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Georgia Tech Green Campus Tour
Georgia Tech has been recognized as a leader in sustainability. Princeton Review has placed Georgia
Tech on its Green Honor Roll for 5 years, an honor fewer than 1% of the public universities in the US
have achieved. Many facilities and practices on Georgia Tech have received sustainability recognition
locally and nationally. While Georgia Tech appreciates this recognition and delights in sharing our
“Lessons Learned” we also acknowledge that sustainability is on ongoing process of continuous
improvement and there is more to be done as resources become available. More information is
available at www.stewardship.gatech.edu
Green Tour based on the Tech Trolley Route June 2013
Tech Trolley
Tech Trolley runs mostly East-West on Campus, extending to Tech Square. The Tech Trolley provides
service between the Campus Recreation Center and the Midtown MARTA Station, stopping at many
locations throughout campus and Midtown along the way.
SUMMER SCHEDULE: Tech Trolleys will run during their normal hours of operation; however, wait times will be increased between each bus due to fewer vehicles on each route. Normal schedules are expected to resume in August, 2013.
http://pts.gatech.edu/ride/routes_schedules/Pages/TechTrolley.aspx
Tech’s Trolleys and Stingers are free
to ride for campus visitors, students,
and staff/faculty. You may board or
deboard at designated stops, as often
as needed.
FALL AND SPRING
SEMESTER SCHEDULE:
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Stinger Bus route map and schedule (primarily North-South routes on campus): http://pts.gatech.edu/ride/routes_schedules/Documents/stinger%20map%201213.jpg http://pts.gatech.edu/ride/routes_schedules/Pages/routes_schedules.aspx
Campus Map showing individual building names and numbers: http://map.gtalumni.org/
Next Bus Map – updated every few minutes:
http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/publicMap.shtml?a=georgia-tech
http://pts.gatech.edu/ride/routes_schedules/Documents/trolley%20rambler%20map%201213.jpg
Tech’s Trolleys and Stingers are free to
ride for campus visitors, students, and
staff/faculty. Note symbols for Trolley
Stops – you may get on or off the Trolley
at any of these stops. This allows you to
modify the tour to your own pace.
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Condensed Sustainability Overview:
o Georgia Tech’s energy use per square foot is less than the average energy use per square foot of its
very high research peers across the country and in the south.
o Georgia Tech is all low flow fixtures – showers, faucets, toilets, etc. Georgia Tech has adopted the
California Water standards.
o Georgia Tech currently has 44 buildings and 4.8 million sf at LEED Certified, LEED Registered, and or
retrofit to LEED level energy and water standards. Twenty one ( 21) additional buildings have been
partially Energy and HVAC retrofit. There are 16 LEED certified buildings on Georgia Tech’s campus.
(List of sustainable buildings available at http://www.stewardship.gatech.edu/images/energyefficientbuildings.pdf)
o Georgia Tech’s standard is that all renovations and new construction must be designed to LEED Gold
level or higher. Georgia Tech uses Energy Star whenever they are available.
*Not visible from Trolley
Building Numbers (999) correspond to the Campus Map available online at http://map.gtalumni.org/
1. Ride MARTA (Atlanta’s Mass Transit System’s
Light rail train) to the Midtown Station (Tenth St).
2. Catch the Tech Trolley to/through campus (free to
campus visitors, students, faculty, staff)
3. As the Trolley approaches Fifth St, it is also approaching Technology Square, Tech’s Eastern edge.
At its opening in 2003, Technology Square was
defined as a “tangible symbol of International
education, world citizens, working in a global
economy and across a sustainable world.”
Technology Square is 5 large buildings, an
innovative expansion of campus, a collaboration
of Georgia Tech, businesses, and community,
and an economic development project that
converted abandoned city lots into a vibrant
live-learn-work-play environment that
people choose as a destination.
The Barnes and Noble Bookstore signage is
visible at the corner of Spring St and Fifth St, as
the Trolley makes a right turn.
Georgia Tech’s College of Management
Building (172) * was the 13th LEED certified
Retail with outdoor tables
Midtown Station MARTA Barnes & Noble Tech Square
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building in the US. Certified in 2003, as LEED Silver,
it is the second LEED certified building in Georgia.
It was retro-commissioned in 2012 for an estimated
50% reduction in energy use. It is now the College
of Business Building and cornerstone of the Scheller
College of Business.
The Global Learning Conference Center /Hotel
parking deck (171) has recharging stations for
electric vehicles and was designed to LEED Silver
standards. Economic Development Institute
Building (760 Spring St, 171)* has been renovated
and retrofit to LEED energy and water levels.
The Tech Square Research Building (TSRB, 175) is 1
of 3 Georgia Tech buildings participating in the
2012 Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge to reduce
energy and water use 20% by 2020. Centergy
Building (176, 75 Fifth St) was LEED Gold certified
In 2011.
4. Fifth Street Bridge is a green oasis over the
Interstate. Students enjoy the grassy areas
throughout the week and tailgaters use it on game
days. The southern side of the bridge has a living
green wall.
5. Greek Community – as the Trolley passes several
Greek houses, Phi Kappa Tau House (317)* was
LEED Gold certified, 2011. The Chi Psi House (305)*
Renovation is LEED registered .
6. Athletic facilities include cisterns and other water
and energy efficiency features. Stormwater runoff
Is collected in cisterns, stored, and used later for
watering athletic fields across campus. Cisterns are
tied to a smart irrigation system in accordance with
the Cistern Master Plan.
Brock Football Practice Facility (200, behind Griffin
Field) includes a 180,000 gallon cistern, is energy
Efficient, has natural ventilation instead of air
John & Mary Brock Football Facility, Rose Bowl Field
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conditioning.
Griffin Track (342) and Rose Bowl Field (347) are
two green spaces on campus.
Zelnak Basket Ball Practice Facility (73B)* was LEED
Gold certified in 2011. It includes a 5,000 gallon
underground cistern.
Mewborn Softball Stadium (196)* was LEED Gold
certified in 2010 and includes a 42,000 cistern.
Replaced surface parking from a former High School.
McCamish Pavilion / Alexander Memorial Coliseum
(AMC, 73)* renovation is LEED registered, seeking LEED
Gold. The roof and 60% of structure reused. 80,000
gallon cistern. Demolition and construction recycling
rate of 99%.
Ken Byers Tennis Complex / Bill More Tennis Center
(80)* renovation is LEED registered, seeking LEED
Silver. Designed to the standards of the “Advanced
Buildings Core Performance Guide” for energy
efficiency.
Bobby Dodd Stadium (17)* hosts recycling inside the
Stadium during game days. Tailgating areas also
recycle on game days. Athletic offices participate in
recycling throughout the year. A stream that had been
covered at the beginning of the twentieth century was
resurfaced during the 2007-2009 droughts. Cisterns
now store up to 33,000 gallons of this non potable
water for irrigation across campus.
7. Old CE Building (85)* has been LEED Gold certified and
includes a 6500 gallon above ground cistern in its
courtyard, along with a living green wall. It was the first
historic building in the University System of Georgia to
be LEED certified.
8. Georgia Tech’s first research building, Hinman (51)* ,
is LEED Gold certified as of 2011.
9. Klaus Advanced Computing Building (153) was the first
LEED Gold certified building on campus, 2008. Includes
170,000 gallons of cisterns, is 40% more energy efficient
than the building code requires and 11% more energy
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efficient than modeling predicted. Xeriscaping and
bioswales abound on the 3 acres of this 6 acre site that
were left green by design. Waterless urinals are used
in this facility.
10. Biotech Quad includes many sustainable features,
including pervious surfaces, terracing, tree canopy
plantings, etc.
Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building
(EST, 147) includes interdisciplinary environmental
research teams, green chemistry labs, xeriscaped
reforesting, a weather monitoring station. 2-20,000
gallon cisterns are underground behind Ford EST
Building.
Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building (165) has
been retrofit to the level of LEED energy efficiency.
Robinson Molecular Science and Education Building
(MSE, 167) has been recognized as an exemplary
green lab and similar to LEED standards for energy
efficiency. Back patio is shaded by forest greenery
of the glade behind the building. The forest and glade
are important features of the Eco Commons – part of
the Landscape Master Plan which includes a
commitment to reduce storm water runoff by 50%
and grow campus tree canopy to 50%. Georgia Tech
was an early adopter of Tree Campus USA and has
been certified by them 5 years in a row. Two (2)
10,000 gallon cisterns are underground near the
MSE building.
Petit Parker Biotechnology Building (146) has been
retrofit to the level of LEED energy efficiency.
11. Atlantic Street has been converted into a pedestrian
walkway and lined with luscious tree plantings to
increase tree canopy of campus. Engineering
Biosystems Building* is LEED registered and in
design phase. It will be on Tenth St.
12. Marcus Nanotechnology Building (161)* includes an
80,000 gallon cistern underground. Cherry Emerson
(66)* has been renovated and retrofit to LEED level.
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Centennial Research Building* is participating in
The 2012 Atlanta Better Building Challenge, as is
The Sustainable Education Building*. The North
and South 430 Tenth Street buildings* have
been renovated and retrofit to LEED levels.
13. Hemphill and Ferst Drive intersection includes
reforestation projects, surface parking removal
and replacement with pervious surfaces, and
Couch Park and Leadership Challenge Course.
Couch Park and Leadership Challenge Pavilion
(201)* are LEED registered projects.
14. Fitten, Freeman, and Montague and Residence
Halls (117-119) renovations are LEED Gold
certified and include a 8,000 gallon cistern.
Armstrong, Caldwell, Folk, Fulmer, Harrison,
Hefner, Howell Residence Halls and the Family
Apartments and their parking deck have been
retrofit to LEED levels. *
15. Love Manufacturing Research Center(144) has
3-1500 gallon above ground cisterns in front of it.
It has been retrofit to the level of LEED as have
Boggs*, Bunger-Henry*, the MRDC, O’Keefe*.
16. Campus Recreation Center (122, CRC) has a 340
kw grid attached solar roof on it, the largest of
its type in the world when it was built in 1995 and
is still 3rd largest of its type in the world. This
was the largest solar pv implementation in
Georgia until late 2011. Both its solar pv and
its solar thermal systems were early
implementations of renewable energy used in
campus operations. There are 2-1500 gallon
cisterns above ground, behind the CRC. The CRC and its
parking facility have been retrofit to the level of
LEED. The CRC was voted #1 Facility by students
in the Princeton Review survey for 2011. It is the
home of Georgia Tech’s Outdoor Recreation
Program (ORGT).
Love Manufacturing
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17. The Student Health Center renovation (82)
is LEED certified. The Human
Resources Building (142) has been retrofit
to LEED level. 811 Marietta Street’s
Printing Services Building was an early
adopter of geothermal and has a 1500
gallon above ground cistern. Landon
Learning Center (791)* has been retrofit to
LEED level.
18. Stamps Student Center and Commons (114,
123) have been retrofit to LEED level. The
Student Center Parking Deck has a living
green wall. Guggenheim Building (40)* has
been retrofit to LEED level. The Campanile is
a green space on campus.
19. Get off the Tech Trolley at the turnaround
(New Transit Hub). Walk the few hundred
yards north, to Tech Green, our campus’
largest green space.
20. The adjacent G Wayne Clough
Undergraduate Commons is one of
campus’ newest buildings and a
sustainability showcase. It is Tech’s second
building to be LEED Platinum certified.
Features include first solar pv in 15 years
and a garden roof. Georgia Tech houses
the first National Center of Excellence in
Photovoltaics in the US, which opened in
1992. It spawned Suniva, a solar cell
manufacturer, a company that graduated
from Tech’s business incubator, ATDC, and
proceeded to sell $1 billion of solar pv in 3
years. Renewable energy provides an
estimated 6.5% of the building’s needs.
Dashboards provide additional information
about the building’s sustainability features.
You may tour the Clough Commons building
and visit its garden roof.
Student Health Student Center & Commons
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
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21. Under Tech Green (385) there is a 1.4
million gallon cistern which collects
HVAC condensate water from the Clough
Commons building and storm water
runoff from this part of campus. It is sized
to provide 89% of the water needed by
Clough Commons for flushing and the
area’s irrigation needs for up to 28 days.
We believe it to be the largest campus
cistern in the US.
Tech has over 50 trees older than 100 years.
The most recent tree inventory indicates
There are approximately 11,000 trees on
campus.
Take the Tech Stinger bus east
from the Trolley Turnaround –
New Transit Hub or walk to the
historic campus district.
22. Historic District of Georgia Tech is comprised
of 12 buildings.
Carnegie Building (36) was the campus library
until 1953. It was most recently renovated
and retrofit, to LEED level, in 2009.
JS Coon(45) and Swann (39) buildings have
been renovated and retrofit to LEED level.
Harrison Square (352) is a green space on
campus.
Alumni House (3) was once the YMCA.
Lyman Hall (29) was the school’s first chemistry
building and now houses the Bursar.
Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration
Building (35) is often referred to as Tech Tower.
A French , Lyman Hall, Chapin, DM Smith,
and Savant buildings are also historic district
buildings.
23. Tech Tower Green (351) is one of the green
spaces on campus. It is often used for
recreation and ceremonies.
1,400,000 gallon cistern under Tech Green
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24. North Avenue Apartments are home to 2000
students, and were the 1996 Olympic Village.
They are the largest campus residence hall in the
world to attain LEED Existing Building Operations
and Maintenance and LEED Gold certification.
It was the first LEED EBOM certified building on campus.
25. North Avenue Dining Hall was designed and built
for sustainable dining. It is open to the public.
It is LEED Gold certified. All 3 dining halls on campus
compost and are 98% waste neutral. Britain Dining
Hall reduced its energy consumption 25%+ in 2011.
Walk to the North Avenue MARTA
station at North Avenue and 713
W Peachtree St NW or catch the
Tech Stinger Bus at Techwood
Drive at the North Avenue
and Techwood Drive corner.
26. CNES, Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory
(199)* is Tech’s first LEED Platinum certified building.
Was built to produce more renewable energy
than it uses when empty. It is a research building
that will house research focusing on energy
research to reduce emissions and increase energy
efficiency with systems such as combustion and
computing. The NARA Structures Lab Building
(149)* has been renovated and retrofit to LEED
levels.
27. Academy of Medicine (198)* is a historic building
whose renovation is LEED registered and seeking
LEED Gold. It is available for rental by the public.
Additional information is available at www.stewardship.gatech.edui
North Avenue Dining Hall