Building America Case Study: Rehabilitations of USDA Multifamily Homes Green BuildingResearch Sydney Roberts | April 22, 2016 Southface was recently highlighted in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Update as a “Residential Success” for our rehabilitations of U.S. Department of Agriculture multifamily homes and our efforts to create better buildings for all. Read More Tags:
Hope and Will’s Room Promotes Health and Wellbeing at Southeastern Designer Showhouse Green Building Southface Staff | April 20, 2016 “Hope and Will’s Room,” located on the terrace level, is the result of thoughtful collaboration between Rabaut Design Associates and Southface. The room increases public awareness of the impact our buildings have on our wellbeing by implementing evidence-based design standards such as biophilic design for improved health, and by specifying no- to low-VOC and Red List Free items to minimize exposure to harsh chemicals. Read More Tags: Biophilia, LEED
The Impact of Green Affordable Housing Green BuildingPolicy Alex Trachtenberg | March 24, 2016 Southface’s Alex Trachtenberg and Sarah Hill, along with the Virginia Center for Housing and Research at Virginia Tech, are aiming to upend the notion that green building can’t also be affordable, especially for those who need it most. Read More Tags: Affordable Housing
Inaugural Fulcrum Award Winners Announced Events Southface Staff | March 17, 2016 Imagine a simple awards program that could transform the market and shape the conversation. Southface, through creative thinking and provocative collaboration, created such a program with the inaugural Fulcrum Awards. Read More Tags: Greenprints
Meet a Southfacer: Laura Capps About Us Southface Staff | March 10, 2016 Meet Laura Capps, the program manager for Southface’s work on the Advanced Commercial Buildings Initiative. Read More Tags: Staff
Why Sustainability Matters Policy Southface Staff | February 24, 2016 Atlanta is emerging as a top-tier city internationally for sustainability.We’ve got a lot to show for the City’s sustainability program. We’ve got a lot to show for the City’s sustainability program. Read More Tags:
Roundtable: The Ted and Community Redevelopment CommunitiesEvents Southface Staff | February 9, 2016 In a recent article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bill Torpy featured his extended interview with Southface board member Leon Eplan. Eplan has been involved in the planning and design of Atlanta, sharing many success and frustrations of the region, since the early 1960s. Read More Tags: SART
Georgia’s Clean Energy Industry Provides Nearly 20,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs EducationPolicyRenewable Energy Shan Arora | January 26, 2016 Southface has released its 2015 Georgia Clean Energy Industry Census that quantifies the clean energy industry’s impact on the state’s economy. Read More Tags: Workforce Development
Southface Volunteers at MLK Day Service Project About UsEvents Southface Staff | January 21, 2016 The Southface team volunteered their time and expertise at the MLK Day Service Project in Decatur, helping to weatherize a home. Read More Tags: Martin Luther King Service Project
Get Over Sustainability; It’s Time To Embrace Resilience Communities Robert Reed | January 14, 2016 It’s not enough to rely solely on sustainability. We need to expand our focus to designing resilient and restorative ecological solutions. Read More Tags: