The SanDestin Conference on Green Engineering has successfully concluded.  Copies of some of the presentations are available, and where provided can be found within the program listing.

A set of Principles of Green Engineering have been produced as a result of the conference.  A report of the conference is also available at www.enviro.utoledo.edu/Green/SanDestin summary.pdf.  A news article describing the results of the conference, including the principles, has also been reported in Chemical and Engineering News.

"Green engineering is the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products, which are feasible and economical while minimizing 1) generation of pollution at the source and 2) risk to human health and the environment. The discipline embraces the concept that decisions to protect human health and the environment can have the greatest impact and cost effectiveness when applied early to the design and development phase of a process or product."

This conference seeks to bring together Engineers from a variety of disciplines that can discuss green engineering from a broad perspective and define its principles. This conference is sponsored by Engineering Conferences International, with co-sponsorship from AIChE, SAE, and ASME. 

Conference themes

·       Theme 1 (Drivers): What are the drivers for green engineering and how consistent are they across various engineering disciplines?

·       Theme 2 (Metrics and Tools): How do we measure progress and evaluate performance?  What are the metrics to determine the “greenness” of a product or process? What are the tools that are unique to green engineering?  How can they be applied across various disciplines?  What are their limitations?

·       Theme 3 (Connecting Process to Product): The connection between the process/product design and improvements to the environment (i.e. “systems approaches”).