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Michael Chang, Associate Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) 

Meet Michael Chang, associate director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) at Georgia Tech.

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Georgia Tech’s multidisciplinary researchers (L to R) Chloé Arson, Thomas DiChristina, and Martial Taillefert near wetlands on Georgia Tech’s campus.  (Photo credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech) 

The cycle of rising temperatures leads to increases in precipitation as well as droughts.  But what impact will these weather extremes, especially…

BBISS Director John Crittenden outlines his framing of "the Gigaton Problem" and "Gigatechnology" and how using the transdisciplinary principles…

A $1 million award from the…

A student takes water samples from a reed bed at the Kendeda Builiding for Innovative Sustainable Design.

The Kendeda Building Advisory Board has awarded five micro research grants ($50 to $500) for sustainability related, small-scale, short term…

For decades, the Georgia Institute of Technology has focused on advancing artificial intelligence through interdisciplinary research and education…

Boosting Georgia's solar farms is one of 20 solutions proposed by the research team behind Georgia Drawdown. In a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences led by Regents Professor Marilyn Brown, the team found Georgia could cut its carbon footprint in half by 2030 if it fully implemented the 20 solutions.

Georgia could reduce its carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 through the adoption of 20 high-impact climate solutions identified by the Drawdown…

Georgia Tech recently achieved a STARS silver rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).…

Photo: Georgia Climate Project
EcoCommons 360 View of Hammock Area. Photo by Brice Zimmerman

At the corner of Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Drive sits a lush, green, 8-acre treasure — a study in ecological sustainability, innovative pedagogy,…