会议名称(中文)： 2014年可持续基础设施国际会议
会议名称(英文)： International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2014
所属学科： 土木工程
开始日期： 2014-11-06
结束日期： 2014-11-08
所在国家： 美国
所在城市： 美国
具体地点： Long Beach, CA
主办单位： merican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
[ 重要日期 ]
摘要截稿日期： 2013-11-08
[ 会务组联系方式 ]
联系人： Drew Caracciolo
联系电话： 703.295.6087
E-MAIL： dcaracciolo@asce.org
会议网站： http://content.asce.org/conferences/icsi2014/index.html
会议背景介绍：
Infrastructure is an essential component of national competitiveness and social well-being. Designing and delivering infrastructure systems that truly contribute to sustainability throughout their service life is the theme of this conference.
The International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) 2014 will focus on sustainability in the built environment, presenting relevant engineering research, demonstrations and applications that contribute to competitiveness and well-being. Presentations and panel discussions will cover sustainable infrastructure planning, financing, design, construction and operation: how practitioners are improving sustainable performance to meet the critical challenges of a changing operating environment.
征文范围及要求：
Conference papers and presentations will cover all types of horizontal infrastructure: roads, bridges, dams, levees, buildings and facilities, rail, waterways, transit, water and wastewater, aviation, ports, solid and hazardous waste, telecommunications, and energy. The topic areas to be addressed at the conference are:
Situation: Current and Projected
Analysis of infrastructure conditions
Global infrastructure assessments
Infrastructure problems for developing nations
Infrastructure for a sustainable future
Financing Infrastructure Projects
Financing approaches, constraints
Financing large projects: domestic and global
Innovative financing mechanisms
Making the financial case for sustainable infrastructure
Case examples: what works, doesn't work
Cross-cutting Issues
Infrastructure and the water/energy nexus
Sustainability in engineering education
Sustainability accreditation and certification
Infrastructure asset management
Applying systems thinking to infrastructure planning
Materials, Tools, and Methodologies
Sustainable construction materials
Life-cycle assessments
Risk assessments
Using BIM on sustainable infrastructure projects
Innovation
Sustainable project management
High performance project teams
Tapping into university research
Case examples in infrastructure innovation
Challenges and Barriers
Regulatory barriers, workarounds
Infrastructure resource and configuration traps
Community concerns and resistance
Permitting
Sustainability and Competitiveness
Relation of infrastructure conditions and sustainability to local, regional and national competitiveness: water, wastewater, transportation, power, etc.
Infrastructure asset management
Risk, Resiliency, and Adaptation to Climate Change
Strategies for mitigation and adaptation
Design for recovery from extreme events
Contribution of sustainable infrastructure to business continuity/recovery
Sustainable Cities
Designing sustainable cities and urban systems
Mega-cities and meta-cities
Critical issues urban planning
Case examples of sustainable urban systems
Sustainability, Society and Culture
Sustainability, quality of life and culture
Social LCAs
Using design charrettes on infrastructure projects
The business case for social responsibility
Envision™ Rating System
Using the Envisiona„￠ rating system
Envision™ as a decision framework
Sustainable ROI
Envision™ for construction, operations
Research Needs, Advances
Infrastructure design for the other 5 billion people
Improving infrastructure sustainable performance
Designing for continuous change
Advance research in sustainable infrastructure |
