Georgia Institute of Technology

A lush green space will soon emerge from what was formerly the Beringhause Building and two surface parking lots. This renewal project will be purposely located due west of The Kendeda Building and will complement the regenerative principles of the Living Building Challenge.

A lush green space will soon emerge from what was formerly the Beringhause Building and two surface parking lots. This renewal project will be purposely located due west of The Kendeda Building and will complement the regenerative principles of the Living Building Challenge.

The building is the first of its kind on the Southeast and designed to meet the Living Building Challenge 3.1 performance standards.

The Kendeda Building goes beyond sustainability to be a regenerative building that gives back more than it takes from the environment.

Construction on campus continues this fall with the development of the northwest section of the Eco-Commons.

Representatives from leading world universities — including Georgia Tech — will convene today at Rutgers University - Newark to participate in the University Global Compact (UGC)’s 17 Rooms-U, hosted in partnership with the United Nations.

Located just off State Street near the future Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, the deck features approximately 800 permit/visitors spaces, 22 electric vehicle charging stations and license plate recognition technology.

The Wall Street Journal highlights Georgia Tech and the Kendeda Fund’s efforts to create a self-sufficient building.

The falling cost of solar power has led to a boom in recent years, with more and more photovoltaic panels popping up on rooftops and backyard solar farms around the world.

But what happens to all of those solar panels in a couple of decades when they reach the end of their useful life? And what about electronic devices with even shorter life spans?

Those questions are at the heart of new research released by a team at Georgia Institute of Technology, where researchers looked into the impact of government policies put in place to reduce the amount of electronics waste filling up landfills.

“There is a lot of concern in sustainability circles that manufacturers are making things with shorter and shorter life spans, and products are perhaps even intentionally made to become obsolete to induce replacement purchases,” said Beril Toktay, a professor at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business.

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