Meet a Southfacer: Maria Quiñones About Us Southface Staff | May 16, 2014 Maria conducts energy and water assessments for commercial facilities. She provides technical assistance to the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge program for large commercial facilities that have publicly pledged to reduce energy and water use by 20% by 2020. Maria also works with the Grants to Green program for metro Atlanta nonprofits by identifying energy and water conservation projects and providing technical support for implementing resource-saving strategies. Read More Tags: Staff
Four Metro Atlanta Nonprofits Receive Grants to Green Campus Funds Green Building Chandra Farley | May 8, 2014 Initiative aims to reduce environmental impact while increasing building operations cost-efficiency. Read More Tags: Gooduse
Integrated Design: A Case Study of Weatherford Place Green Building Southface Staff | May 1, 2014 The residential workshop took place at Weatherford Place, a Solar Community of EcoCraft Hybrid™ Homes in Roswell designed and constructed by Cadmus Construction. The development has achieved the first Platinum Level LEED for Homes Certification in Georgia, a pioneering feat attained by only five percent of LEED for Homes certification recipients nationwide. Read More Tags: EarthCraft, LEED, Solar
Health aspects of LEED certification Building HealthGreen Building Laura Case | May 1, 2014 The USGBC’s goal is to provide a program that gives building teams tools to develop high-performance, healthy living spaces. Southface utilizes this tool to provide technical assistance and sustainability consulting services for many clients interested in providing healthy environments in their homes, school, offices, and clinics. Read More Tags: Indoor Air Quality, LEED
Southface’s IREC-accredited Trainings and DOE’s Quality Work Plan Education Brad Turner | May 1, 2014 In July 2012, Southface became one of the first Weatherization Training Centers (WTC) in the country to earn IREC Accreditation for its Energy Auditor Training Program. In January 2014, Southface earned IREC Accreditation for the remaining three Home Energy Professional Training Programs: Quality Control Inspector, Retrofit Installer Technician and Crew Leader, making Southface one of only seven WTCs in the country to possess IREC Accreditation for all four of the Home Energy Professional designations. Read More Tags: Weatherization
EarthCraft Virginia's Sustainable Leadership Awards EventsGreen Building Dennis Creech | April 29, 2014 EarthCraft Virginia is an independent nonprofit organization that started as a special initiative of Southface, but has truly flourished over its 10-year history. I had the honor of offering remarks at this years’ ceremony where individuals were recognized for their accomplishments in advancing green building and sustainable community design. Read More Tags: EarthCraft
Marci B. Reed Joins Southface Leadership Team About Us Southface Staff | April 25, 2014 Southface is pleased to announce that Marci B. Reed will be joining the organization as chief development and communications officer beginning May 1, 2014. Read More Tags: Staff
Shane Totten Joins Southface Leadership Team About Us Southface Staff | April 15, 2014 As director of Commercial Green Building Services, Totten and his team help local and regional businesses achieve their sustainability goals. Read More Tags: Staff
SART: International Sustainability EventsPolicy Southface Staff | April 4, 2014 Speakers at the April Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable (SART) discussed the achievements and areas of opportunity for sustainability in Atlanta, Germany and Canada. Read More Tags: SART
Greenprints 2014: Keynote Cliff Majersik Events Southface Staff | March 31, 2014 Greenprints keynote Cliff Majersik highlighted the importance of gathering and managing environmental data on commercial buildings across the U.S. Read More Tags: Greenprints
