{"469151":{"#nid":"469151","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech moves forward with new \u2018Living Building\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s environmental profile is increasing thanks to two significant developments. For starters, the university is moving forward with its Living Building Challenge to develop a building on its campus that would use a net zero of energy and a net zero of water.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Oct. 22, Georgia Tech issued a request for qualifications (Step 1) and a request for proposals (Step 2) for \u201cThe Living Building at Georgia Tech.\u201d The project is the dream of the Kendeda Fund, which provided a $30 million grant for the Living Building Challenge 3.0 \u2014 a venture that will become a research and educational center for the campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe RFQ and RFP stated that the building alone would cost an estimated $18.6 million and would have 42,500 square feet of space. The solicitation packages for the project are due Nov. 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech would then evaluate the proposals and issue notifications to the semifinalists by Nov. 20. The plan calls for design professionals to be selected and ready to start work on the building\u2019s construction documents by March 2016. And the goal is to have the building open by the middle of 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-11-12 09:16:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:49","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/column-georgia-tech-moves-forward-with-new-living-building\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"368121":{"id":"368121","type":"image","title":"Tech Green and Clough","body":null,"created":"1449245827","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:17:07","changed":"1475895107","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:47","alt":"Tech Green and Clough","file":{"fid":"74893","name":"14c10001-p1-013.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":693493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg?itok=T7gry0uQ"}}},"media_ids":["368121"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}