Should you recycle pizza boxes? How can your trips to Starbucks get greener? And how can you help plan Georgia Tech's 2012 Earth Day celebration? Read about these things and more in this month's issue of the Recycling Buzz from the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling.
Read or download the January issue now (pdf).
Both the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and
Schneider Electric are currently accepting applications for events being hosted
this summer.
Drivers of electric vehicles may now recharge their systems at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.
The pilot installation project, in partnership with Recharge Solutions Int’l LLC (RSI), provides a level II, 240-volt electric vehicle charging system, as well as a 110-volt electric fleet charging system for Georgia Tech service vehicles.
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), of which Georgia Tech is a member through the National Collegiate Athletic Association, is now accepting entries to its new business plan competition, the $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge.
How many tons of waste were diverted from landfills this fall thanks to the Gameday Recyling Program? How can you update your wardrobe in a sustainable way? Learn this and more in 2011's last issue of The Recycling Buzz from the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recyling.
View or download this month's issue (PDF).
The Georgia Institute of Technology is joining other leading
Atlanta organizations to participate in the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge
(Atlanta BBC). The goal of the challenge is to reduce by 20 percent the energy and water
usage of existing downtown buildings by 2020, and to inspire others
to follow. Twenty buildings in downtown
Atlanta are expected to participate in phase one of the initiative.
Clean
energy can help meet growing electricity demand and minimize pollution in the southern
United States, but progress to adopt renewable energy strategies has been
hindered by a number of myths, according to a new study by Georgia Tech and
Duke University researchers.
The University System of Georgia has approved a new PhD
degree with a major in Building Construction at Georgia Tech, the first such
offering in the nation. Housed within the College of Architecture and the
School of Building Construction, the program is now accepting applications for
fall 2012 admission.
Students received their award for their plan, "Action Plan for the Fort McPherson Community," for the closing army base located in south Atlanta bordering East Point, Georgia.
A major focus of this studio was an approach to redevelopment of Fort McPherson from the perspective of the neighboring communities and how future development can complement surrounding community characteristics rather than considering redevelopment of the base in isolation, as most plans have.
The Georgia Institute of Technology is joining 32 other leading institutions
today to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. The goal is to invest a
cumulative total of one billion dollars in self-managed, green revolving funds
that finance energy-efficiency upgrades on campus.