“Green engineering: Defining the principles”— resdts from the sandestin conference

During the week of May 19, 2003, approximately 65 engineers and scientists convened at the Sandestin Resort in Florida for the first conference on “Green Engineering: Defining the Principles,” sponsored by Engineering Conferences international. Overfour days, a series of oral and poster presentations inspired discussion of green engineering principles. Each day attendees met during breakout sessions to discuss specific elements of green engineering principles. By the end of the conference, a set of nine collectively agreed upon principles that summarized all breakout session discussions had been compiled. These represent a majority view of green engineering principles as determined during the Sandestin deliberations, and should not be construed as individual opinions of any of the participants or sponsors. The Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy (Los Alamos National Laboratory), and the Green Chemistry institute, all provided funds to support the meeting.