{"670015":{"#nid":"670015","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Faculty Takes Home Major APPAM Award for Second Time in Three Years","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second time in three years, a Georgia Tech School of Public Policy faculty member has won the prestigious World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Association for Public Policy Analysis \u0026amp; Management (APPAM) recently revealed Professor Daniel Matisoff as one of its 2023 honorees, along with his collaborator Douglas Noonan, formerly a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool\u003C\/a\u003E and now at Indiana University \u2014 Purdue University Indianapolis. APPAM also honored Lucy Qiu of the University of Maryland.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Association for Public Policy Analysis \u0026amp; Management (APPAM) gives the annual award in recognition of research that \u201cassesses pathways to achieve measurable but as-yet-unrealized gains in overall environmental performance.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s quite an honor to receive this award with Doug for the work that we\u2019ve done to understand what we call the \u2018green market transformation,\u2019\u201d Matisoff said. \u201cIt\u2019s also gratifying to see continued recognition of the excellent work being done across the School.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/daniel-matisoff\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMatisoff\u003C\/a\u003E and Noonan won for their book \u003Cem\u003EEcolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.appam.org\/about-appam\/awards\/world-citizen-prizes-in-environmental-performance\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eannouncing\u003C\/a\u003E the win, APPAM said Ecolabels \u201cprovides a new perspective on leveraging markets to transform industry\u201d through its analysis of eco-labeling \u2014 the voluntary practice among some companies of acquiring independent certification that their goods or services are more environmentally friendly.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe book focuses on the building industry and certifications such as the Leadership in Energy \u0026amp; Environmental Design, or LEED, program. In the volume, Matisoff and Noonan show that early adopters of such programs help spur adoption across the industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe theory for the work was inspired by the mission of the Kendeda Building at Georgia Tech, which was designed to transform how building and construction are done in the Southeast,\u201d Matisoff said. \u201cWe showed that tools that leverage interactions between the public and private sector, such as eco-labeling and pilot and demonstration projects, can help build supply chains, reduce costs, demonstrate the performance of risky technologies, and accelerate uptake of innovative energy and environmental technologies.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMatisoff will accept the award at the APPAM meeting scheduled to be in Atlanta this November.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/marilyn-a-brown\u0022\u003EMarilyn A. Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.appam.org\/georgia-institute-of-technologys-dr-marilyn-a-brown-receives-2021-world-citizen-prize-in-environmental-performance-award\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereceived\u003C\/a\u003E the award in 2021 for her work leading the research team behind the Drawdown Georgia climate initiative. Matisoff is also a member of that team.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn all, three of the seven recipients of the award since its inception in 2019 have been current or former faculty members of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Public Policy. That track record demonstrates the School\u2019s tradition of leadership and creativity in the energy and environmental policy space, Matisoff said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt speaks to the caliber of our faculty and our energy and environmental policy program here at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy,\u201d said Matisoff, who is also the director of the innovative \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/masters\/mseem\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMaster of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management\u003C\/a\u003E program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Matisoff won the award for his co-authored book \u0027Ecolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation.\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Daniel Matisoff won the award for his co-authored book \u0027Ecolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation.\u0027"}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2023-09-28 19:24:50","changed_gmt":"2023-09-28 19:26:41","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671890":{"id":"671890","type":"image","title":"matisoff 169.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Daniel Matisoff\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1695929097","gmt_created":"2023-09-28 19:24:57","changed":"1695929097","gmt_changed":"2023-09-28 19:24:57","alt":"Professor Daniel Matisoff","file":{"fid":"255036","name":"matisoff 169.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/28\/matisoff%20169.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/28\/matisoff%20169.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2049898,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/28\/matisoff%20169.jpg?itok=bGYCVof8"}}},"media_ids":["671890"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}