Post on 08-Nov-2014
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Center for
SustainableCommunities
Garry A. Harris CEO, HTS Enterprises
Managing Director, CSC www.csc-atl.com
…a non-profit that provides communities (particularly at risk and disadvantaged) with the resources to make their communities:
Greener Cleaner Healthier Safer
CSC
Center for Sustainable Communities
Specialized programming ResearchAnalysisAssessmentsEvaluationsEngineeringTraining and Instruction
Established in 2010 Pioneers in the “sustainability movement” Senior Staff - broad certification and credentials base Research Focused Committed Board of Directors Core Competencies
Research Analysis Assessment Survey Specialized program design
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Community Foundation: Grants to GreenUS EPAAtlanta Regional CommissionAtlanta Beltline ProjectEnergy Services CoalitionUS Forest ServiceMorehouse CollegeHome Depot
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CSC Major Collaborations
SMART Growth
Workforce & economic
development analysis
Community scale sustainability
initiatives
Energy and water conservation
analysis
STEM education
Green space
Heat island effect
Distributed
generation
analysis
Air and water quality
Urban waters and
forest
Urban agriculture and
policy
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What’s included?
Fully equipped research facilities and laboratories
Research facilities extend outdoors and in unique locations
Heavily computerized facilities with latest technology
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Research Facilities
Anemometers Deployed on Rooftop Atmospheric Laboratory Wind, temperature, and solar radiation sensors measuring meteorological parameters on the roof of the Cole Research Center for Science and Technology at Clark Atlanta University
Energy Horizons Laboratory and R&D Center
HARP-High Altitude Research Platform
UHI - Urban Heat Island Effect Laboratory
UARC - Urban Agriculture Research Center
Clean, Healthy, Green Housing Project
CEIRT - Center for Energy, Infrastructure and Renewable Technologies ARMS - Advanced Atmospheric Environmental Research and Monitoring Station
SMART Academy Center of Excellence (K-12 STEM)
SMART Growth Communities Initiative
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Research and Project Initiatives
Sustaining CSC: A Ten Year Plan
World Class Science, Research and Education Programs
Full Scope - Geology, Hydrology, GIS, Weather, Climate, Agribusiness, etc.
Collaborating with National and International Programs and Laboratories
Increasing STEM skills inventory Cutting Edge Innovation,
Methodologies, Products and Services Real World Applications and Solutions
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