The steering committee of this workshop consists of the following people:

1. Dr Esther Obonyo (Chair), University of Florida
2. Dr Derrick Tate (Co-Chair), Texas Tech
3. Dr Lakshmi Reddi (Co-Chair), University of Central Florida
4. Dr Amon Makenya (Co-Chair), Ardhi University (Tanzania)
5. Eng Alex Ndama (Co-Chair), National Housing Building Research Agency (Tanzania)
6. Saidi Msangi, AQE Associates (Tanzania)
7. Bonaventure Baya, National Environmental Management Council (Tanzania)
8. Satprem Maïni , Auroville-Earth/ UNESCO
9. Dr Mang Tia, University of Florida
10. Dr Charles Kibert , University of Florida