Georgia Institute of Technology

This fall, Georgia Tech ranked No. 43 in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges and was also featured in the 2018 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 399 Green Colleges.

Embodying the philosophy of the Living Building Challenge – to change how humans interact with the built environment – Georgia Tech is applying principles and lessons well beyond the project’s boundaries.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design will have an impact far greater than the Georgia Tech community—it is meant to transform the entire Southeastern United States. One way to impact our region, and in particular our state, is to engage with K-12 schools. CEISMC will create an outreach curriculum pertaining to The Kendeda Building. This curriculum connects the State of Georgia’s teaching standards directly with biologically-inspired elements of the Living Building Challenge to help guide students’ understanding of how nature and science can help solve the many challenges of achieving Living Building Challenge certification.

Georgia Tech welcomes Shan Arora as the director for The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

Beginning Monday, May 7, State Street will be closed from Ferst Street for approximately 500 feet heading north.

The earth is finally beginning to make way for The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

Southface presented one of its Fulcrum Awards to the Georgia Institute of Technology for the Kendeda Building project.

This fall, the Office of Solid Waste Management & Recycling, Building Services, and the Office of Campus Sustainability launched a pilot composting project in the Roger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB).

Thursday marked the beginning of the construction phase of The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. Formerly referred to as the Living Building at Georgia Tech, the project is on track to become the first Living Building Challenge 3.1-certified facility of its size and function in the Southeast.

Later this summer, the Living Building at Georgia Tech will near the end of the design development phase signaling another major milestone in the evolution of what is expected to be the most environmentally advanced educational and research facility built in the Southeast. The project team anticipates construction starting later this fall.