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Image capture from the BBISS 30th Anniversary Video of the Georgia Tech Olympic Natatorium with a play button overlay.

“Thirty years ago not many folks were interested or thinking about sustainability. BBISS was. At Georgia Tech, we do cover many areas in…

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A team of Georgia Tech students and faculty members has won the U.S. Department of…

Group photo of the winning 2022 Solar Decathlon team.

The Georgia Tech student team, "English Avenue Yellow Jackets", is the 2022 Design Challenge Residential Division Grand Winner for the …

Marilyn Brown is a world-leading expert on renewable energy and energy efficiency, a transformative intellectual thinker, and one of the founders…

Drawdown Georgia logo.

The new Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker is a free, first-of-its-kind, interactive tool that shows where greenhouse gas emissions come from…

An aerial view of the Georgia Coast.

The rising sea levels along Georgia’s Savannah coast and an uptick in more severe storms during hurricane season are bellwethers to looming…

Volunteers from Students Organizing for Sustainability remove ivy from an area near The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design in April 2022.

As Earth Day approaches, it’s a great time to look for new ways to get involved with…

Students select succulents at a 2018 Earth Day event. Photo by Allison Carter

This year marks the 25th anniversary of celebrating Earth Day at Georgia Tech. A four-day…

Image of a squirrel captured as part of a biodiversity study using machine learning to identify species.

Since June, Lalith Polepeddi and Akhil Chavan have been using their skills in computer science and machine learning to help study biodiversity in…

A majority of Georgia residents strongly support new solar and wind power capacity over new coal-fired plants and believe the state should set a…