Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering

1. Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering Module 1 Introduction to the Course and the Program Richard N. Wright, Dist.M.ASCE 1.1

2. Learning Outcomes • Know the scope and objectives of Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Know its place in ASCE’s program for Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering • Awareness of ASCE’s Sustainable Infrastructure Project Rating System

3. Outline • Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line • Demands for Sustainable Engineering • Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering

4. Sustainability • Sustainability is 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 the availability of natural, economic and social resources • Sustainable civil infrastructure provides environmental, economic and societal well-being, now and for the future www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=7085

5. Triple Bottom Line

6. Outline • Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line • Demands for Sustainable Engineering • Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering

7. Demands for Sustainable Engineering • Society needs infrastructure supporting economic, environmental and societal sustainability • ASCE’s Code of Ethics says engineers “shall strive to comply with principles of sustainable development” • Sustainability calls for mastery of knowledge beyond that required for professional licensure www.asce.org/AggregateContent.aspx?id=7109

8. The Engineer of 2020 • The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in • the New Century, National Academy of Engineering • To enhance the nation’s economic productivity and improve the quality of life worldwide, engineering education in the United States must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic changes of engineering practice. The Engineer of 2020 urges the engineering profession to recognize what engineers can build for the future through a wide range of leadership roles in industry, government, and academia not just through technical jobs. www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10999

9. Body of Knowledge • Appendix L.Sustainability, Civil Engineering • Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, • ASCE, 2008.

10. ASCE Vision 2025 & Roadmap The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 Entrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s • economic and social engine -- the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the • public, private, and academic sectors; • managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, • accidents, and other threats; and • leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental • and infrastructure policy www.asce.org/PPLContent.aspx?id=2147486914

11. ASCE Policy on Sustainability • Policy 418, The Role of the Civil Engineer in Sustainable Development: “sustainable development requires strengthening and broadening the education of engineers and finding innovative ways to achieve beneficial development while conserving and preserving natural resources” • Policy 488, Greenhouse Gases: “The American Society of Civil Engineers supports the following public and private sector strategies and efforts to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=7083

12. Owners and Public Need • Authoritative Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering, which will be provided by ASCE through Civil Engineering Certification, Inc. • Authoritative Rating of Infrastructure Projects for Sustainability, which is being developed by ASCE/ACEC/APWA as the basis for a U.S. National Standard www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=2147486190 www.ansi.org

13. Discussion Questions • How does the ASCE Code of Ethics require and enforce sustainable development? • What are the values of professional certification in sustainable engineering to the professional and to the public? • How are the professions and public protected from phony certifications?

14. Outline • Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line • Demands for Sustainable Engineering • Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering

15. Course Objectives and Context • Your CERTIFICATE will document your mastery of the TRANSFORMATIONAL concepts of sustainable engineering • This course is the first in the planned program for Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering • Professional CERTIFICATION will be based on rigorous assessment of knowledge and skills

16. Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Objectives • To understand sustainability and its triple bottom line • To understand strategic contribution to projects • To provide a valuable professional certificate • To obtain access to the knowledge base and program for professional certification

17. Modules of the Course • Introduction: Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering and Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering • Transformational Projects: Examples of and rationale for the Transformational approach to sustainable engineering • Trends and Issues: economic, environmental and social concerns for sustainability • Earth Systems: the earth’s natural life support systems and how engineers apply principles of sustainability to preserve them

18. Modules of the Course • Five Capitals: supporting economic growth sustainably • Social Factors: The Community • Social Factors: Individual Behavior • Sustainability Quadrant: human development and its ecological footprint • Moving Toward Sustainability: addressing sustainability in infrastructure sectors • Project Pathway and Performance: doing the right thing and the thing right

19. Modules of the Course • Life Cycle Cost/Benefit Assessment • Life Cycle Environmental Assessment • Environmental Policies, Regulations and • Innovation • World View for Sustainable Development • Delivering Sustainable Projects • Leadership Perspectives • Wrap-Up

20. Examination for Certificate • Written, on-line, multiple choice examination • Tests understanding of principles and concepts of sustainability • Discussion questions with each module indicate the topics of the examination

21. Discussion Questions • What is new about sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line? • How do the Transformational and Incremental approaches to sustainability differ? • What are the benefits of your certificate for successful completion of this course? • Where is the Body of Knowledge for sustainable engineering?

22. Outline • Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line • Demands for Sustainable Engineering • Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering • Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering

23. Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering • The professional will be certified to provide professional services for sustainability • The body of knowledge is that required to design and deliver sustainable infrastructure projects. It will cover the body of knowledge for ASCE’s Sustainable Infrastructure Project Rating System • Professional licensure will be a prerequisite for certification • Certification will require passing a written examination comparable to the P.E. exam, and continuing education

24. Proposed Courses of the Program On-line courses, links to self study resources, multiple choice examinations: • Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering covering the principles and concepts of sustainability and sustainable infrastructure • Transformational Project Management covering transformational approaches to planning, design and construction; active financial, environmental and societal management delivering planned project performance

25. Proposed Courses of the Program • Community Involvement covering engagement with local groups, amenities, and minimizing impacts and nuisances • Land Use and Ecological Issues covering legal requirements, remediation, landscape and habitat preservation • Water and Air Issues covering protection of the water environment, storm water, flood hazards, water conservation, stack discharges, environmental and indoor air quality, public and workforce health • Assessments of Project Life Cycle Impacts covering economic, environmental and societal aspects of energy, materials and waste

26. Discussion Questions • What are the values to the professional and the public of Professional Certification in Sustainable Engineering? • What are the values of Rating Infrastructure Projects for Sustainability? • What is the significance of an ANSI-accredited national standard for rating infrastructure projects for sustainability?

27. References • ASCE Code of Ethics: www.asce.org/AggregateContent.aspx?id=7109 • Certification: www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=2147486190 • Sustainability: www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=7085 • ASCE Standards: www.asce.org/ProgramProductLine.aspx?id=6277

28. American National Standards Institute (ANSI): www.ansi.org/about_ansi/overview/overview.aspx?menuid=1 Sustainable Infrastructure Project Rating: look for the latest information on the ASCE website and see www.ceequal.org for the United Kingdom prototype References