOR STAINABILITY (DANS)
    Sarah Banas, Program Associate, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)


11:30 FORUM ROUNDTABLE
                                     Brief reports by Attendees on items of interest, as time permits.


Noon ADJOURNMENT


NOTES
Coffee and Rolls will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The Engineers International Activities Committee will meet from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m in the Lecture Room, following the Forum meeting. All Forum participants are invited to attend.
The next Forum meetings have been scheduled for May 9, 2008. Please mark your calendars.

 

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                                                                                      September 2006

AAES Charter for the Engineers Forum for Sustainability  (EFS)

GROUP PURPOSE

The mission of the Forum, established in 1997, is "To help promote the principles and practice of sustainable development by: (1) providing a meeting place for interdisciplinary discussion and exchange of information; (2) identifying and distributing information on engineering education programs that incorporate sustainable development; (3) encouraging practicing engineers to apply sustainable development principles and participate in sustainable development programs and activities at local, regional, and national levels; and (4) keeping abreast of international developments that can contribute to global sustainability.

PARTICIPANTS

The Forum is currently co-sponsored by the ASCE, ASEE, AIChE, IEEE, and ASME. All AAES member societies, and other societies and individuals with an interest in sustainable engineering education and practice are welcome to participate in the Forum meetings.

OPERATIONS

The Forum meets 3 times a year at the National Academy of Engineering. Meetings are typically on a Friday morning, normally in conjunction with the AAES IntAC, which meets that same afternoon in the same conference room. The agenda for each meeting is sent in advance to all interested parties. The meetings include presentations by distinguished speakers on various aspects of sustainability planning, design, construction, and operation. Speakers are encouraged to provide electronic copies of their presentations for use on the websites of the co-sponsors.

A Forum newsletter is prepared after each meeting and distributed by e-mail to an extensive list of interested people. The newsletter summarizes the Forum meeting presentations and includes other articles of interest related to sustainability, grouped by the following categories; Government, Academia, International, Professional, and Other Organizations and Developments.

The Forum has never made public policy statements, and is not equipped to do so since it has no voting authority, arrangements, or systems. Should it ever determine that a public policy statement is required, it would first consult AAES for guidance, including ExCom or Board approval as appropriate.

FUNDING AND EXPENSES

The Forum does not seek or receive any direct funding. Volunteers and staff of the sponsoring societies provide all needed resources: divide up the various duties, including maintaining websites and e-mail distributon lists, paying for coffee service at the meetings, and preparing and distributing the Forum agendas and newsletters.

GROUP MANAGEMENT

 The current management team for the Forum operation, representing the sponsoring societies, consists of Al Grant, Chair (ASCE), Darlene Schuster (AIChE), Harry Tollerton (ASEE), Peter Wiesner (IEEE), and Kathryn Holmes (ASME) . Changes in responsibilities will be by agreement of all sponsoring agencies.

AAES RESPONSIBILITY

AAES will devote a portion of its web site to the Forum and its activities, using material provided by the Forum management team.  This should help extend the Forum's information outreach to the engineering community nationally and internationally.