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 TRACKS 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