Georgia Institute of Technology

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.

The small, camouflaged house on Ferst Drive, just west of Dalney Street, has a long and evolving history woven into the fabric of the campus.

The Living Building at Georgia Tech has reached a major milestone, with the approval of the schematic design. Approved by Georgia Tech’s Planning and Design Commission in December, the schematic design essentially provides a working blueprint for what is anticipated to be the most environmentally advanced research and educational building ever constructed in the Southeast.  

Sustainability and the arts were at the forefront of highlights during the Staff Council’s third Inform Georgia Tech event on Nov. 15.