ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition

 

About the competition

The ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition (SSC) inspires students to solve realistic problems in the civil engineering realm by stimulating the development of knowledge in sustainable practices on a platform that encourages multi-disciplinary collaboration.

The SSC encourages students to be innovative and creative and use all resources available to deliver outstanding sustainable solutions that integrate engineering and natural systems working in harmony for the benefit of humanity.

2027 Topic

This year’s competition is a simulated competitive grant application. Teams will emulate a municipality, transportation planning organization, special district, or other government public authority and propose real-life projects that they would like to see implemented using sustainable practices within their own communities. The fictional 2027 Sustainable Surface Mobility Grant program uses the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision framework to serve as the basis to assess sustainability. 

Rules and RFIs

The format of this competition is intended to simulate a grant application for a sustainable project within a team’s community. Eligible projects must be an infrastructure construction project with a nexus primarily focused on improving surface mobility. The sustainability goals for the competition are an integral part of these rules.

The competition provides an application questions period so that student teams can ask questions about the rules as needed. See the rules document for how and when to send application questions as well as how to access the responses.

If you have any questions about the Sustainable Solutions Competition, please contact us [email protected].

 

View the 2027 Rules

2027 Sustainable Solutions Competition Intent Form