Outline ? Three dimensions of sustainability: economic growth; environmental integrity; and social equity ? Greenhouse standards ? Environmental Labelling ? Environmental management and design ? Energy efficient technologies ? Sustainable buildings coordination group ? ISO/TC 59/SC 17 Sustainability in building construction

Certificates The Graduate Certificates in Sustainable Design are earned by completing six courses in a certificate program with a cumulative B- average. A bachelor’s degree is required for enrollment in all of the sustainable design certificates. Students who do not have a bachelor’s degree should contact the Continuing Education department at ce@the-bac.edu or (617) 585-0101 for details on how to apply for admission to the program. Susta

Introduction This Practice Guide is meant for any person interested in promoting sustainable construction; it will be particularly useful for those who are working within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 4. The Guide is organized into three sections, plus the appendix, and readers can read them in any order or combination. The Guide begins with an overview of the construction industry and its economic and environmental impacts. The second section considers the national and regional contexts for state and sub-state policies; the Obama administration will likely impact this arena and policymakers who can respond swiftly will reap the benefits. The Guide concludes with suggestions for crafting policies and instituting practices. These recommendations are based on a survey of current sustainable construction regulations and practices in the EPA Region 4. Detailed case studies of the policies and practices of governmental, private, and educational sectors of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia are included in the appendix. All information is current through 2008 and, because rapid change is expected in this area, the CEPM hopes to provide updates as often as possible.

Abstract Most academics, who as researchers and teachers dedicate their lives to information sharing, would likely agree with much of the hacker ethic, which is a belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good and there is an ethical duty to share expertise by writing free and open-source code and facilitating access to information wherever possible. However, despite a well-established gift culture similar to that of the open source software movement in academic publishing and the tenure process many academics fail to openly provide the “source” (e.g. data sets, literature reviews, detailed experimental methodologies, designs, and open access to results) of their research. Closed research is particularly egregious when it could be used to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world and this transition is hobbled by antiquated research methodologies that slow the diffusion of innovation. To overcome this challenge, this paper reports on several experiments to embrace the use of open source methodologies in research for applied sustainability

التقنيات المتناهية الصغر لأغراض التنمية والبيئة   ·   أولا: التقنيات المتناهية الصغر وما يمكن ان تقدمه ·    ثانيا: ماهية الفوائد المتوقعة للبلدان النامية :     إعداد الاستاذ الدكتور محمد علي الانباري جامعة بابل آذار 2007