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Marilyn BrownSaporta Report featured the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy's new Master's in Sustainability degree in the story Georgia Tech to launch master’s degree in sustainability this autumn which ran March 14, 2019.
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The growing demand for leaders in the realm of sustainability is the subject of a new master’s degree program Georgia Tech intends to launch this autumn.
Sustainability experts will be needed to assist Atlanta’s airport, which consumes nearly half of all energy used by the City of Atlanta and is expected to reduce energy waste and increase the use of renewable energy. Credit: David Pendered
The program intends to provide the technical expertise that industry and government are expected to need to comply with sustainability goals and objectives. Students can attend class online or on campus to fulfill requirements of the degree named, Master of Science in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management.
The market for services in the sustainability arena is expected to grow by leaps and bounds in cities including Atlanta. Atlanta is one of nearly 100 cities nationwide the Sierra Club reported in October 2018 to be pursuing sustainability programs.
“The world’s energy economy is undergoing transformational change, and as the public and private sectors strengthen their commitment to green practices, the need will increase for well-trained policy experts able to design, implement, and manage responses to sustainability issues,” Marilyn A. Brown, Regents’ professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in Tech’s School of Public Policy, said in the statement. “This program will provide such leaders.”
The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
