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    • ASCE and its members are dedicated to ensuring a sustainable future in which human society has the capacity and opportunity to maintain and improve its quality of life indefinitely, without degrading the quantity, quality or the availability of natural, economic and social resources.

      Whether you are just beginning to explore the benefits that a focus on sustainability can bring to your community and your engineering practice, or you are looking for the tools to take it to the next level, we can help you build a better future.

    • Sustainability Roadmap

      Challenging issues such as climate change, urbanization, and the rapid pace of technological advancement create opportunities, they also require serious re-evaluation of current professional practice and standards. To address this state of affairs, ASCE has outlined a roadmap to transform the profession.

       ASCE's 4 Priorities for Change

    • ASCE FORMS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

      ASCE and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy have agreed to a partnership as part of a new International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure. The collaboration aims to advance practical solutions to adapt infrastructure to a changing climate, close the resilience investment gap and break down barriers to action across the globe.

    • Sustainability Resources

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      • Convince your client or your boss about the benefits of sustainability
      • Incorporate sustainable principles into your RFP or proposal
      • Expand your skills or build a career focus on sustainability
      • Make your project more sustainable
      • Learn more about the importance of sustainability for civil engineering
      • Find inspirational examples of sustainable projects
      • Join a community of civil engineers committed to sustainability

      Find a Sustainability Resource

    • Envision

      Envision is a rating system and best practice resource to help you become successful in implementing sustainability into your infrastructure projects. 

      Do you want to become an ENV-SP? Earn your ENV credential to work towards sustainable stewardship. Create an account on ISI's website : 

      Checklist/Score Card  - Rate your project

      Fact sheet  - What is Envision

      Credit List  - How are projects rated

      Sustainability at ASCE

      ASCE defines sustainability as a set of environmental, economic, and social conditions - the "Triple Bottom Line" - 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 the availability of natural, economic, and social resources. 

      Sustainability at ASCE      Strategic Initiatives

      NEW Life Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: Triple Bottom Line Accounting course now available!
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      Awards

      Innovation in Sustainability Civil Engineering Award

      Since 2011, ASCE has honored a civil engineering project annually for its inspirational applications of sustainability with the Innovation in Sustainable Civil Engineering award

      2015
      Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project

      2014
      Pier G Slip Fill and Associated Dredging

      2013
      Chari Chari, Bolivia Cable Supported Footbridge

      2012
      GreenLink Windsor Transportation Land Use Planning

      2011
      Menomonee Valley Industrial Center and Community Park

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    • New Sustainable Infrastructure Certificate Programlearning options

      ASCE’s new “Sustainable Infrastructure Certificate Program” will provide you with the knowledge, tools, and techniques that you need to design, build, and manage sustainable projects and to take a leadership role in making our infrastructure sustainable.

      All courses in the certificate program are offered online and can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing you with the flexibility to take the courses at times that are most convenient for you.

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    • Sustainable Engineering News

      May 18 2020

      4 Smart City Trends Shaping the Future

      Imagine the future. Don’t just think of it, really immerse yourself in the possibilities. What does this future world look like? What does it sound like? And how did society get there? Now bring yourself...Read More >>

      Apr 23 2020

      ASCE Developing New Sustainability Standard

      In civil engineering design, sustainability is too important to merely be implied or suggested. So, ASCE’s Committee on Sustainability is creating a performance-based, life-cycle sustainable infrastructure standard. The committee’s Standards Executive Committee has been developing...Read More >>

      Feb 12 2020

      From Vietnam to Los Angeles, Phan Makes Dreams Real

      Brian Phan’s parents had a simple, if daunting, plan as they made their way out of poverty in Vietnam back in the early 1990s and moved their young family to Los Angeles. “Their goal was...Read More >>

      Jan 29 2020

      ASCE Members Acclaimed as ‘Newsmakers’ by ENR Magazine

      Each year, one of the industry’s leading trade publications, Engineering News-Record,  recognizes its Top 25 Newsmakers, a veritable “who’s who” of industry innovators and influencers. And once again, the ENR list features a number of prominent...Read More >>

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    • Project Profiles

      Sustainability Project Profiles

      Industry, government and the public have an increasing interest in and demand for sustainable profession.  

      Search for Project Profiles

      ASCE is seeking entries that demonstrate the triple bottom line approach to sustainability

      Submit your Project

    • Introduction to Sustainability