{"70977":{"#nid":"70977","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins Launch of $1 Billion \u201cGreen Challenge\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is joining 32 other leading institutions\ntoday to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. The goal is to invest a\ncumulative total of one billion dollars in self-managed, green revolving funds\nthat finance energy-efficiency upgrades on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom our focus on environmental\nstewardship in our buildings and grounds to our energy conservation and\nrecycling programs, Georgia Tech has gained a national reputation for embracing\nsustainability practices,\u201d said Steve Swant, executive vice president of\nadministration and finance. \u201cOur investment in this green revolving fund\nprogram will help support our continued sustainability efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMost recently, Georgia Tech was\nnamed as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=69135\u0022\u003Eone of 16 colleges on the Princeton Review\u2019s Green Honor Roll\u003C\/a\u003E and has \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=64462\u0022\u003Eearned Tree Campus USA recognition\u003C\/a\u003E by the Arbor Day Foundation. Besides using environmentally\nfriendly cleaning products, Georgia Tech requires that all vendors provide\ngreen products. During the 2010 season, the Institute\u2019s game day recycling\nprogram netted \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=63793\u0022\u003E21 tons of recyclables\u003C\/a\u003E during six home games. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Billion Dollar Green Challenge launches publicly on October 11 at the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/conf2011.aashe.org\/\u0022\u003EAssociation for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education\nconference in Pittsburgh\u003C\/a\u003E. With more than 2,500 participants, including\nrepresentatives of Georgia Tech, the conference is the largest gathering to\ndate on higher education sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn advance of the launch, 33 institutions, including Georgia Tech, have already\njoined the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenbillion.org\/participants\/\u0022\u003EChallenge\u2019s Founding Circle\u003C\/a\u003E by committing to invest a cumulative\ntotal of more than $65 million in green revolving funds. In addition to\nHarvard, Stanford and ASU, other Founding Circle institutions include Caltech,\nDartmouth, George Washington, Middlebury, the University of British Columbia\nand Weber State University. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Challenge is inspired by the\nexceptional performance of existing green revolving funds, which have a median\nannual return on investment of 32 percent, as documented by Greening The Bottom\nLine, a report published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is joining 32 other leading institutions today to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. 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