{"74070":{"#nid":"74070","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ACC $100K Clean Energy Challenge Open for Business (Ideas)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), of which Georgia Tech is a member through the National Collegiate Athletic Association, is now accepting entries to its new business plan competition, the $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEntrants are asked to submit ideas for new clean energy companies. The Challenge targets and is\nopen to all ACC schools, as well as other universities in the southeastern U.S.\nThe Challenge finals event will rotate among three sub-regions\nwith nearby ACC schools co-hosting each year. Maryland, Virginia, and Virginia\nTech co-host in Washington, D.C. in year one; Duke, North Carolina, North\nCarolina State, and Wake Forest co-host in Research Triangle in year two; Georgia Tech will co-host with Clemson, Florida State, and Miami in Atlanta in year\nthree.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESupported by the\nDepartment of Energy\u0027s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy\n(EERE), the competition invites business plans with commercialization potential in the clean\nenergy space, including projects related to renewable energy, energy efficiency\nimprovements and advanced fuels\/vehicles.\u0026nbsp;The winner will receive a\n$100,000 prize and compete in the DOE National Clean Energy Business Plan\nFinals in Washington, D.C., in summer 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EExecutive summary submissions are due Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mtech.umd.edu\/accnrg\/\u0022\u003Ecompetition\u0027s website\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and see the attached (at right) flyer for more details.\u0026nbsp;If you\u2019d like to have a role in planning,\nmarketing and running this competition at Tech, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marcia.kinstler@business.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMarcia Kinstler\u003C\/a\u003E in the Office of Environmental Stewardship.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESubmissions sought from across the southeast for new clean energy companies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Submissions sought from across the southeast for new clean energy companies."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-12-13 10:54:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74072":{"id":"74072","type":"image","title":"ACC logo","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46","alt":"ACC logo","file":{"fid":"193763","name":"acc-logo.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26562,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/acc-logo_0.jpeg?itok=qvaUlrZB"}},"74069":{"id":"74069","type":"image","title":"$100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46","alt":"$100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge","file":{"fid":"193762","name":"acc_cleanenergy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc_cleanenergy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc_cleanenergy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":635097,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/acc_cleanenergy_0.jpg?itok=4K_A9dsz"}}},"media_ids":["74072","74069"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/","title":"Green Buzz"},{"url":"http:\/\/stewardship.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Office of Environmental Stewardship"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mtech.umd.edu\/accnrg\/","title":"The $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15340","name":"acc clean energy challenge"},{"id":"8732","name":"clean energy"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marcia.kinstler@business.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMarcia Kinstler \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESustainability Director\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Environmental Stewardship\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}