COVID-19 Gives the Healthcare Industry a Needed Push to Go Circular Regenerative Design Southface Curator | April 15, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a manufacturing and supply chain shortage for hospitals and clinics across the nation. With an immediate need for circularity in the healthcare industry, many companies, research centers and medical centers are creating equipment, medical supplies and other PPE supplies that can be reused. Read More Tags: COVID-19, Circular Economy
Cloud Providers Continue to Improve Energy Efficiency during COVID-19 Green TechnologyRenewable Energy Southface Curator | April 9, 2020 As “shelter in place” orders have been made to control the spread of COVID-19, the world’s data centers and internet infrastructure are experiencing a rise in usage. This is because people are spending all their time at home using videoconferencing, collaboration software and other streaming services. Read More Tags: COVID-19, Energy Efficiency
7 Steps to Better Indoor Air Quality During the COVID-19 Crisis Building Health Southface Staff | April 8, 2020 Your home should be your sanctuary—an inviting place where you can rest, rejuvenate and heal from life’s daily stressors. These days, it is where you may be spending most of your waking hours, trying to keep yourself and your loved ones safe and healthy. But creating a haven takes more than investing in trendy decorations and a security system. It also means getting serious about what you allow (and don’t allow) inside your home and saying “no” to harmful pollutants … Continue reading “7 Steps to Better Indoor Air Quality During the COVID-19 Crisis” Read More Tags: COVID-19, Indoor Air Quality
New Report Summarizes How to Minimize COVID-19 Spread in the Built Environment Green Building Southface Curator | April 2, 2020 In early March, researchers published “2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: A Review of the Current Literature and Built Environment (BE) Considerations to Reduce Transmission,” a paper summarizing how to control COVID-19 and other similar pathogens from spreading throughout the built environment. Read More Tags: COVID-19
COVID-19 Crisis: 60 Organizations Call on Georgia Governor to Take Immediate Action to Ensure Residents are Protected from Utility Shut-Offs Blog Southface Staff | April 2, 2020 ATLANTA – April 1, 2020 – Today, 60 organizations across Georgia called on Governor Brian Kemp to take immediate action pursuant to his authority granted under the state’s emergency management act to ensure utility customers remain connected to essential electric, gas, water, sewer, and telecommunications networks, both during and after the coronavirus emergency. State executive action is needed for several reasons, outlined in a letter from the organizations to Governor Kemp. Read More Tags: COVID-19
We All Play a Part in Community Health Building HealthCommunitiesEventsGreen Building Sarah Mundell | March 26, 2020 A viral pandemic makes our connections clear, yet the same intertwined network is always part of our community health, though seen (or unseen) in different ways. We hope you find insightful context in this republished summary of our April 2019 Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable panel, featuring local experts speaking on “Healthy Homes, Health Families” and the broad vision of what is needed to improve the health of every member of the community, especially the underserved. Read More Tags: COVID-19, Indoor Air Quality, SART
Lessons from Sustainability Veterans Southface Curator | March 25, 2020 Deep listening, selfless systems thinking and resourcefulness are among the list of important attributes to possess for someone who wants to move up in their sustainability career, according to sustainability veterans. These professionals have held leadership roles in the world of corporate sustainability, and they are brainstorming ways and passing along lessons to help the next generation of sustainability leaders be successful. Read More Tags: Jobs and Careers
Co-Hosted Earth Hour Celebration Goes Virtual! Blog Southface Staff | March 20, 2020 ATLANTA, GA – March 20, 2020 – Southface Institute and the Piedmont Park Conservancy are hosting an Earth Hour Virtual Celebration on March 28, 2020, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. as part of a yearly global appointment when people in over 180 countries turn off their lights for one hour in solidarity for the planet’s future. In a time when we’re being asked to distance ourselves for the sake of community health and safety, Earth Hour gives us an opportunity … Continue reading “Co-Hosted Earth Hour Celebration Goes Virtual!” Read More Tags:
Nothing Can Stop Us from Marking Earth Hour 2020: Bringing the Celebrations Online! Events Kat Schaich | March 20, 2020 During this time when more of our household members are working and studying from home, sometimes connected to multiple devices for hours on end, the energy savings that may come from reduced commutes may be offset by increased at-home use. Read More Tags: Energy Efficiency
Social Media Re-imagined: How a Designer Developed a Green Version of Instagram Green Technology Southface Curator | March 17, 2020 Phones and communication networks could consume 21% of global energy consumption by 2030. Tom Jarrett, a designer at the U.K. design studio Normally heard this and started researching how to redesign the internet to use less energy. Find out how his version of Instagram limits its energy consumption and carbon footprint. Read More Tags: Carbon Footprint, Energy Efficiency