Future Cities and Sustainable Development
Future City Competition
http://www.futurecity.org/
As a part of the events leading up to National Engineers Week, The Future City regional
(N. California) competition was held on campus on Saturday, January 28, 2006. Teams
of seventh and eighth grade students used SimCity software to design their city models,
and then they constructed physical models of them. The contest is judged is based on a
computer evaluation of the city, the computer city design, the city model, team
presentations and project essays/abstracts written by the students on their project. The
aim of the contest is to further student interest in engineering and science.
One of the objectives of the Future City competition is to create a model city that would
work in harmony with the environment instead of against it—it will be “sustainable”
instead of “harmful.” The city will be energy efficient and recycled materials are used
for construction.
The regional winner participated in the national competition in Washington, D.C. Feb.
22, 2006.
For more about National Engineers’ Week,
National Engineers Week (February 19-25th)
http://eweek.org/
The Library Exhibit
SCU’s Civil Engineering department, the University Library, Environmental Studies
department, University Operations department and the Cypress Residential Learning
Community collaborated to present an exhibit and event covering sustainable building
practices and sustainable living in conjunction with the Future City Competition.
Thank you to Steve Chisea (Civil Engineering), Virginia Madzek, and Sean Watts
(Environmental Studies Institute), Joe Sugg (Operations), and Lester Deanes (Cypress
RLC) for their contributions to this project.
Sustainability on The SCU Campus
Environmental Studies Institute
http://www.scu.edu/envs/
Sustainability at SCU
http://www.scu.edu/sustainability/index.cfm
Web Resources
Sustainable or Green Buildings
Build it Green
http://www.builditgreen.org/
BuildingGreen.com
http://www.buildinggreen.com/
EduTracks: Green Building + Sustainability Education
http://www.edutracks.com/
Environmental Building Design and Construction Portal
http://www.yourhomeplanet.com/
Green Building: Builders, Consumers and Realtors – Primer (Building Environmental
Science and Technology)
http://www.energybuilder.com/greenbld.htm
Green Building Design and Construction (California State Government site)
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/
Green Building Encyclopedia
http://www.whygreenbuildings.com/
Green Building Press (Green Building and Sustainable Construction Information)
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/
International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment
http://greenbuilding.ca/
oikos: Green Building Source
http://oikos.com/
SustainableABC.com: Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture
http://sustainableabc.com/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Green Buildings
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/greenbuilding/
U.S. Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/
Other Sustainable Web Resources
ESW – Engineers for a Sustainable World
http://www.esustainableworld.org/
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy (an open access e-Journal for sustainable
solutions)
http://ejournal.nbii.org/
UC Berkeley Library – Environmental Design Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html
6/9/2006
Susan K. Boyd
Engineering/Math Subject Specialist
Michel Orradre Library
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0500
408-554-4067
skboyd@scu.edu