{"373611":{"#nid":"373611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Landscape Services Earns Accreditation in Grounds Management","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology earned three out of a possible four stars from the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Landscape Management and Operations Accreditation program. PGMS accreditation focuses on three categories: environmental stewardship, economic performance and social responsibilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech takes great pride in its efforts to protect the environment and preserve our natural resources as a core value. Our Landscape Services team has demonstrated outstanding leadership in this area and it is very gratifying to see these stewardship efforts recognized via this accreditation,\u201d said Operations and Maintenance Assistant Vice President, Mark Demyanek.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHyacinth Ide, Georgia Tech\u2019s associate director of Landscape Services and Vehicle Management, managed the extensive application submission and received the honor on behalf of the school.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe PGMS Landscape Management and Operations Accreditation program is a dynamic evaluation tool used by facilities and organizations that have a landscape services or grounds component. Through peer expertise, the program evaluates strategic grounds management principles and practices that produce and guide the delivery of properties to an attractive, sustainable and healthy state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis makes Georgia Tech only the fourth higher education institution in the country to have attained this rigorous accreditation for applying an integrated environmental management systems approach to their landscape management and operations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology earned three out of a possible four stars from the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Landscape Management and Operations Accreditation program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology earned three out of a possible four stars from the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Landscape Management and Operations Accreditation program."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2015-02-05 13:46:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:05","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"374241":{"id":"374241","type":"image","title":"Professional Grounds Management Society","body":null,"created":"1449246194","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:14","changed":"1475894382","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:42","alt":"Professional Grounds Management Society","file":{"fid":"75137","name":"pgms_soa_logo_-300x290.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pgms_soa_logo_-300x290.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pgms_soa_logo_-300x290.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58411,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pgms_soa_logo_-300x290.jpg?itok=ae4ip7TF"}}},"media_ids":["374241"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/","title":"Facilities"},{"url":"http:\/\/pgms.org\/","title":"Professional Grounds Management Society"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"117631","name":"ground maintenance"},{"id":"117621","name":"landscape services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jrose38@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Rose\u003C\/a\u003E, LEED GA\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacilities Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}