Built Environment
and Sustainability
 

Reimagines how buildings and infrastructure are designed, constructed, and operated to meet the demands of a changing climate. 

Projects & News

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Drones for Building Diagnostics

Research team awarded $1.4 Million to develop building envelope diagnostics and modeling using drones
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Retrofitting Homes

Georgia Tech student team is the Design Challenge Residential Division Grand Winner for the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon
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Diverting Waste

The Re-Wind Network and Georgia Tech repurposes decommissioned wind turbine blades into structural "BladeBridges," diverting waste and giving retired blades new structural life.
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Subhrajit "Subhro" Guhathakurta
"This future is possible only with deliberate and smart planning of our cities." 
— Subhro Guhathakurta, Executive Director of the Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics (CURA)
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Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics

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