The 2012 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Congress invites scholarly interactions among academics, researchers, doctoral students, and representatives from industry, as well as think tanks, non-profit / non-governmental organization professionals to submit research abstracts and research papers.

As the fields of energy and sustainability cross over into multiple disciplines, authors are welcome to submit from a range of topics, perspectives, and disciplines. The range of research submissions may include conceptual, empirical, experimental, and case studies.

PRESCO 2012 TOPICS

Alternative energy technology
Biomass, wind and solar energy resources and technologies
Black swan: nuclear energy
Black swan: off shore drilling
Carbon footprints and carbon offsetting
Climate change policy
Consumption of resources
Corporate social responsibility
Distributed energy systems
Ecological economics
Ecological footprints
The economics of energy generation
Energy and automation
Energy conversion and management
Energy education in the classroom
Energy efficiency improvement
Energy and environmental quality
Energy-related contaminants
Energy security
Energy storage techniques
Ethics of sustainability
Fuel cells and hydrogen energy
Green buildings and the built environment
Greenhouse gases mitigation technologies
The intersection of energy and environmental policy
Kyoto Protocol: looking back on 15 years
Life cycle assessment
Market and finance of renewable energy resources
Policy making for sustainable energy
Pollutant emission control and abatement
The triple bottom line: people, planet, profit