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

美国-埃及研讨会：工程和建筑设计的可持续性 - 绿色建筑，开罗，2009 年 3 月

• 批准号: 0841357
• 负责人: Fouad Fouad
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0841357&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Egypt; Workshop; Sustainability; Engineering

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.

该奖项旨在支持2009年3月在埃及开罗举行的工程和建筑设计可持续性的美国 - 埃及奖。在伯明翰的阿拉巴马州。 埃及组织者是埃及开罗的住房与建筑研究中心（HBRC）的Omima Salah El Din博士。 预期的参与是美国的十二次，大约有50个来自埃及和邻国的参与。美国参与者将来自大学，政府和主要设计/建筑公司。 可持续的建筑和工程绿色设计已成为使用自然资源，提供更高能源效率，减少污染并创造更健康，更安全的环境的产品和材料的最前沿。现在，许多产品，材料和系统正在销售可持续和绿色建筑。 但是，有关绿色材料和施工方法的信息是分散的，尚不清楚。该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。 知识分子的优点：研讨会将解决有关可持续材料和绿色建筑的问题，包括节能建筑系统，负担得起的住房概念，环境资源保护，材料开发，构造方法以及研究和教育在这些主题上的现状在美国和世界各地。陈述的目标是确定联合合作的未来研究主题，以使用资金来源为确定的研究主题开发白皮书，并生成国际协作研究议程。该研讨会的重点是增强对埃及和中东绿色建筑原则的认识，并鼓励协作研究。将开发一个研讨会网站，以允许摘要和论文的电子提交和传播。 更广泛的影响：参与者提出的各种应用程序将对全球可持续设计问题有整体的了解。该研讨会将使人们更好地理解和接受可持续性和环保绿色设计原则，从而减少建筑基础设施对未来城市环境的不利影响。 它还将为课程材料的开发提供基础，以补充可持续绿色建筑设计中的研究生课程。研讨会将加强埃及，中东和美国的研究人员之间的关系，并鼓励未来的研究合作。 作为研讨会的直接结果，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联合工作组，以制定埃及“绿色”建筑设计代码。 美国的研究生和人数不足小组的教职员工将被邀请参加。 在研讨会上提出的研究工作将提供综合知识，通过促进更安全，更健康，环保和经济的建筑物来使社会受益。 该项目得到了美国埃及联合科学技术基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供了这些联合科学活动的赠款。