New energy-efficient LED lights have been installed in a wing of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience building thanks to three Georgia Tech students, whose proposal for energy-saving initiatives within the building won the 2019 Carbon Reduction Challenge. When fully implemented, it will result in over 250,000 pounds of CO2 reductions per year.
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Allan Hyde, a sociology professor and grant recipient, is focused on studying the social and physical vulnerabilities of coastal communities — in this case, Savannah, Georgia — and how environmental disasters, such as flooding and hurricanes, affect those communities’ ability to rebound and be resilient as part of the Smart Sea Level Sensor team.
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