{"62406":{"#nid":"62406","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Annual Green Report Card Grades Tech an A-","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech continues to receive national attention for its commitment to sustainability, and this week was no different.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute garnered an overall grade of \u0022A-\u0022 on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenreportcard.org\/\u0022\u003E2011 College Sustainability Report Card\u003C\/a\u003E, also known as the Green Report Card. The Sustainable Endowments Institute issues the annual report to measure sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 330 national colleges and universities are graded in nine categories, ranging from Climate Change \u0026amp; Energy, Green Building and Food \u0026amp; Recycling to Administration, Investment Priorities and Student Involvement. In eight of the nine categories, Tech earned an \u0022A\u0022 grade, added with a \u0022C\u0022 in Shareholder Engagement.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchools with an average grade of \u0022A-\u0022 or better across all categories are recognized as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenreportcard.org\/report-card-2011\/awards\u0022\u003EOverall College Sustainability Leaders\u003C\/a\u003E. Across the country, 52 institutions earned this distinction; for the region, only the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Furman University were awarded top-tier status. Seven schools received an A \u2014 the highest grade given.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute garnered an overall grade of \u0022A-\u0022 on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenreportcard.org\/\u0022\u003E2011 College Sustainability Report Card\u003C\/a\u003E, also known as the Green Report Card. The Sustainable Endowments Institute issues the annual report to measure sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Sustainable Endowments Institute measures sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-10-29 08:18:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:38","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/greenbuzz","title":"Green Buzz, Georgia Tech\\\u0027s Sustainability Web Site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stewardship.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Environmental Stewardship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9138","name":"environmental stewardship"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}