{"73870":{"#nid":"73870","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is joining other leading\nAtlanta organizations to participate in the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge\n(Atlanta BBC). The goal of the challenge is to reduce by 20 percent the energy and water\nusage of existing downtown buildings by 2020, and to inspire others\nto follow. Twenty buildings in downtown\nAtlanta are expected to participate in phase one of the initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nLamar Allen Sustainable Education Building (SEB) will be Georgia Tech\u2019s\nparticipant in the Atlanta BBC. Opened in 1998, the 33,000-square-foot\nstructure was one of the first commercial buildings in the U.S. to\nutilize autoclaved aerated concrete block construction, a lightweight, precast\nbuilding material that simultaneously provides structure, insulation and fire\nand mold resistance. The building now serves as a living laboratory for energy\nefficient education, research and application of sustainable technologies. It houses classrooms, computer labs and offices for the School of Civil\nand Environmental Engineering.\u0026nbsp;At\n33,000 square feet, its size is typical of 80 percent of commercial buildings\nin the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Facilities\u0027 Energy Conservation Team completed an energy audit on the\nSEB prior to learning about the Better Buildings Challenge. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur\noriginal intent was to retro-commission the building to make it more energy\nefficient,\u201d said Chuck Rhode. vice president for facilities management. \u201cHowever,\nparticipating in the Better Buildings Challenge provides Georgia Tech the\nopportunity to showcase that retro-commissioning, recommended every five years,\ntypically reduces energy consumption by 15 percent, has an average 8\u201315 month payback and provides the opportunity to retune a building for the end users\u2019\nevolving needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs\na leading research university, it is important that Georgia Tech continues\nreducing our energy consumption and demonstrating financial stewardship while\neducating the future leaders of the world about sustainable building\npractices,\u201d said Amir Rahnamay-Azar, senior vice president of administration\nand finance. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has gained a national reputation for embracing and promoting\ncross-disciplinary sustainability practices on the campus, in the classroom and\nin the laboratory. For four consecutive years, the Princeton Review has named\nGeorgia Tech to its Green Honor Roll, one of only a handful of universities to\nreceive such recognition. Among many other highlights, Tech has also\nbeen designated a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta BBC is part of the Department of\nEnergy\u2019s Better Building Initiative and is co-sponsored by Atlanta Mayor\nKasim Reed, the Mayor\u2019s Office of Sustainability, Central Atlanta Progress and other\nleading business and community organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Lamar Allen Sustainable Education Building will be Georgia Tech\u2019s participant.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Lamar Allen Sustainable Education Building will be Georgia Tech\u2019s participant."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-12-12 10:46:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74057":{"id":"74057","type":"image","title":"Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46","alt":"Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge","file":{"fid":"193757","name":"abbc_300px.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/abbc_300px_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/abbc_300px_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":87153,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/abbc_300px_0.jpg?itok=QPXYu2nP"}},"73869":{"id":"73869","type":"image","title":"Lamar Allen Sustainable Education Building","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894681","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:41","alt":"Lamar Allen Sustainable Education Building","file":{"fid":"193752","name":"dscn4811.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dscn4811_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dscn4811_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2643562,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dscn4811_0.jpg?itok=PdUfJzSS"}}},"media_ids":["74057","73869"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www1.eere.energy.gov\/buildings\/betterbuildings\/","title":"Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantabbc.com\/","title":"Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge"},{"url":"http:\/\/stewardship.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Office of Environmental Stewardship"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15317","name":"atlanta better building challenge"},{"id":"9138","name":"environmental stewardship"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"15316","name":"lamar allen sustainable education building"}],"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:marcia.kinstler@business.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMarcia Kinstler\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESustainability Director\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Environmental Stewardship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}