sustainability

A smartphone app and related study for Atlanta bicyclists has won the first-ever Excellence in Innovation / Research of the Year Award from the Young Professionals in Transportation organization.

Patricia Mokhtarian, professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at how the addition of a big box store reduced carbon emissions in Davis, California.

Assistant professor Kari Watkins said Georgia needs the political will to invest in building bullet trains before the high-speed links will happen in the state. And that’s the hardest part.

Georgia Tech is one of only six higher education campuses in the nation to receive the GS-42 certification.

Georgia Tech will celebrate its 19th annual Earth Day Festival on April 22, starting at 10 a.m.

The Student Government Association's Sustainability Committee is offering up to $10,000 for student led-projects that offer feasible, innovative ideas for improving Georgia Tech’s sustainability efforts.

The environmental justice movement is concerned with making sure no community takes on an unfair share of environmental burdens and that environmental benefits are shared equitably, regardless of race, class, gender, or orientation.

The Living Building at Georgia Tech has reached a major milestone, with the approval of the schematic design.

Tech earned recognition as a Tree Campus USA for 2016 from the Arbor Day Foundation.

Earth Day at Georgia Tech will celebrate its 20th year in April, and part of the tradition is honoring those on campus doing outstanding environmental work.