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ASCE & Sustainability

As the stewards of society's physical infrastructure, civil engineers must lead the next shift in sustainable planning, design and construction. Here's how ASCE defines sustainability:
A set of environmental, economic and social conditions in which all of society has the capacity and opportunity to maintain and improve its quality of life indefinitely without degrading the quantity, quality or availability of natural, economic, and social resources.  

Policies Related to Sustainability

Sustainability Action Plan

Committee on Sustainability

Sustainability Resources

The Society offers a host of resources to help civil engineers plan and execute with sustainability in mind, and supports other professional groups pursuing the same objectives.

Read sustainability articles from past and current issues of Civil Engineering magazine   

Planning Infrastructure to Save America 

Guide to ASCE Sustainability Development Publications

Get Involved in ASCE Activities

Help promote sustainability via local ASCE groups or through our national efforts. 

Guidelines for Sections, Branches and Student Chapters 
The Sacramento and National Capital Sections are among those which have launched their own sustainability initiatives.

Engineers Forum on Sustainability 

 

Learn 'Integrated Approach to Sustainability' in New Workshop

Sustainability course small icon 2Start putting sustainability principles into civil engineering practice with a new course from ASCE, Integrated Approach to Sustainability, coming in early 2012 to Portland, OR, Nashville, TN, and Kansas City, MO. You'll delve into examples of sustainable projects, discuss a sustainable infrastructure project rating system in the works, explore regional sustainability initiatives, and examine renewable energy resources. It's going to be 2012 – seize the future by learning how to apply sustainability!

Groundbreaking 'Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering' Course Now Available

UsinNEWg real-world projects and case studies, this interactive course teaches you the critical issues of the Triple Bottom Line to help you design and deliver sustainable infrastructure projects.

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Sustainability in Action: Project Profiles

Browse an expanding library of project profiles spanning all sectors and scopes, showing how civil engineers are applying principles of sustainability. Get ideas for solutions, share these examples with clients, and find sources for further research. Rate and comment on each.
Review the project profiles
Know of an infrastructure project that's an example of sustainability in action?
Submit it to ASCE

'LEEDing the Way' Blog – Making an '80s Office Building Sustainable

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Can a 1980s-era office building meet today's expectations for sustainability – without breaking the bank? Follow ASCE's journey to achieve LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification for its headquarters. 

Follow 'LEEDing the Way'

Version 2.0 of Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System Launches

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Version 2.0 of Envision™, the sustainable infrastructure rating system, has just been launched by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. The system will evaluate, grade and give recognition to infrastructure projects that provide progress for and contributions to a sustainable future. Its purpose is to foster a necessary and dramatic improvement in the performance and resiliency of physical infrastructure across the full dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental.