Recent news

Department of Housing Works for LEED Certification

Freeman Residence Hall is one of the facilities that has been submitted for LEED certification.
Nov 15, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
Residence halls are becoming more eco-friendly with renovations

Arbor Day Foundation Selects Tech to Receive 75 Trees

Georgia Tech was one of the first universities to receive the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus USA certification.
Nov 02, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
Student organizations, staff and university leadership will help with November 6 planting

Annual Green Report Card Grades Tech an A-

Oct 29, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
The Sustainable Endowments Institute measures sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Honors Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech received Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s first River Sustainability Award for the university’s significant investment in and leadership on behalf of water and energy efficiency as exemplified by campus sustainability programs. Shown (left to right)  Aris Georgakakos, Director, Georgia Water Resources Institute; Marcia Kinstler, Georgia Tech sustainability director; Bert Bras, director, Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Center and Mike Eckert, venture fellow with Georgia Tech’s Ventu
Sep 28, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
UCR recognizes Tech at the organization’s 16th Annual Patron Appreciation Dinner

Georgia Tech Green Cleaning Launches New Website

Aug 13, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
Highlighting a program that has received both local and national recognition for sustainable practices

Princeton Review Names Georgia Tech One of Greenest Colleges in U.S.

Aug 06, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of 18 colleges and universities named to Princeton Review’s 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll.

Georgia Tech Students Advance To FInal Round Of Clean Energy Business Competition

Georgia Tech students developed a distribution system for bike share programs.  The new technology, called viaCycle, tracks bikes and allows for easy distribution of bikes in an urban setting.
May 12, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech will be one of five teams that will compete to win the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize

Georgia Tech Named Tree Campus USA

Dec 07, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Arbor Day Foundation honors Georgia Tech for the second straight year

Georgia Tech Recycling Program Wins Award

Nov 09, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech wins a Keep Georgia Beautiful award in the waste reduction and recycling category.

Georgia Tech Building Construction 5K

Aug 17, 2009 - Student Center
Green Awareness 5K Run/Walk to benefit HomeAid