Ten Sites for Reflection
1525 Building
Previously the location
of the Seretean Center for Health Promotion, this building
illustrates how Emory's University Senate has helped to
guide campus growth toward environmentally sound planning.
Originally designed to be nestled inside a forested area--a
plan which would have changed local water flows and reduced
tree cover--the Center (now gone) was gathered into the
design of this building after the Senate Committee on
the Environment (COE) highlighted the benefits of preserving
forest cover and locating the Center closer to parking
and pedestrian access. Long-term consensus-building has
been a valuable role of the COE. Emory's multi-stranded
consultation process prior to campus construction has
been recognized nationally as a way to safeguard environmental
concerns in decision-making processes.
Walk up the right-hand stairway and follow the disability
ramp around to the right until you reach the back of the
building, below the parking deck.
Can you see the loading
dock for medical waste from the Emory Clinic units here?
Emory's medical waste is shipped to Alabama for incineration.
Burning of plastics releases toxic dioxins into the air.
Other alternatives for disposal of dangerous medical waste
also have environmental costs. How can we move toward
a safe, but less harmful management of medical waste?
How can we reduce our total waste stream?
Retrace your steps, returning to Clifton Road.
Clifton Road marks
the divide between the two watersheds Emory straddles:
Peavine Creek on the west and south and Candler Lake on
the east and north. Both the Candler Lake and Peavine
Creek watersheds drain into the South Fork of Peachtree
Creek, which runs behind the Veterans Administration Hospital,
the Emory Conference Center Hotel, and Sage Hill Shopping
Center.
Continue on Clifton Road and enter the driveway for
the Emory Conference Center Hotel. Walk into the lobby,
down the main staircase, and outside to the gardens. Look
over the back wall to view the relationship of the building
to the surrounding forest.
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