Council on Standards & Certifications Conducts Meetings in Brussels

ASME’s Council on Standards and Certification held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 12 October, 2011, marking the first time the Council has met outside North America. The meeting was held in Brussels in order to raise awareness of ASME’s activities in a vital market, as well as to engage strategic stakeholders and potential collaborators… Read more

From the ASME President: the Energy-Water Nexus

Many believe the world will soon face a serious shortage of both energy and water. Expected shortages in energy have driven much research activity in alternative fuels and energy efficiency and conservation in recent years… Read more

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ASME’s Council on Standards and Certification held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 12 October, 2011, marking the first time the Council has met outside North America. The meeting was held in Brussels in order to raise awareness of ASME’s activities in a vital market, as well as to engage strategic stakeholders and potential collaborators.

During the Council meeting, speakers were brought in from organisations including the U.S. Mission to the European Union, the World Trade Organisation, the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO), the World Nuclear Association, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and the U.S. Commercial Service.

On the margins of the Council meeting, Standards & Certification volunteers and staff conducted meetings with key offices within the European Commission and CEN to discuss policy and standardization issues in order to help ensure that ASME’s standards and conformity assessment programs are technically aligned with, and accepted as equivalent to, other relevant standards within the European Union and elsewhere around the globe.

Victoria A. Rockwell, ASME President

Many believe the world will soon face a serious shortage of both energy and water. Expected shortages in energy have driven much research activity in alternative fuels and energy efficiency and conservation in recent years.

From the perspective of supply, energy and water are interconnected and interdependent, prompting engineers, policymakers and environmentalists concerned about sustainability issues to often discuss these resources in a common conversation. Energy production requires water for mining, refining and power plant cooling, and in turn, water management requires energy for pumping, transport and treatment. Therefore, we speak of the energy-water nexus.

Several leading organisations, including the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy, have been steering the debate regarding the interdependence of energy and water and sponsoring effective, technology-based energy and water management programmes. And now ASME has stepped to the forefront, creating various forums to inform and educate engineers and scientists on the energy-water nexus. ASME has formed the Energy-Water Nexus Interdisciplinary Council, which seeks to expedite the development of technological solutions that reduce the consumption of energy and water.

The Energy-Water Nexus Interdisciplinary Council had a strong presence at the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, held 11-17 November, in Denver. The Council sponsored roundtables to discuss best practices for minimizing the use of fresh water for the cooling of thermal power plants. The Congress keynote event on 14 November brought together three experts to examine the critical interconnection of energy and water and the challenges faced by the United States and other countries to ensure future supplies of both resources. The keynote panelists — John G. Voeller of Black & Veatch, Mike Hightower of Sandia National Laboratories, and Michael E. Webber of the University of Texas at Austin — covered a broad range of subjects pertaining to the theme, “Energy and Water: Two Vital Commodities,” including energy requirements for water treatment, life-cycle management, and the role of public policy in providing access to clean water and energy.

The energy-water focus continued in the technical programme of the 2011 ASME Congress, with presentations on power-plant cooling, electricity-water modeling, desalination, and “smart water,” among other topics.

Engineers have much to contribute to the energy-water nexus and must play a significant role in ensuring future supplies of both commodities in the years ahead. ASME stands ready to support their efforts.

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Speakers table during the opening session

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