Meet Andy Angelos: Your Guide to All Things Green!

Green development is a skill Chicago knows very well. Follow Andy Angelos as he keeps up with the latest and greatest technologies and processes.

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This is Andy Angelos –curator of all things green on the Chicago 2016 Channel.  Rather than compete with Blagica’s (pronounced like pizza) description of the unique Chicago experience, I decided to copy excerpts from a few of the 1.25 million essays indexed by Google with the title “What the Olympics mean to me.”   Seriously, Google is one smart guy (or girl since the gender is still unknown) and can provide a much better assessment of the Olympic value add than me, a simple-minded technology writer.   

“I get to read and hear about sports I never knew existed,” reads a piece composed by a young Philadelphian.   

A college student contributes, “The Olympics represent diversity – so many athletes from so many different backgrounds descending on a central location.”  

Google even captures the following statement from a jubilant Chinese citizen, “The Olympics bring happiness and pride to people all around the world.  It is a great honor to host.”  

The final words of the above statement - “a great honor to host” – are of particular relevance to Chicago community.  Hosting the Olympic Games is undeniably a tremendous honor, but the larger benefit resides in the preparation period prior to welcoming millions of athletes and spectators into a central location.  The 2016 Olympics provide a perfect opportunity for Chicago to emerge as a city of the future.  Cognitive energy-efficient living space, intelligent transportation systems, renewable energy sources immersed in an urban environment, etc will all be closer to reality in 2016 and ready for introduction to the world.

Hopefully, you will all join me on the Chicago 2016 Channel as I explore the environmental and technology aspects of Chicago’s quest for the IOC’s blessing.  I am excited to introduce Chicago and the world to a new generation of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and humanitarians working toward a more impact-conscious future.  Oh…and I will also introduce my sarcasm but probably in my next post       

 

Andy Angelos

Environmental and Technology Editor, Chicago 2016 Channel

pronounced (ann – dee), like “candy”