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Goal: To assure that engineering communities, educators, the general public, and public policy makers have the best-available information, analysis, sound engineering advice and recommendations regarding the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change.
Project Objectives: Enable enhanced engagement of the Founders Societies and engineering communities by answering the following questions:
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What is the best way to manage and mitigate GHG emissions associated with the use of energy systems for electricity and transportation and buildings.
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What are the new and future technologies and the gaps and barriers to implementation?
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What are the metrics and system boundaries that should be used to monitor and manage progress towards the emission targets (including technical and societal dimensions)?
The project will impart non-biased, balanced technical expertise into both technical and non-technical programs conducted outside of the Founder Societies ongoing efforts on Technologies for Carbon Management, provide avenues to further promote and disseminate the excellent activities the societies have underway in carbon management, and serve as the premier bridge between engineering expertise in Carbon Management Technology and associated societal impacts of Carbon Management and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Issues.
Methodology and Approach: The Initiative will use the best systems engineering and socioeconomic practices to evaluate technology and policy options including technical, economic and societal dimensions.
Bringing together the expertise of the five engineering societies is key to the success of this initiative. Therefore, it is imperative to have expertise and perspective integrated from all of the engineering disciplines involved. This project is unique from individual society initiatives as it has been collaboratively developed from the initiation of the project. An important part of this project has been the exchanges between society participants. Each society has been represented in working to provide their expertise and this has led to changes in the participants as part of the work to bring together the appropriate team to carryout the task. A quality team has been assembled that provides an excellent basis for implementing the proposed scope of work. This effort focuses on leveraging the expertise of the different disciplines and crossing the discipline boundaries. To help meet this goal, virtual meetings, teleconferences, face-to-face meetings, and Sharepoint will all being used to the fullest extent.
