{"316481":{"#nid":"316481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives Top Green Honors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBecoming a tradition in itself, Georgia Tech has once again earned accolades for its efforts in sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Princeton Review named Tech to its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/green-honor-roll.aspx\u0022\u003Eseventh annual Green Honor Roll\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the year 2015. Tech was one of 24 colleges and universities receiving the highest possible score of 99. More than 800 schools were evaluated for the annual listing. Tech has made the Green Honor Roll since the Princeton Review began tracking its Green Ratings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has also earned a place in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sierraclub.org\/coolschools\u0022\u003ESierra Club\u2019s Top 10 Cool Schools list\u003C\/a\u003E, which spotlights universities placing an emphasis on environmental responsibility. This is the third year Tech has been included on the list, this year at No. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is a real honor to be nationally recognized throughout the years for all of the Institute\u2019s efforts in sustainability which truly permeates just about all that we do here at Tech,\u201d said Steve Swant, executive vice president for the Division of Administration and Finance. \u201cSustainability is an ongoing effort and everyone\u2019s responsibility \u2013 not just a project here and there. We are proud of our commitment to doing the right thing for the Georgia Tech campus, our community and the environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Tech\u2019s past green honors, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/awards\u0022\u003Egreenbuzz.gatech.edu\/awards\u003C\/a\u003E, or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egreenbuzz.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech was named to the 2015 Princeton Review\u0027s Green Honor Roll and the Sierra Club\u0027s Top 10 Cool Schools.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech was named to the 2015 Princeton Review\u0027s Green Honor Roll and the Sierra Club\u0027s Top 10 Cool Schools."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2014-08-18 13:40:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256981":{"id":"256981","type":"image","title":"Campus Garden","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1475894936","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:56","alt":"Campus Garden","file":{"fid":"198243","name":"agriculture.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/agriculture_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/agriculture_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1251004,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/agriculture_0.jpg?itok=7vDtnjND"}}},"media_ids":["256981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/","title":"Green Buzz"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"168962","name":"sierra club"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rpocklington@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERachael Pocklington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}