New Frontier for Sustainability Ratings: Infrastructure Projects
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Public Works Association (APWA) have joined forces to form a new Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). ISI is intended to be a non-profit entity with broad-based membership of owners, practitioners, and related stakeholders who will promote sustainability in infrastructure development and redevelopment. ISI intends to create a rating system that will verify engineering projects as sustainable by examining the economic, environmental, and social impacts of the projects.
More information about the ISI can be found at www.sustainableinfrastructure.org/ and