Energy Committees

Mission

The mission of the ASCE Energy Division is to provide leadership on technical, professional and policy issues that bear on energy in all its forms and uses. To do this, the Energy Division will:

• Promote the integrated planning and management of safe, efficient energy systems consistent with social, economic and environmental objectives and constraints;
• Advance the role of the civil engineer in the siting, design, construction, and operation of facilities for the extraction, conversion, generation, distribution, and use of sustainable energy resources;
• Collaborate with other ASCE units and external organizations with similar goals.

Sustainability Goal

ASCE's Energy Division's sustainability goal is to raise members’ awareness and application of ASCE’s sustainability policies by increasing their knowledge and providing education on the applications of relevant guidelines in the energy and related fields

Executive Committee

Administrative Committees

• Awards committee

Technical Committees

• Committee on Performance Based Structural Fire Design
• Committee on Land Development Practices in Renewable Energy
• Committee on Water Power
• Task committee for Large Turbine Generator Foundations
• TC onshore Heavy Industrial Modularization Guidelines
• TC on Design of Blast Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities
• TC on Seismic Evaluation and Design of Petrochemical Facilities
• TC On Structural Fire Design For Petrochemical Facilities

History

The Energy Division was authorized as Power Division on June 20, 1922 and the name changed to Energy Division on July 14, 1978.