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ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK
COLUMN
Erin McConahey
How U.N. Sustainable
Development Goals
Apply to HVAC Engineers
BY ERIN MCCONAHEY, P.E., HBDP, FELLOW ASHRAE
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the United Nations
in 2015 as a global commitment to align actions of improvement around " the 5 P's " :
poverty, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.1 Adopted by 193 countries as the
augmented replacement of the expiring agreements related to the eight Millennium
Goals,1 the 2030 Agenda established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (Figure 1)
with their 169 subordinate targets to specify the desired outcomes. While the traditional language of development is often seen as related to large-scale infrastructure
projects around transport, water and energy supply, it would be an oversight to minimize the role of buildings in the achievement of the U.N. SDGs.
Although the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development was developed in consultation among government, non-governmental, and civil society organizations, planning and progress is reported at a national
level. One can rightly ask what action a company or
a professional organization might take to support its
goals. While many engineering organizations in other
nations have stated their support for achieving the U.N.
SDGs, here in the U.S., the American Society of Civil
Engineers leads in its adoption of policy statements
explicitly related to sustainable development and the
2030 Agenda:
* Policy Statement 5172 supporting the " implementation of the civil engineering aspects of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) " ; and
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* Policy Statement 4183 listing the principles that
should guide the role of the civil engineer in sustainable
development, namely " Do the Right Project " and " Do the
Project Right. "
The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and
Sustainable Buildings
ASHRAE has been at the forefront of articulating
the building-level aspects of sustainability for many
years, as evidenced with its clear leadership on the
2018 International Green Construction Code (IgCC),4
which is " powered by " ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES
Standard 189.1-2017. It is thus worthwhile (Table 1) to
Erin McConahey, P.E., is a principal in mechanical engineering at Arup, Los Angeles.
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