{"302301":{"#nid":"302301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dedication to Sustainability Drives Swant\u0027s Leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteve Swant is not a green vigilante. He doesn\u2019t drive an electric vehicle. He sometimes uses plastic bags at the grocery store. But as executive vice president of Administration and Finance at Georgia Tech, he\u2019s doing what he can to make sure Tech is a sustainable operation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s my passion and my team\u2019s passion,\u201d said Swant, who has a background in architecture and urban planning. Swant\u2019s been at Tech since 1996 and, in his nearly 20 years on campus, he has watched the campus get better and smarter about its sustainability practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngineering News-Record (ENR), a leading construction information source, recently named him one of its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/enr.construction.com\/people\/awards\/2014\/0127-The-Top-25-Newsmakers.asp\u0022\u003E2014 Top 25 Newsmakers\u003C\/a\u003E for innovations and achievements in the construction industry. ENR selected Swant because of his dedication to sustainability, which he believes should be embedded in everything on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not about doing the \u2018green\u2019 thing, but the right thing for the campus,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about making sure Georgia Tech continues to exist.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven before writing his master\u2019s thesis at the University of California, Los Angeles, on how to get people to take ownership of sustainable practices, Swant has been interested in integrating sustainability into business. Earlier in his career, he planned courthouses, jails and New York City office towers. In his current position, he oversees a varied portfolio that includes capital planning and space management, housing, dining, landscaping, facilities, parking and transportation, information technology, human resources, legal affairs, and other campus services. He aims to \u201cput meaning behind the effort\u201d by organizing and optimizing these areas around campus. Though he pushes a certain sustainable agenda in his business rationale, it\u2019s not a hard sell at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m fortunate that people here are passionate about it,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s not just true for campus. In the Atlanta community, Swant fosters a partnership with the Midtown Alliance, where he sits on the organization\u2019s executive board. He\u2019s found the local construction community is also supportive of Tech\u2019s goal of cultivating a sustainable enterprise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMore and more firms are finding it\u2019s just good business,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a lot of great firms in the city that share the agenda, and when they bid on projects, they make the case that they can do it the way we need it done.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech has a special way of building on its campus, outlined in the Georgia Tech Yellow Book, a homegrown document of nearly 500 pages outlining Tech\u2019s design standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a Sustainable Campus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt times construction may seem an ever-present element of campus. While it can be the cause of temporary inconvenience, it leads to award-winning facilities and campus grounds. In the past five years, Tech has been honored repeatedly by the Princeton Review\u2019s Green Honor Roll, Tree Campus USA, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, and Sierra Magazine for its campus amenities. Specific to buildings, the Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory, Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, and North Avenue Apartments have all been the subject of positive external attention for their leading-edge design and renovations. The recognition is nice, but it\u2019s not the focus of Swant\u2019s attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI like to think we\u2019d do the same thing without the incentive of awards,\u201d he said. \u201cThe return on investment is worth it in these facilities. The key is being smart about using the available technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology employed in a new HVAC system for the Sustainable Education Building will save an estimated 10 percent in annual utilities, or $15,000 per year. An air optimization project at the Global Learning Center is projected to save $88,000 annually. At the Economic Development Building, a ventilation project currently in progress is estimated to reduce energy usage by 28 percent and save $64,000 per year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESwant thought he might spend five to seven years at Tech, but 18 years later, he\u2019s still here and still excited about the future of campus. The under-construction Engineered Biosystems Building, which will house technologically advanced biological laboratories and research space, is the beginning of a multi-building, multi-phase ecologically-focused district of the campus that will include two additional buildings and an ecocommons. The area will provide green space and reduce stormwater runoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward Wertheimer, director of Capital Planning and Space Management, has set an ambitious goal of using no potable water for irrigation on campus within five years. Wertheimer, whose department reports to Swant, is grateful to have an advocate and colleague who also believes sustainability should be inherent in Tech\u2019s built environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSteve sees the return on investment outside the spreadsheet,\u201d Wertheimer said. \u201cHe looks through a broad lens at long-term investment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from the progress being made at the Engineered Biosystems Building, Swant looks forward to the continued integration of Tech into Midtown around Tech Square, as well as revitalizing historical buildings at the core of campus and building a strategy for an enhanced Student Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to inspire more innovation and integration, and provide the right amenities and connections between the university and the community,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteve Swant, executive vice president for Administration and Finance, demonstrates leadership by combining his passion for sustainability with the relentless pursuit of a lean bottom line.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Steve Swant, executive vice president for Administration and Finance, demonstrates leadership by combining his passion for sustainability with the relentless pursuit of a lean bottom line."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-06-18 15:29:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Kristen 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The designation of the Georgia Institute of Technology as the lead\nfor one of 10 national Tier One University Transportation Centers (UTC) by the\nU.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) represents a positive step toward\ndeveloping solutions to transportation challenges facing the state and region.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded\nby a $3.5 million federal grant and\nan additional $3.5 million in matching funds from various state transportation\ndepartments, the Woodruff Foundation and others for the first two years, the\nUTC will bring together a consortium of universities in Georgia, Florida and\nAlabama including the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia\nSouthern University, Southern Polytechnic State University, Clark Atlanta\nUniversity, Spelman College, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Florida\nInternational University and University of Central Florida. Known as the\nNational Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management, the\nGeorgia Tech UTC will focus on transportation issues of importance to the\nnation, state and metropolitan areas. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a related program, Georgia Tech has\nalso been named as a collaborator in the US DOT\u2019s Regional UTC led by the\nUniversity of Florida. The University of Florida and Georgia Tech will be\njoined by Auburn University, Florida International University, University of\nNorth Carolina, North Carolina State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham\nand Mississippi State University to form a regional consortium that will focus\non transportation issues impacting the Southeast. Georgia DOT will also provide\nsome matching funds for this effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is uniquely qualified to\nlead the University Transportation Center. It is home to one of the largest and\nmost accomplished transportation and logistics research programs in the U.S.\nand\u0026nbsp;is responsible for many of the strategic improvements that have been\nmade to Georgia\u2019s\u0026nbsp;infrastructure,\u201d said Gov. Nathan Deal. \u201cI applaud the\nefforts of all of those who were involved in this important project.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording\nto Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, the UTC designation provides\nnational recognition of Georgia Tech\u2019s capabilities and expertise in contributing\nto transportation solutions for the nation, state and metropolitan area.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\nare pleased to take a leading role in working with our industry, government and\nuniversity partners to devise solutions for our state and regional\ntransportation challenges,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to thank the US Department of\nTransportation, Governor Deal, Georgia Department of Transportation, Woodruff \u0026nbsp;Foundation and the Georgia congressional\ndelegation for their support of this important work.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFunding\nfrom the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation supported the initial proposal led by a\nteam from Georgia Tech including Michael Meyer, director of the Georgia\nTransportation Institute and Civil Engineering professor; Catherine Ross,\ndirector of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development; and Ken\nStewart, senior advisor for industry. An advisory board including industry,\ngovernment and university representatives from throughout Georgia, Florida and\nAlabama also provided direction for the grant submission and will continue to\nprovide advice and counsel to the UTC.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional\nfunding for the UTC will come from the Georgia DOT, the Woodruff Foundation and\nuniversity partners. Future support will come through government, private and\ncorporate resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\npurpose of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/utc.dot.gov\/about\/index.html\u0022\u003EUTC\u003C\/a\u003E is to advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many\ndisciplines comprising transportation through research, education and\ntechnology transfer as well as provide a critical transportation knowledge base\noutside the US DOT and address vital workforce needs for the next generation of\ntransportation leaders. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research partnership will focus on safety, infrastructure and economic competitiveness"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The designation of Georgia Tech as the lead\nfor one of 10 national Tier One University Transportation Centers by the\nU.S. Department of Transportation represents a positive step toward\ndeveloping solutions to transportation challenges facing the state and region.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is the lead for one of 10 national Tier One University Transportation Centers."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-01-20 09:13:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:57","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"79671":{"id":"79671","type":"image","title":"Gov. 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She chose the cities of Cochabamba, Bolivia and Arequipa, Peru because both cities face similar difficulties with waste, water, and energy management, and both cities have dealt with anti-privatization demonstrations of basic urban services. Galewski will spend three months in Bolivia and seven months in Peru. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA native of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Galewski earned her bachelor\u0027s degree in International Development and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. 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Westside Alliance Takes Georgia Tech Civic Engagement in New Directions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s move eastward across I-75 into Midtown has shown how dramatically we can impact the health of Atlanta neighborhoods.\u0026nbsp; A new strategic initiative focused on the distressed neighborhoods on the west side of campus intends to find solutions from a different direction. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Westside Task Force, comprised of individuals from across campus, and the Westside Communities Alliance which includes external partners, are bringing new life to the Institute\u2019s engagement with surrounding neighborhoods including English Avenue, Home Park, Vine City, and Centennial Park. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the College of Architecture, and under the umbrella of The Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Project, these initiatives have been underway for the past year.\u0026nbsp; They were introduced to a larger campus audience February 14 at the \u201cBridges Symposium: Creating New Links Between the City of Atlanta and Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Westside initiatives are important steps in Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic initiatives linking our research, knowledge generation, and education to community action,\u201d said Jacqueline J. Royster, Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe are bringing coherence and energy to the Institute\u2019s engagement with these neighborhoods.\u0026nbsp; The problems here are different, so the processes won\u2019t look the same and the solutions won\u2019t be the same, but we expect the impact to be comparable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Bridges Symposium brought together members of the GT Westside Task Force and Alliance members from the Westside communities, the City of Atlanta government, police, fire department, and school entities, NGOs, and Atlanta academic institutions.\u0026nbsp; This diverse group of attendees reflected the initiative\u2019s growing network of symbiotic relationships and provided an opportunity to share perspectives on what the Institute can and should do as a partner in revitalizing the Westside neighborhoods and creating a holistic Westside community.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKeynote speaker Ira Harkavy provided a roadmap for universities as engaged community citizens.\u0026nbsp; He described University of Pennsylvania\u2019s twenty year effort to address poverty, healthcare, and crime in the West Philadelphia neighborhood that surrounds it, and to differentiate Penn by institutionalizing civic engagement as part of its intellectual and academic mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCreating democratic, mutually beneficial, mutually respectful partnerships is not rocket science,\u201d said Harkavy.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIt is harder.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHarkavy, who is a noted expert on university\/community relationships and the founding director of the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, emphasized that Penn\u2019s civic engagement mission could not be sustained without the Netter Center. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Georgia Tech does not have such a center, College of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour emphasized the commitment behind the Georgia Tech Westside initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The problems facing English Avenue are not unique, they can be found in so many American cities and the residents of such neighborhoods too often lack the experience in terms of planning, architecture and the social sciences to be able to address them,\u201d said Balfour. \u201cTherefore it is the obligation of public institutions such as Georgia Tech not only to offer their expertise, but also to help put in place a system of self-support and, in cooperation with the middle and high schools, attract local young people to careers in the appropriate professions.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Symposium highlighted existing efforts by Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students to integrate service to the city into their research, teaching, and learning and how the Georgia Tech Westside Task Force and the Westside Community Alliance are coalescing those efforts. It reinforced the importance of leveraging current momentum and channeling the Institute\u2019s efforts into a coherent and strategic model in order to experience the benefits that many of our competitor institutions who have moved in this direction are already realizing in a more robust way.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome key ideas brought forward during the symposium included: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEncouraging faculty to link outreach to their research, solving intellectual problems for long-term, sustainable engagement, and breaking down perceptions that outreach is always considered \u201cservice\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGiving civic partnerships better chances for longevity by pursuing more private and public funding, and leveraging Georgia Tech expertise to secure bigger partnerships\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvocating for community engagement to hold the same prominence as science and technology in the Institute\u2019s core academic mission\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESteven C. Swant, head of administration and finance who attended the symposium remarked, \u201cWe need to create an environment where we remove the obstacles and create incentives for faculty, students and staff to work with the community all around us.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHosted by Deans Royster and Balfour, the symposium was organized and moderated by Harley F. Etienne, professor in the Schools of City and Regional Planning \u0026amp; Public Policy.\u0026nbsp; Panelists included\u0026nbsp; Kamau Bobb, CEISMIC, Regents of the University System of Georgia, and Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Emma Bones, Executive Chair, Community Service Council; Chris Burke, Director of Community Relations, Office of Government and Community Relations; T. Hugh Crawford, Associate Professor, Literature, Culture and Communication; Gregory Nobles, Director and Professor, Honors Program, History, Technology and Society; Charles Rudolph, Associate Professor, School of Architecture; Ellen Zegura, Professor, School of Computer Science; Kenneth Knoespel, School of Literature, Culture and Communication, Discussant. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPicture in the Photograph (l-r): Harley Etienne, Dean Balfour, Ira Harkavy, Dean Royster\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s move eastward across I-75 into Midtown has shown how dramatically we can impact the health of Atlanta neighborhoods.\u0026nbsp; A new strategic initiative focused on the distressed neighborhoods on the west side of campus intends to find solutions from a different direction. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The February 14th Bridges 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Western U.S. ports in Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach and Seattle are at the greatest risk for earthquake damage, but eastern U.S. ports in Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., are also at risk.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA new project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology aims to develop strategies to help safeguard ports from earthquake damage. The project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has $3.6 million in funding over the next five years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ports are a critical civil infrastructure system,\u0022 said Glenn J. Rix, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the project director. \u0022Given the growth in international trade, we don\u0027t think seismic risks at ports have received the proper amount of attention. If a large portion of a major U.S. port such as Oakland or Los Angeles were out of service for a year because of an earthquake, there would be significant economic consequences for the United States.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1995, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in Kobe, Japan, causing extensive damage to both the city and its port, the sixth largest in the world at the time. The port required $8.6 billion and two years to repair. By 2003, the Port of Kobe had fallen to 32nd largest in the world and will likely never recover the lost business.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPorts are particularly vulnerable to damage during earthquakes because wharves are often built on unstable ground that is prone to liquefaction - a process that causes soil to lose its strength as a result of ground shaking. The large cranes used to load and unload containers from ships are also susceptible to damage from ground shaking and deformation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u0027s goal is to help port authorities and other stakeholders manage seismic risk more effectively. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Modern ports are large, complex systems,\u0022 said Rix. \u0022Our project team includes researchers and practitioners with expertise in civil engineering, logistics, risk analysis, and social science to address seismic risk issues in every aspect of the system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA key part of the project is to evaluate methods of preventing damage to wharves and cranes using large-scale tests. The team will perform these tests at four labs that are a part of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), a program initiated by NSF to advance the field of earthquake engineering with a shared network of experimental sites and tools, an archive of earthquake data and earthquake engineering simulation software.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team will also investigate applying the same approach to managing risks from other natural hazards, including hurricanes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We learned an important lesson from the experience of Gulf Coast ports following Hurricane Katrina,\u0022 Rix said. \u0022The physical damage was minor compared to the impact of the displaced labor force on port operations, which emphasized the need to examine the entire port system.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project team, led by Georgia Tech, includes experts from the University of California, Davis; Decision Research Inc.; Drexel University; University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Seismic Systems \u0026amp; Engineering Consultants Inc.; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Austin; and University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Group of universities lead by Georgia Tech will develop strategies to safeguard ports"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new project led by Georgia Tech aims to develop strategies to help safeguard critical U.S. ports from earthquake damage.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech leading group to help safeguard ports"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72980":{"id":"72980","type":"image","title":"Hazard map","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72980"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"63151":{"#nid":"63151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech City Planning Students Lend Expertise to Neighborhood in Need","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from Georgia Tech\u2019s School of City and Regional\nPlanning are offering their expertise this semester by working with Atlanta\narea communities to develop a long-term plan for their neighborhoods.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Nancey Green Leigh and her class of graduate\nstudents are partnering with Georgia Conservancy and community leaders of Neighborhood\nPlanning Unit (NPU) G located on the west side of Atlanta close to the\nintersection of Interstate 285 and Hollowell Parkway to improve the area.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe neighborhood has many challenges,\u201d said Leigh.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIt is one of Atlanta\u2019s neighborhoods with\nthe least amount of development, most neglected green space and greatest\nsocio-economic challenges.\u0026nbsp; The major\nsource of employment and business in NPU-G is the Atlanta Industrial Park,\nwhich is separated from the rest of the community by I-285.\u0026nbsp; The neighborhood once housed four public\nhousing projects, all of which have been demolished, but only one of which has\nbeen redeveloped.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the hilly, virtually rural terrain throughout the\nneighborhood gives way to some beautiful views of the city, the community has a\nclosed\u0026nbsp;landfill\nthat poses environmental challenges and limits development opportunities for\nits surroundings.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students met with community members, leaders\nand elected officials to develop a comprehensive analysis of the area and learn\nmore about the neighborhood\u2019s history.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were really pleased to hear what the community saw as\nits needs,\u201d said Erin Rosintoski, a graduate student working on her master\u2019s degree\nin City Planning with a specialization in land use and urban design.\u0026nbsp; \u201cMany of the items that they brought to our\nattention verified what our research had told us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is a food desert,\u201d said Leigh.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThere is no access within the neighborhood\nto a quality grocery store that would provide a range of produce options. The\nneighborhood also lacks pharmacies, healthcare options and banking.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe neighborhood does have some significant natural\nresources and a history of community that can serve as foundations for redevelopment\nplanning.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe residential portion of the community borders the\nChattahoochee River and it has Proctor Creek running through it,\u201d said\nLeigh.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe neighborhood has proximity\nto the Beltline, and these amenities could help bring new life to the area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe older residents who had lived there for 30, 40 and even\n50 years told us how prosperous this neighborhood had once been,\u201d said Rosintoski.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThey spoke about the dairy farms that used to\ncover the area and how there was a tremendous sense of community.\u0026nbsp; It was interesting to hear how the roots of\nthe neighborhood started.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor these young city and regional planners, their semester-long\nproject will culminate with the seeds of how to repair and grow the community\ngoing forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe industrial park and the former housing project sites\nhave the potential to provide significant new development and job creation. According\nto Leigh, the next step is to suggest to the city of Atlanta how it can make\nthis industrial land stronger and to suggest to the Atlanta Housing Authority\nideas for three different mixed-use developments on the former housing sites.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe level of poverty surrounding Atlanta\u2019s industrial areas\nis much higher than the rest of the city,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThese areas have jobs and could have more\njobs.\u0026nbsp; You want to link those possibilities\nwith the neighborhood. One of our primary goals is to increase the connections\nthat this community has with Atlanta.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students will unveil the complete list of recommendations\non December 15, but they have some other ideas of how to help.\u0026nbsp; They also plan to suggest making additional\nrecreational areas, create community gardens and address some of the\ntransportation issues by creating a better design for the flow of traffic in\nand out of the neighborhood.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are trying to create a better understanding of the community\u2019s\nchallenges and innovative approaches to those challenges,\u201d said Leigh.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe provide students with a strong city and\nregional planning education and the ability to apply their skill sets to a\ncommunity challenge, but as an educator at a major research Institute, I also\nwant to push the field further. This project has presented some excellent\npossibilities for doing that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from Georgia Tech\u2019s School of City and Regional\nPlanning are offering their expertise this semester by working with Atlanta\narea communities to develop a long-term plan for their neighborhoods.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students work with communities to develop long-term plans"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-12-14 10:11:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:54","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63149":{"id":"63149","type":"image","title":"Nancey Green Leigh","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Nancey Green Leigh","file":{"fid":"191753","name":"Nancey_Green_Leigh.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nancey_Green_Leigh_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nancey_Green_Leigh_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2024705,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nancey_Green_Leigh_0.jpg?itok=tPvFknLt"}},"63150":{"id":"63150","type":"image","title":"City and Regional Planning Graduate Student","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"City and Regional Planning Graduate Student","file":{"fid":"191754","name":"Erin_Rosintoski.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Erin_Rosintoski_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Erin_Rosintoski_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1615610,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Erin_Rosintoski_0.jpg?itok=BWhTBKR3"}}},"media_ids":["63149","63150"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\/","title":"City and Regional Planning"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\/people\/nancey-green-leigh-faicp","title":"Nancey Green Leigh"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"1351","name":"City and Regional Planning"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"11449","name":"Georgia Concervancy"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"9772","name":"nancey green leigh"},{"id":"11447","name":"NPU G"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59771":{"#nid":"59771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Study Suggests Sprawling Cities More Vulnerable to Climate Change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe number of very hot days is increasing worldwide, but the rate of increase is more than double in the most sprawling metropolitan regions compared with more compact cities, according to a team of Atlanta-based scientists. This was true regardless of the urban regions\u2019 climate zone, population size or rate of growth. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study examined the number of very hot days in 53 U.S. metropolitan regions between 1956 and 2005. The annual number of very hot days increased by 14.8 days on average in the regions with the most sprawl and by 5.6 days in the least sprawling cities. A metropolitan region, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, may include many counties surrounding the city. The Atlanta metropolitan region, for example, has 20 counties. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThese findings show that the pace of climate change is greater in sprawling cities than in others, which has not been shown before,\u201d says lead author and urban planner Brian Stone of the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cBecause severe heat kills more people on average per year than any other type of dangerous weather, residents of sprawling cities may be more vulnerable to this significant health threat posed by climate change.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESprawl and land-use regulations appear to influence the frequency of very hot days through their effect on a city\u2019s trees and other vegetation. The team found that between 1992 and 2001, the rate of deforestation in the most sprawling metropolitan regions was more than double that of compact regions. Other studies have shown that the loss of vegetative cover is one of the main reasons that cities become much hotter than surrounding areas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EExtremely hot days were identified using a city-specific heat stress index that the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) developed for 187 U.S. cities. The NCDC calculated the average apparent temperatures, which include temperature and humidity, for those cities between 1961 and 1990. Very hot temperatures are defined as those above the 85th percentile, with the 100th percentile being the highest temperature reached during the study period for that city. Temperatures above the 85th percentile are associated with more heat-related deaths, other studies show. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo compare cities\u2019 development patterns, the researchers used a widely published metric developed in 2003. Called the sprawl index, it incorporates land-use data from the 2000 census to quantify factors such as population density, the proximity of commercial and residential buildings, and street network patterns. The researchers categorized a region as one of the most sprawling if it was in the top 25 percent of the index and as one of the least sprawling if it was in the bottom 25 percent. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EExamples of sprawling metropolitan regions include Atlanta, Tampa and Grand Rapids, whereas Chicago, Boston and Baltimore are more compact. \u201cFactors that affect whether an area remains compact include, among others, local land-use regulations and the timing of a city\u2019s growth,\u201d Stone says. \u201cBoston grew when streetcars were popular, and Atlanta developed during the era of the automobile.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study is published online June 23 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Other authors of the study are Jeremy Hess, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and Howard Frumkin, National Center for Environmental Health at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The full article, \u201cUrban Form and Extreme Heat Events: Are Sprawling Cities More Vulnerable to Climate Change than Compact Cities?\u201d, is available online at \u003Ca title=\u0022Environmental Health Perspectives \u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/ehponline.org\/article\/info:doi\/10.1289\/ehp.0901879\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/ehponline.org\/article\/info:doi\/10.1289\/ehp.0901879\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone\u2019s study examines heat in 53 cities spanning five decades"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe number of very hot days is increasing worldwide, but the rate of increase is more than double in the most sprawling metropolitan regions compared with more compact cities, according to a team of Atlanta-based scientists. 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In the years since, the Institute has awarded more than 1,100 graduate degrees in the field and now has planning alumni practicing in forty five states and twenty five countries.  Nine alumni (and five current faculty) have been inducted as Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeven degree program specializations are offered:  Economic Development, Environmental Planning, Geographic Information Systems, Land and Community Development, Land Use, Transportation Planning, and Urban Design.  Dual degrees and certificates are offered in conjunction with Tech\u0027s schools of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Public Policy and with Georgia State University in historic preservation, law and real estate.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Center for Geographic Information Systems and Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development support the School\u0027s mission with interdisciplinary research. These Centers together with School faculty annually conduct in excess of $2.5 million of sponsored research for government, industry and third sector clients.  GIS Center Director Steven P. French, FAICP, and Quality Growth Center Director Catherine Ross join School Chair Bruce Stiftel, FAICP, and PhD Program Director Michael Elliott as leaders of the forty teaching and research faculty.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School\u0027s Strategic Plan anticipates two new master\u0027s degree programs, in Urban Design and in Geographic Information Systems; launch of a named PhD degree in City and Regional Planning; expansion of international focus and linkages; and leadership in designing sustainable cities of the 21st Century.  In 2010, the School will host the annual PhD Workshop of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and together with Sun Yet-Sen University, will organize the ninth annual conference of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association in Guangzhou City, China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The timing is auspicious and I am convinced the creation of the School of City and Regional Planning supports our ambitions to clarify and strengthen the character of the College,\u0022 said College of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour. \u0022It matches the scale and reputation of the discipline and solidifies its identity within the designed and built environment professions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New school houses leading academic programs and research."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has announced the creation of the School of City and Regional Planning with responsibilities including a Master of City and Regional Planning degree program, a Ph.D. concentration in City and Regional Planning, and research aimed at advancing the practice of urban planning in Georgia, the U.S. and across the globe.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New school houses leading academic programs and research."}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2009-11-20 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:49","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1351","name":"City and Regional Planning"},{"id":"5027","name":"city planning"},{"id":"169003","name":"school of city planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"39736":{"#nid":"39736","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Reducing CO2 Emissions Through Smart Growth and Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that \u0022smart growth\u0022 combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities\u0027 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions - the principal driver of global warming - significantly by 2050.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Brian Stone, associate professor of City and Regional Planning, the research shows that expected levels of CO2 emissions from cars and trucks in 2050 could be reduced back to 2000 levels if the full vehicle fleet was converted to hybrid electric vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius or the soon-to-be released Chevy Volt. This research also found that a doubling of population density in large U.S. cities by 2050 would have a greater impact on CO2 reductions than full hybridization of the vehicle fleet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStone\u0027s study looked at 11 major metropolitan regions of the Midwestern U.S.\u0026nbsp; over a 50-year period and took into account three different scenarios:\u0026nbsp; the use of hybrid vehicles and two different urban growth scenarios through which population density was increased over time, a central component of smart growth planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In this study we looked at two general approaches on how to deal with the challenge of climate change,\u0022 said Stone.\u0026nbsp; \u0022One approach is to improve vehicle technology and become more efficient.\u0026nbsp; We can use less gas and reduce tailpipe emissions of CO2.\u0026nbsp; The second approach is to change behavior by changing the way we design cities.\u0026nbsp; We can travel less and take more walking and transit trips.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStone says he believes it would be possible for virtually all cars on the roads by 2050 to be hybrid electric vehicles, assuming the costs of these vehicles become more competitive with conventional engine technologies.\u0026nbsp; Today\u0027s hybrid electric vehicles can achieve 40 miles to the gallon and higher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, even the full hybridization of the national vehicle fleet by 2050 would not meet the CO2 targets identified though the Kyoto Protocol, an international climate change agreement which the United States has signed but not yet ratified.\u0026nbsp; To meet these global targets, CO2 emissions from all sectors on the U.S. would need to return to 1990 levels or lower.\u0026nbsp; According to Stone\u0027s work, meeting this goal in the transportation sector would require a combination of technological improvements and higher density land use patterns in cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If we can help cities to grow in more compact ways, what we call smart growth, it will help reduce emissions even further by allowing people to travel less often, travel shorter distances when they do travel and take advantage of public transit,\u0022 said Stone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe eleven metropolitan regions that were studied include Madison, Wisconsin, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan and Dayton, OH.\u0026nbsp; In addition to Stone, Dr. Tracey Holloway, Scot Spak, and Adam Mednick also authored the study.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech study shows hybrid vehicles and higher density cities could eliminate future growth of CO2 emissions from autos"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Study shows smart growth and technology could reduce CO2 emissio"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-02-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39737":{"id":"39737","type":"image","title":"Brian Stone","body":null,"created":"1449174117","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:57","changed":"1475894256","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:36","alt":"Brian Stone","file":{"fid":"189642","name":"tdr62855.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdr62855.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdr62855.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":38469,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tdr62855.jpg?itok=gi_EI-VM"}}},"media_ids":["39737"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\/","title":"City and Regional Planning"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.planning.gatech.edu\/facstaff_stone.html","title":"Brian Stone"},{"url":"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/es900293g","title":"Environmental, Science and Technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1349","name":"Brian Stone"},{"id":"1351","name":"City and Regional Planning"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"},{"id":"1269","name":"environmental"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"1350","name":"Hybrid Vehicles"},{"id":"167301","name":"smart growth"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"62371":{"#nid":"62371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Design Would Let Commercial Jets Use Shorter Runways","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch underway at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) could enable fixed-wing jet aircraft to take off and land at steep angles on short runways, while also reducing engine noise heard on the ground. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAirplanes of this type -- called cruise-efficient, short take-off and landing (CESTOL) aircraft -- could use runways at much smaller airports, allowing expansion of commercial jet service to many more locations. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnabling commercial jets to take off and land in ever-shorter distances is an ongoing goal for aircraft designers, and several approaches are under development. GTRI\u0027s research could result in a CESTOL aircraft comparable to a Boeing 737 in size, with a similar ability to carry 100 passengers at up to 600 miles per hour. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022To take off or land on a short runway, an aircraft needs to be able to fly very slowly near the runway,\u0022 said Robert J. Englar, a principal research engineer who is leading the GTRI effort. \u0022The problem is that flying slowly decreases the lift available for taking off and landing. What\u0027s needed is a powered-lift approach that combines low air speed with the increased lift capability required for successful CESTOL operation.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work is part of the NASA Hybrid Wing-Body Low-Noise ESTOL Program. This four-year program, funded by NASA and led by California Polytechnic State University, includes GTRI and several other team members. GTRI\u0027s current work involves leadership of the aerodynamic and acoustic design for the program, along with development of large-scale models that will be used for wind-tunnel testing at government facilities. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the heart of GTRI\u0027s powered-lift design is circulation control wing -- also known as blown-wing -- technology. In this type of system, high-speed jets of air are directed over the upper surface of the wings during take-off and landing, creating an unprecedented lift capability. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our design has to incorporate several trade-offs, yet the entire wing-engine powered-lift system has to perform all of its functions well,\u0022 said Englar, who leads the aerodynamics portion of GTRI\u0027s work. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, he said, the new design must: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Generate a high degree of lift on take-off and landing to allow short ground rolls and steep climb-out or approach flight angles; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Yield lower drag at cruising speeds to achieve good fuel efficiency; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Simplify the wing and downsize it for more-efficient cruise performance; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Produce noise levels that are lower than a conventional passenger jet; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Be less complex overall than conventional designs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo satisfy those requirements, the GTRI team placed turbo-fan engines above the wing of the conceptual CESTOL aircraft, rather than below the wing as on most commercial aircraft, explained Rick Gaeta, a former GTRI senior research engineer who had led the acoustic portion of the research. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver-the-wing placement is a key design element because it enables very high lift while still providing the engine thrust necessary for take-off and high-speed level flight. It also offers important reduced-noise benefits. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on this engine placement, the team\u0027s powered-lift design maximizes performance using several interrelated elements: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENovel Blown-Wing Design\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn most fixed-wing aircraft, Englar explains, the upper surface of the wing is curved. That curvature forces air to flow faster over the top of the wing, which reduces pressure on the upper surface of the wing, increasing wing lift. Mechanical flaps increase aft curvature, enlarging the wing during take-off and landing, and augmenting lift by deflecting the ambient wind stream flowing over the wing. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut the lift generated by conventional wings isn\u0027t sufficient for the low flight speeds and steep ascents and descents required by CESTOL aircraft. The essential element in such extreme lift is circulation control \/ blown-wing technology. This approach can far exceed mechanical flaps in achieving high lift coefficient (a lift coefficient is a number that relates an aircraft\u0027s total lift to its wing area and flight speed). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTRI team has designed a blown wing that is relatively simple mechanically. Unlike a conventional wing, which uses multiple flap elements, GTRI\u0027s design uses only one small, relatively simple flap. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, that single wing flap is used in tandem with a novel element based on circulation-control technology. A narrow slot, capable of pneumatically blowing out air, runs along the entire trailing edge of each wing, just above the flap. This system is powered by its own compressed air source located inside the wing. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe wing flap, which forms a sharp trailing edge during level flight to reduce drag, rotates downward on take-off and landing. When thus rotated, it forms a highly curved aft surface; then air from the slot can be blown over that curved surface to generate high lift. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis procedure, called flap-blowing, performs two functions: it increases air velocity over the top of the wing, and it deflects the ambient wind stream downward so that it curls under the wing. The combined forces generate a lift coefficient that can be two to four times higher than a conventional mechanical flap. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEntraining Jet Exhaust\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo achieve even higher lift than flap-blowing alone, the GTRI design takes advantage of an additional phenomenon -- the interaction between the air coming from the wing slot and the exhaust of the plane\u0027s over-the-wing jet engines. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring take-off and landing, air flow from the slot interacts with the engine exhaust and pulls this powerful exhaust blast down onto the wing. This process, called entraining the exhaust, greatly increases the velocity of the air passing over the wing and results in highly augmented upward suction and lift. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This strategy allows an aircraft to be flying at a very low speed, while the wing is seeing much higher relative wind speeds on its curved upper surface due to this blowing and thrust-entraining combination,\u0022 Englar said. \u0022We have measured lift coefficients between 8.0 and 10.0 on these pneumatic powered-lift wings at a level flight condition during testing. The normal lift coefficient on a conventional wing at a similar flight condition is less than 1.0.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReduced Noise\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe benefit of an above-the-wing engine configuration is not limited to providing good short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance. It also provides two potential sources of noise reduction: engine-noise shielding and reduced noise footprint in the community. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGaeta explains the noise-shielding issue by noting that today\u0027s commercial jets have their engines under the wings. During take-off and approach, a great deal of noise from these jets propagates downward unimpeded, while engine sound that does travel upward bounces off the wing and then reflects downward. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By putting the noise source above the wing, there is the potential to shield the ground from engine noise, at least partially,\u0022 Gaeta said. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe critical design choice in noise shielding involves where to place the engine relative to the wing, he explained. Closer to the wing helps take-off and landing performance, but it increases noise due to viscous rubbing of the jet exhaust stream acting along the wing upper surface. Further away from the wing is better from a noise perspective, but not as effective for take-off and landing performance. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, to the extent that placing the engine above the wing can shield exhaust noise, the engine needs to be placed as far forward as possible because maximum jet noise occurs at the exhaust exit, Gaeta said. Moreover, all of these design choices must not detract from the crucial issue of cruise performance. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe very nature of a STOL flight trajectory -- steep takeoff and approach angles -- offers another potential noise benefit. This trajectory keeps much of the offending noise closer to the airport environs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExplained Gaeta: \u0022By virtue of steeper takeoff and approach angles, the STOL aircraft can potentially keep its most offending noise within the airport boundary because it is farther from the ground when it passes over communities.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Putting Engines Atop Wings Would Also Reduce Noise"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch underway at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) could enable fixed-wing jet aircraft to take off and land at steep angles on short runways, while also reducing engine noise heard on the ground.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jet aircraft could use shorter runways, thanks to a new design."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2010-10-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:38","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62372":{"id":"62372","type":"image","title":"Wind tunnel testing of concept","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"Wind tunnel testing of concept","file":{"fid":"191456","name":"tux28989.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tux28989_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tux28989_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1489014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tux28989_0.jpg?itok=uksHsym8"}},"62373":{"id":"62373","type":"image","title":"Rendering of proposed CESTOL aircraft.","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"Rendering of proposed CESTOL aircraft.","file":{"fid":"191457","name":"ttl28989.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttl28989_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttl28989_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":146620,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ttl28989_0.jpg?itok=C4A_gh-J"}},"62374":{"id":"62374","type":"image","title":"Wind tunnel testing of concept","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"Wind tunnel testing of concept","file":{"fid":"191458","name":"tzy29122.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzy29122_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzy29122_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1269188,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzy29122_0.jpg?itok=YGqs6IEJ"}}},"media_ids":["62372","62373","62374"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11068","name":"CESTOL"},{"id":"9104","name":"Jet"},{"id":"1519","name":"landing"},{"id":"11069","name":"lift"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"11071","name":"runway"},{"id":"11070","name":"wing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; 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These innovative companies are more than twice as profitable as firms competing on the basis of low price. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s one conclusion of the 2010 Georgia Manufacturing Survey, which also found that companies are preparing for post-recession growth, expanding export capabilities, addressing sustainability issues -- and still dealing with out-sourcing and in-sourcing. The survey, which included nearly 500 manufacturers, was conducted by Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, and Kennesaw State University, with support from the Georgia Department of Labor and accounting firm Habif, Arogeti \u0026amp; Wynne, LLP. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia has approximately 10,000 manufacturers that provide nearly 350,000 jobs and account for 11 percent of the gross state product. Workers in manufacturing companies earn wages averaging nearly twice those of workers in retail companies. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe survey found a widening profitability gap between manufacturers that compete on the basis of innovation compared to those that use other competitive strategies. That gap has grown in each survey conducted since 2002. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Companies that compete on the basis of innovation are much more profitable, pay higher wages and more likely to benefit from in-sourcing opportunities than firms that compete on low price,\u0022 said Jan Youtie, the survey\u0027s director and a principal research associate in Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute. \u0022Adoption of an innovation strategy can be useful to manufacturers regardless of industrial segment, and is especially important during difficult economic times.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the survey, companies were asked to rank six competitive strategies for their importance to winning sales. More than half of the respondents mentioned \u0022high quality,\u0022 while approximately 20 percent chose \u0022low price\u0022 or \u0022adapting to customer needs.\u0022 Fewer than 10 percent reported \u0022innovation\/new technology\u0022 as a primary competitive strategy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcross all six strategies, innovation was associated with the highest mean return on sales: 14 percent, compared to just six percent for the low-price strategy. And those financial benefits extended to workers, whose annual salaries averaged $10,000 per year more at innovative manufacturers than at other companies. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top five innovative tactics reported by respondents were (1) working with customers to create or design a product, process or other innovation, (2) signing a confidentiality agreement to access a new product or process, (3) working with suppliers to create or design a product, process or other innovation, (4) purchasing new equipment, and (5) conducting research and development activities in-house. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile manufacturers of technology products are most often associated with the strategy, innovative companies can be found in all industrial segments, said Philip Shapira, co-director of the survey and professor in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Many people think that innovation is something that has to be done in a lab, but our results show that innovation occurs more broadly, particularly as companies partner with customers and suppliers to take into account their needs for a new product or process,\u0022 he explained. \u0022While high technology companies tend to be innovative by their nature, innovation occurs across all segments, and every firm has opportunities to be innovative.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompanies often cite cost as a reason for not innovating, but Shapira noted that only 10 percent of companies take advantage of R\u0026amp;D tax credits; fewer still use investment tax credits. \u0022While financial incentives can assist innovation, there is a greater need to build awareness and capabilities among more of the state\u0027s firms to undertake innovation,\u0022 he said. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough more than two-thirds of Georgia\u0027s manufacturers have cut jobs or lost sales in the recession, many of these companies are now looking toward the future with plans for locating new customers, boosting capital investment, expanding research and development and continuing to reduce costs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When we look at their plans, Georgia manufacturers are in an expansive mood, looking for new customers and getting ready for the next phase of economic growth,\u0022 Youtie said. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe survey found that 70 percent of respondents were looking for new customers, 20 percent planned to expand capital investment, and 15 percent planned to increase expenditures on research and development. At the same time, 60 percent of respondents said they still planned to cut costs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother trend studied was growth in the number companies selling to international markets. More than half of the responding manufacturers said they were exporters -- and those manufacturers reported 50 percent higher profitability than non-exporters. Some 22 percent of respondents had increased their export sales since the last survey in 2008. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We don\u0027t find much difference between exporting companies when comparing them by the amount they export,\u0022 Youtie noted. \u0022What seems to be important is the capability to export. We think there is some learning that takes place, and some capability that a company develops to become an exporter. That capability translates into improved performance across the board, in addition to creating new markets and different margins.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe survey also found that out-sourcing of work has leveled off, with approximately 16 percent of manufacturers affected by the loss of business in 2010. At the same time, the percentage of firms benefitting from in-sourcing -- movement of work to Georgia -- has grown to nearly 15 percent. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Out-sourcing isn\u0027t going away, but it has stabilized,\u0022 Youtie said. \u0022In-sourcing appears to be growing, which creates opportunities for good manufacturers to benefit from consolidation of production from other U.S. facilities or even from overseas.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study also looked at sustainability issues, and found that 60 percent of companies recycle and attempt to reduce waste -- one form of sustainability. However, just 11 percent of respondents had inventoried their carbon footprints or emissions, and fewer than five percent were using renewable energy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bottom line for manufacturers? \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The results of our survey can point manufacturers to a way forward for getting ready for the next phase,\u0022 said Youtie. \u0022Companies can develop innovation capabilities; they can look into exporting and they can collaborate more with suppliers and customers.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Nancy Fullbright (912-963-2509)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe recession has expanded the business advantages of Georgia manufacturers that compete on the basis of innovation in new or technologically improved products, processes, organizational structures or marketing practices.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2010 Georgia Manufacturing Survey shows the value of innovation."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2010-10-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:38","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62208":{"id":"62208","type":"image","title":"Manufacturing at Temcor","body":null,"created":"1449176355","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:15","changed":"1475894539","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:19","alt":"Manufacturing at Temcor","file":{"fid":"191430","name":"tgs56561.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs56561_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs56561_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1149096,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgs56561_0.jpg?itok=tQ_zQsrp"}}},"media_ids":["62208"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Public Policy"},{"url":"http:\/\/stip.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/GMS-2010.pdf","title":"2010 Georgia Manufacturing Survey"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"287","name":"Competitiveness"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"49017":{"#nid":"49017","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Featured Research and Academics: High Performance Buildings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe United States Department of Energy reports that forty percent of all energy consumed in the nation is consumed by buildings. A renewed focus on high performance buildings at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture aims to reduce that percentage and meet the rising demand for in-house talent to evaluate the environmental impact of design decisions. Continuing a twenty-five-year trajectory of research leadership, Tech students and faculty are leading the way in digital design, building simulation and architecture\/engineering\/construction integration. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/graduate\/phd_arch\/hpb\/index.php\u0022\u003EHigh Performance Buildings PhD concentration \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/graduate\/ms_hpb\/index.php\u0022\u003EPost-Professional Master of Science program\u003C\/a\u003E are developing new knowledge and new tools to inform design and investment decisions. \u201cWe are focusing on quantitative expressions of energy performance,\u201d said Professor Fried Augenbroe in a recent Research Forum, hosted monthly by the College of Architecture. \u201cOur partners can integrate these measures in the development of innovative architectural designs, and streamline the energy saving discussion within the design.\u201d Augenbroe says current methods cannot predict performance with certainty, hence the need for research that shows performance risks to developers and owners. This will lead the way to new energy-saving approaches with the upfront involvement of all stakeholders including the occupants. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Dean for Research Steve French has already recognized Georgia Tech\u2019s potential to lead nationally in this area. \u201cThese topics that are central to the College of Architecture are currently at the forefront of the research agenda of the nation and the Institute,\u201d he said. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe energy performance standard for Qatar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRecently, researchers at Georgia Tech participated in the development of an integral sustainability assessment system for the middle-eastern country of Qatar led by the TC Chan Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The approach provides a more transparent and locally adapted alternative to for instance LEED.  The TC Chan center is led by Dr. Ali Malkawi, one of the first PhD graduates in building technology from Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Architecture.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECalled the Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS), the standard has distinct advantages in terms of transparency and robustness.  The Georgia Tech team focused on the development of the energy performance criterion \u201cThe QSAS energy performance calculation is totally normative, which means that there is no wiggle room in its evaluation,\u201d said Augenbroe. \u201cThe building either passes or it does not.\u201d The Qatar construction market is about to adopt the method for country-wide energy performance rating and overall sustainability scoring, effective end of 2009.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe standard follows the CEN-ISO approach, as defined by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard defines energy outcomes on five levels: (1) thermal energy needs, (2) delivered energy, (3) primary energy, (4) CO2 emissions, and (5) NOx and SOx emissions. The CEN-ISO approach is very different from the ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC (International Energy Conservation Code) approaches which govern the US market.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo prepare market introduction, TC Chan researchers, including professor Augenbroe and his students have been running a series of energy standard workshops in Doha, the capital of Qatar.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe economic viability of a zero-energy solar house\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s entry to the 2007 Solar Decathlon House gave the High Performance Building group a working prototype to study the economic viability of such a building. Recent doctoral graduate Huafen Hu focused on the question, \u201cWhat would happen if it were mass produced today?\u201d Hu performed a reliability analysis to quantify the underlying risks in terms of power unavailability and the \u201cdamage\u201d this poses to occupants. The outcomes translate to a trade-off between investment costs and risk, thereby offering the ability to inspect the economic viability of large scale introduction of zero energy solar houses.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecently the Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House moved to the new Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Tellus became the new home with the help of Green Habitats, Inc., an organization that promotes sustainable building by supporting research and educational programs to design and build housing that conserves water and energy. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOngoing research into the practical application of PV at the residential scale is using Tech\u2019s Solar Decathlon house as a test-bed, to test the feasibility of using captured rainwater for supplemental cooling of PV systems--thus increasing their efficiency.  This research is being led by Profesors Augenbroe and Gentry in collaboration with Miroslav Begovic in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical Engineering and Huafen Hu of Portland State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal leadership in simulation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMS and Ph.D. students in the High Performance Buildings program of the College of Architecture recently won an international simulation competition to devise a control system for a three-story, open plan office building located in Glasgow, Scotland. The competition was hosted by the England Chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) at its annual conference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir winning entry looked at optimizing solar-assisted natural ventilation with a controlled hybrid ventilation strategy.  Using readily available simulation tools, the proposal explored different combinations of inlet and outlet openings to maximize natural ventilation and to meet required levels of fresh air.  Additionally, the proposal minimized energy consumption by using only mechanical heating and controlling the building inlets based on set temperature.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of the approaches and tools addressed above are part of the new MS HPB curriculum--led by Professors Augenbroe, and Russell Gentry along with Minjung Maing and Jason Brown. Minjung Maing has joined the Architecture faculty in a visiting role, adding extensive practical experience to the HPB Masters program in the technical design, realization and forensics of building enclosures. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough his national and international engagements, Augenbroe is evangelizing the broad adoption of risk analysis in building performance simulation. One of the issues that his research team encounters is the fact that many malfunctions of building systems cannot be foreseen with our current simulations. This is one of the reasons why his group is focusing on building new simulation models with Modelica--a next generation systems modeling tool--to track potential anomalies in system behavior. The outcomes of this research will help the market to build more resilient HVAC and control systems. PhD student Jason Brown is graduating this spring on a Modelica model of the complex interaction between air flows inside buildings and thermal enclosure properties.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhole-Building Life Cycle Assessment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor Russell Gentry and Charlene Bayer in GTRI are leading a  multi-disciplinary team with the American Institute of Architects to explore the future of Life Cycle Assessment in building design and construction.  In the future, LCA will help architects identify which building components cause the most environmental impact, and whether the overall impact of a project comes primarily from site selection or ongoing operation of the building.  Through this project the AIA will provide LCA resources for practitioners. 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She is the author of the recently released \u0022Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness,\u0022 published by Island Press in July 2009.  Ross co-authored \u0022The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century,\u0022 published by Transaction Press.\n \nPresident Obama and Vice President Joe Biden created the White House Office of Urban Affairs to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to help direct federal dollars targeted for urban areas. Carri\u00c3\u00b3n reports directly to the President and is responsible for coordinating all federal urban programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Atlanta (July 6, 2009) Catherine L. 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She is in great demand as a speaker to professional and civic organizations, discussions of her research have been featured in TimeMagazine, the New York Times, National Public Radio, and TED conferences, among a host of others. Her book, now in its second edition, has been named winner in the Architecture \u0026amp; Urban Planning category of the 2009 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) awarded by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers. As a faculty member, Professor Dunham-Jones has provided an example to younger faculty, both male and female, through her own career of patient, focused effort toward the pursuit of important goals. As Director of the Architecture Program for eight years, she championed the advancement of faculty diversity and the success of new hires.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDoctoral candidate Ning Ai, recipient of the Women of Excellence Graduate Award ($800), is described as an exceptionally bright, motivated and hard working student in the School of City and Regional Planning. As the senior research assistant on National Science Foundation grants, her performance has been outstanding. She has surpassed her fellow research assistants, taken on project management duties; helped prepare grant proposals, workshops, annual reports and articles; and has given numerous presentations. Much of the research she has undertaken over the course of our grant has required the acquisition of new skills, which she eagerly sought. Ms. Ai\u00e2\u0080\u0099s dissertation looks at waste avoidance and waste management through a planning lens, a neglected topic in the field which demonstrates that planning has important tools to offer for more sustainable solid waste management. Her demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship points to a very promising career after she graduates. She is often sought out by other students for advice and she is well respected by faculty in the School of City and Regional Planning. Additionally, she shows strong signs of being an institution builder via her participation in student governance, college level committees and an officer in a professional association. She recently was offered a faculty position and will bring significant talent to that institution.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Women of Excellence Undergraduate Award ($500) has not yet been awarded.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs ADVANCE Professor in the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, Catherine Ross solicits nominations and presents the Women of Excellence awards. Ross is Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development. Awards are presented annually to individuals who have distinguished themselves through professional leadership, mentoring, academic excellence and sustained service on behalf of the Georgia Institute of Technology and to the College of Architecture. Read more about the ADVANCE Program at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2009-2010 award winners were Professor Nancey Green Leigh in the School of City and Regional Planning, doctoral student Paola Sanguinetti in the School of Architecture and undergraduate senior and Krystal Persaud in the School of Industrial Design. The 2008-2009 winners were Professor Elizabeth M. \u0022Betty\u0022 Dowling in the School of Architecture, for her years of scholarship, the exceptional quality of her work and for effectively mentoring graduate students in her field; doctoral student Jessica Doyle in the School of City and Regional Planning and undergraduate senior Shannon Barnes in the School of Building Construction.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Architecture Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones and City and Regional Planning doctoral student Ning Ai have received the 2010-2011 Women of Excellence Award from the Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u00e2\u0080\u0099s National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones and planning student Ning Ai winners"}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2011-05-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:52","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.marcus@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73400":{"#nid":"73400","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross quoted on megaregions in Forbes Magazine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarianne Cusato, Forbes Magazine\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDue to the economic recession and high rates of foreclosures, recovery from the recession must include a triple bottom line- people, planet, and profit. The home of 2020 will be closer to work, school, and stores. It will provide you with information and energy savings. Growth will occur in mid-sized cities, such as Charlotte, Austin, and Portland instead of super cities such as Houston. According to Dr. Ross, we must utilize the idea of megaregions in order to be economically viable instead of trying to stand alone and compete.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Ross was quoted on megaregions in Forbes Magazine.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Ross was quoted on megaregions in Forbes Magazine."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2010-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:53","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/04\/08\/mortage-foreclosure-2020-technology-data-companies-10-housing_2.html","title":"Full Article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.marcus@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"68522":{"#nid":"68522","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u201cRed Fields to Green Fields\u201d Plans Revealed for Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Hilton Head Island","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith thousands of commercial buildings in foreclosure and many others in disrepair, cities around the country are looking for ways to rescue the properties and eliminate community blight. A program called \u0022Red Fields to Green Fields\u0022 proposes acquiring abandoned and underutilized properties, demolishing or repositioning them, and replacing them with conservation land, parks, infrastructure improvements or other green space, which will attract economic development when the economy recovers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Red field properties have negative value civically, environmentally and economically. Converting this underused commercial real estate to green space now and land that could be built on again when the economy improves would be transformational,\u0022 said Kevin Caravati, a senior research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). \u0022The conversion would create demolition and landscaping jobs and stabilize housing and property values around the distressed properties.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith support from the Speedwell Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology has helped 11 U.S. cities assess the supply of distressed commercial real estate in their communities and determine the best approaches for turning some of that property into green space. Last week, representatives from Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Hilton Head Island revealed their cities\u0027 Red Fields to Green Fields study results in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Capitol. Altogether, the five cities\u0027 plans would create as many as 20,000 acres of new parkland and an estimated 300,000 new jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from the National Park Service, the Trust for Public Land, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center and U.S. Rep. Robert A. Brady\u0027s office also attended the meeting. The Pennsylvania congressman is introducing legislation on red fields to green fields issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his remarks at the meeting, Mickey Fearn, deputy director of communications and community assistance for the National Park Service, stated that Red Fields to Green Fields could be America\u0027s best idea. Since the financial crisis began in 2008, real estate values have declined approximately $10 trillion. Today, city residents are surrounded by vacant strip malls, blighted commercial corridors, abandoned housing developments and an oversupply of retail and industrial space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the Red Fields to Green Fields project, each city asked the same question: What if we invest a few billion dollars in our city to convert red fields to green fields?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo answer the question, Georgia Tech researchers helped each city utilize financial models used by the U.S. Department of the Interior and data reported by the Federal Reserve to quantify the economic, health, social, policy and engineering impacts of turning red fields into green fields. They also incorporated data from city master plans, green space plans, transportation reports, urban infrastructure redevelopment programs and geographic information system databases. The reports were written in collaboration with the City Parks Alliance and 14 universities, local government agencies and stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile each city had a different story, the answer was always the same. Thousands of acres of underutilized residential and commercial real estate assets could be rescued and restored through public park planning to enhance the city\u0027s economic, environmental and physical health. Cities could replace concrete and glass with trees, green space and cleaner air; remove abandoned buildings that attract crime and vagrancy; and create space for recreation, play and exercise to combat obesity and poor health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This type of conversion would spur business activity, create jobs and address the real estate problem at its source -- oversupply,\u0022 said Michael Messner of the Speedwell Foundation. \u0022And its economic effect would be multiplied with increased infrastructure spending, leverage from unlocking banks\u2019 reserves, and real estate owners would spend again knowing their real estate values have stabilized.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe City of Los Angeles report proposed more than 200 projects to revitalize areas surrounding 32 miles of the Los Angeles River. These projects would create walkable and bikeable connections to the river and link users to small businesses and job sites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearly 3,000 acres of non-performing real estate could be removed from the Phoenix market through red fields to green fields investments, according to that city\u0027s report, creating almost 50,000 jobs and an economic impact of $5.9 billion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Red fields to green fields projects can restore liquidity to the real estate markets and put Arizona back to work,\u0022 added Joseph Goodman, a graduate student in the Georgia Tech College of Architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Detroit, an industrial land inventory indicated that more than 11,000 acres of distressed real estate could be used to create corridors linking job site locations with housing and transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcquiring land adjacent to 10 major bayous in Houston and establishing an interconnected system of parks, trails and economic development corridors could create 55,000 jobs over the next 10 years. Hilton Head Island served as a case study to evaluate the economic and job impacts to coastal communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0027Often thought of as resort areas, coastal towns serve as hubs for commercial real estate development, recreation and jobs. We found that red fields to green fields projects in Hilton Head Island and other coastal communities can revitalize these communities and establish conservation lands,\u0022 said GTRI research scientist Matthew Wren.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five new city reports add to reports published last year for six other cities -- Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Miami and Wilmington.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince publishing its report, the city of Denver, in collaboration with the Trust for Public Land and private donors, started acquiring red field sites along the South Platte River Corridor. It is estimated that these investments and implementation of a robust red fields to green fields program in Denver could add more than 30,000 new jobs to the region and remove more than 6,000 acres of distressed real estate from the market, creating an almost $4 billion impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the past year, Miami also began to execute its Red Fields to Green Fields proposal, which tied into its city master plan, and is working to acquire land through public-private partnerships. Miami\u0027s report stated that the tax base could be increased by an estimated $59 million per year by converting 312 acres of non-performing real estate to transit-oriented development and more than 14,000 jobs per year for five years could be created. In addition, linking Everglades National Park and Biscayne Bay National Park could create 1,625 acres of additional parkland.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther U.S. cities have already embraced the concept of converting distressed real estate to improve a region\u0027s infrastructure and encourage economic development. Boston\u0027s \u0022Big Dig\u0022 was a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project that transformed the city. Local, smaller scale examples in Atlanta include Atlantic Station, the Piedmont Park expansion and the Beltline Old Fourth Ward project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the next year, the Georgia Tech research team will focus its efforts on helping the 11 cities implement the plans in their Red Fields to Green Fields reports.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther researchers involved in the Red Fields to Green Fields program include Joseph Hughes, chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech; Carolyn Knabel, a graduate student in the Georgia Tech College of Architecture; Cade Strippelhoff, a graduate student in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy; and Erin Keller, an undergraduate student in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E 75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003E Atlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Robinson (abby@innovate.gatech.edu; 404-385-3364) or John Toon (jtoon@gatech.edu; 404-894-6986) or Kirk Englehardt (kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu; 404-407-7280)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Plans Revealed for Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Hilton Head Island"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers involved in the Red Fields to Green Fields program helped Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Hilton Head assess their distressed commercial real estate supplies and determine the best way to turn some into green space.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Red Fields to Green Fields\u0022 plans revealed for five cities."}],"uid":"27206","created_gmt":"2011-06-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:37","author":"Abby Vogel Robinson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68523":{"id":"68523","type":"image","title":"Los Angeles Red Fields to Green Fields","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14"},"68524":{"id":"68524","type":"image","title":"Houston Red Fields to Green Fields","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14"},"68525":{"id":"68525","type":"image","title":"Red Fields to Green Fields artist rendering","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14"}},"media_ids":["68523","68524","68525"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.rftgf.org\/","title":"Red Fields to Green Fields"},{"url":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/25103210","title":"Red Fields to Green Fields Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13499","name":"bike paths"},{"id":"13492","name":"Commercial Real Estate"},{"id":"13497","name":"conservation land"},{"id":"13495","name":"Detroit"},{"id":"290","name":"Economy"},{"id":"8465","name":"financial crisis"},{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbby Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News and Publications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=avogel6\u0022\u003EContact Abby Robinson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-3364\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["abby@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73416":{"#nid":"73416","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross invited to White House Clean Energy Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to the White House, in partnership with DOT and HUD, Clean Energy Forum. Secretary Ray LaHood (DOT) and Secretary Shaun Donovan (HUD) will speak about why action for a clean energy future is of vital importance and will then illicit responses and experiences from stakeholders regarding the issue.  Ross has extensive experience in regional planning, infrastructure planning, and development. She is the author of the recently released \u0022Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness,\u0022 published by Island Press in July 2009. Ross co-authored \u0022The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century,\u0022 published by Transaction Press. Ross advises the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs .It is headed by Director Adolfo Carri\u00c3\u00b3n, Jr., who is charged with reporting directly to President Obama and concurrently to both Valerie Jarrett and to Melody Barnes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Ross will attend the Clean Energy Forum, hosted by US DOT and HUD, this week at the White House.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Ross will attend the Clean Energy Forum at White House."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2010-03-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:33","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/portal.hud.gov\/portal\/page\/portal\/HUD","title":"US Department of Housing and Urban Development"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/","title":"U.S. Department of Transportation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.marcus@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}