{"70942":{"#nid":"70942","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech earns a \u0027B\u0027 on Green Report Card","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sustainable Endowment Institute has awarded Georgia Tech a \u0027B\u0027 overall on its 2009 College Sustainability Report Card of 300 leading schools. Up from a \u0027C\u0027 given last year, the grade moves Tech into the Campus Sustainability Leader category. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech improved from a \u0027C\u0027 to an \u0027A\u0027 in both in the Administration and Food \u0026amp; Recycling categories. The addition of a full-time director to the Office of Environmental Stewardship along with a LEED-accredited building director, an alternative transportation manager and a recycling services manager, contributed to the \u0027A\u0027 grade in Administration. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Food \u0026amp; Recycling category was giving a boost from last year, as Tech currently purchases 40 percent of its produce and 25 percent of all food from local sources and offers organic food, along with discounts given for students\u0027 having reusable cups and shopping bags. Students also have organized a campus community agriculture program. In March, the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling won the 2008 American Forest and Paper Association College and University Paper Recycling Award. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the Green Building Category, Georgia Tech received an \u0027A,\u0027 up from a \u0027B\u0027 in 2008. Policy dictates that all new buildings and renovations will meet or exceed the U.S. Green Building Council\u0027s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards. The Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing building was LEED Gold-certified in June. To date, six building and renovation projects are LEED-registered, and six historic campus buildings have been renovated to LEED Silver standards.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022People at Georgia Tech are doing more,\u0022 said Office of Environmental Stewardship Sustainability Director Marcia Kinstler. \u0022We have a long record of sustainability and can now document these efforts better that we have been able to in years. I have seen students, faculty, researchers, staff and administration collaborating and innovating at the intersection of technology, policy, business and sustainability, living the Institute\u0027s vision to \u0027define the technological research university of the 21st century.\u0027\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the rest of the categories, Tech received a \u0027B\u0027 in Climate Change \u0026amp; Energy; an \u0027A\u0027 in Student Involvement, a new category for 2009; a \u0027B\u0027 in Transportation; an \u0027A\u0027 in Investment Priorities; and an \u0027F\u0027 in both Endowment Transparency and Shareholder Engagement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech performed on par with most of its peer institutions, with the University of Washington and Stanford University receiving the highest grade awarded (\u0027A-\u0027). Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a \u0027B+\u0027, while Carnegie Mellon and California Institute of Technology both received an overall grade of \u0027B.\u0027 Emory University received a \u0027B\u0027 and the University of Georgia received a \u0027C-\u0027. Out of 300 schools, 15 received the highest grade of an \u0027A-\u0027 and were ranked as Overall College Sustainability Leaders.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Sustainable Endowment Institute has awarded Georgia Tech a \u0027B\u0027 overall on its 2009 College Sustainability Report Card of 300 leading schools. Up from a \u0027C\u0027 given last year, the grade moves Tech into the Campus Sustainability Leader category.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech improves Green Report Card"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-09-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70943":{"id":"70943","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45"}},"media_ids":["70943"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/greenbuzz\/","title":"Green Buzz"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.greenreportcard.org\/","title":"Additional Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"492","name":"green"},{"id":"423","name":"recycle"},{"id":"1153","name":"recycling"},{"id":"1985","name":"Report Card"},{"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\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}