Georgia Tech’s Living Building Reaches Milestone Green Building test admin | February 14, 2017 The Living Building at Georgia Tech has reached a major milestone, with the approval of the schematic design. Approved by Georgia Tech’s Planning and Design Commission in December, the schematic design essentially provides a working blueprint for what is anticipated to be the most environmentally advanced research and educational building ever constructed in the Southeast. Read More Tags: Living Building Challenge
Meet a Southfacer (Again): Jenna Grygier About Us test admin | February 7, 2017 Back in 2014, when she was a project manager on the Residential team, Jenna Grygier was kind enough to tell us a little about her interests. Today, we revisited Jenna after her life-changing experience on a full through-hike of the Appalachian Trail. You can find her first ‘Meet a Southfacer’ on the journal here. What was your former position at Southface and your duties? I’m thankful to have worn many hats at Southface since 2013, when I started as an … Continue reading “Meet a Southfacer (Again): Jenna Grygier” Read More Tags: Staff
A Look Back at Fulcrum Award Winners: Raising Consciousness, Tipping the Balance Events Southface Staff | January 31, 2017 Last year, in preparation for our annual Greenprints conference, the leadership team at Southface considered a provocative notion: what if a simple awards program could transform the market and shape the conversation? Read More Tags: Greenprints
Fulcrum Follow Up: Metro Water District Policy Southface Staff | January 24, 2017 In March of 2016 at the Greenprints Conference, Southface debuted the Fulcrum Awards. As we approach the second annual Fulcrum Awards, we checked in with inaugural winners. Read More Tags: Water Conservation
Fulcrum Follow-up: Iberville Offsites Green Building test admin | January 17, 2017 In March of 2016 at the Greenprints Conference, Southface debuted the Fulcrum Awards. As we approach the second annual Fulcrum Awards, we checked in with inaugural winners. Read More Tags: Affordable Housing
Big Ladder Workshops Come to Southface Education Diondra Powers | January 11, 2017 Learn from a team of energy modelers and programmers with many years of experience providing support, training, and software tools for EnergyPlus. Register for the Big Ladder Software workshop series to learn the energy modeling software. Read More Tags:
Proof is Possible Tour Rolls into Atlanta Green Building Diondra Powers | January 9, 2017 TinyLab is the high performing tiny house on wheels you haven’t seen in person until now, and the Lunsfords are bringing it to Atlanta January 21-28! Read More Tags: Tiny House
Shan Arora Wins 2016 Solar Advocate Award About Us Diondra Powers | January 5, 2017 The Georgia Solar Energy Association awarded its 2016 Solar Advocate Award to Shan Arora, program manager for Southface, at its annual holiday celebration on Thursday, December 15. Read More Tags: Staff
Visit the Rodale Organic Life House Green Building Diondra Powers | January 4, 2017 Announcing the newest EarthCraft addition to the Serenbe community: the Rodale Organic Life House, located in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Read More Tags: EarthCraft
2016 – A Bright Year for Solar in Georgia Renewable Energy Diondra Powers | December 27, 2016 When Southface started building a database to track Georgia’s installed solar capacity in 2012, we were hunting for kilowatts (kWs). Four years later, GeorgiaEnergyData.org shows that we have more than 1,100 MW of installed solar capacity. Read More Tags: Solar