Briefing on Sustainable Infrastructure
Practice, Education and Research for Sustainable Infrastructure (PERSI)

High performance infrastructure is essential for high performance buildings.  As America renews its vital infrastructure facilities, it is important to do so sustainably.  PERSI is an initiative of the infrastructure community to advance and incorporate concepts and knowledge of sustainability into the standards and practices used throughout the life cycle of infrastructure systems. 

 

March 17, 2009 - 12 noon-2:00 pm

U.S. House of Representatives

                                                           

Moderator
Reginald Vachon, Past President ASME, Chair, PERSI

Welcoming Remarks
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Co-Chairs, High Performance Buildings Congressional Caucus

Overview of PERSI
Richard Wright, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, PERSI Director

PERSI’s immediate objectives are to identify the best current practices for today’s use in planning, design, construction operation and maintenance of infrastructure systems, and to develop agendas for improvement of these practices, research to provide vitally needed knowledge, and education of the current and future infrastructure workforce. Additional information is available at www.persi.us. [Download Presentation]

Measuring the Sustainability of Infrastructure
Barbara Lippiatt, Economist, NIST

PERSI’s Task Committee on Measurement is developing an assessment protocol to assist in the identification and improvement of best current practices.

Audience Discussion with Panel of PERSI Participating Organizations.

 

Participation in PERSI is available to all organizations involved in the development and application of standards and practices for infrastructure.  Sixteen leading professional societies, companies and agencies currently are participating.