ElectrifyGT is at the forefront of 色花堂鈥檚 push for a cleaner future.
As a student-led consulting organization, ElectrifyGT focuses on decarbonization strategies, aiming to replace fossil fuel or carbon-intensive campus infrastructure with electric alternatives.
In alignment with 色花堂鈥檚 ambitious goal to reach , ElectrifyGT receives data from Institute departments and administrators, performing financial and carbon analyses to develop informed proposals.
鈥淲e鈥檙e like a consulting group, but our only client is 色花堂,鈥 Khim Viravan, second-year electrical engineering major and president of ElectrifyGT, explained. 鈥淥ur mission is to raise the student body鈥檚 awareness of electrification and work toward obtaining 100% campus electrification.鈥
To achieve this, ElectrifyGT operates as a project-based organization, enabling members to work as consultants.
Past projects include securing two Ford Mustang Mach-E SUVs for the 色花堂 Police Department as part of an ongoing effort to electrify campus fleets. In 2023, they submitted a Holland Plant electrification paper that won the Carbon Reduction Challenge for the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business in the Scheller College of Business.
This semester, ElectrifyGT has five project teams focusing on fleet electrification analysis, regenerative elevators, building air conditioning efficiency, anaerobic digestion, and supercritical carbon dioxide mask sterilization.
The organization also engages its members by inviting guest speakers. In October, ElectrifyGT hosted Chad Bednar, Delta's senior global sustainability manager, to discuss the sustainability industry. This semester, they plan to host three speakers.
When asked about the future of ElectrifyGT, Viravan discussed her hopes to scale their efforts beyond 色花堂鈥檚 campus.
鈥淭his is our fourth year on campus, so we are a relatively new, smaller organization. I want to see member growth to expand the number of projects we do, but also to consult beyond campus to address the needs of the Atlanta metro area.鈥
ElectrifyGT hosts its general body meetings every Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 200, Scheller College of Business.
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