Georgia’s Focus on Clean Power Plan Compliance PolicyRenewable Energy Kevin Kelly | October 30, 2015 Achieving the goals of the CPP will require greater energy efficiency and the production of new low-emission and emission-free energy. The final CPP was released after 14 months of review and revision that included more than 4.3 million public comments. Read More Tags:
Southface Presents Argon Award for Leadership in Sustainability to Cox Enterprises Events Adam Rosenkoetter | October 9, 2015 October 8, 2015 – Southface, the Southeast’s nonprofit leader in promoting sustainable homes, workplaces and communities, presented its 2015 Argon Award for leadership in sustainability to Cox Enterprises for its Cox Conserves sustainability program. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed presented the award at the Southface Visionary Dinner Read More Tags: Visionary Dinner
Steve Curwood Headlines Visionary Dinner Events Southface Staff | October 5, 2015 Recently, Southface staff examined our vision, mission and core values in the context of creating the organization’s next strategic plan. One of the most profound insights we gained from this exercise was the widespread commitment of our staff to the equity aspect of triple bottom line economics.This recent focus was part of the inspiration behind inviting Steve Curwood to speak at our upcoming Visionary Dinner. Read More Tags: Visionary Dinner
Southface Refresh: Spotlight on Bosch Appliances Green Building Southface Staff | September 30, 2015 Appliances consume an extraordinary amount of energy. As a demonstration facility, Southface wanted the campus to showcase best-in-class, high efficiency products and our relationship with Bosch allowed us to do just that when we were ready for the campus refresh. Read More Tags:
Steve Curwood on our Relationship to our Environment Events Southface Staff | September 16, 2015 Thirty years ago, when the first Earth Day rallies got underway, I was slow to get in line. But over the next 20 years things changed, and I changed, too. As a society, we made a lot of progress on many of the problems of 1970…Meanwhile, I became a journalist and a parent…Of all the issues Americans marched about in 1970, only the environment has gotten worse…life as we know and love it is changing profoundly. Read More Tags: Visionary Dinner
Southface Trainings in the Virgin Islands Education Joey Shea | September 2, 2015 Steve Herzlieb traveled to the US Virgin Islands to deliver training on building performance principles. Southface partnered with the Virgin Islands Energy Office and the University of the Virgin islands to provide this opportunity for the students. Read More Tags:
Atlanta Has Earned Bragging Rights for Going ‘Green’ Green Building Joey Shea | August 28, 2015 When it comes to the Better Buildings Challenge, Atlanta has outpaced all its competitors that have pledged to reduce energy and water consumption by 2020. Atlanta has more property square footage signed up in the program than any other city. Read More Tags: Better Buildings Challenge
Going Green Makes Dollars and Sense for Agnes Scott College Green Building Southface Staff | August 27, 2015 For the leadership of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, going green is about more than making wise energy choices. It’s about environmental sustainability and its effect on the bottom line. Read More Tags: Carbon Footprint, School
Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge Announces Major Achievements and New Partners Green BuildingPolicy Southface Staff | August 20, 2015 Mayor Reed announced Wednesday that the Atlanta BBC has already achieved 20% water savings with a 2010 baseline, and 11% energy savings with a 2009 baseline. He added that the program now boasts 100 million square feet of committed building space in the City of Atlanta, which represents the largest commitment of any local partner at the national level with DOE. Read More Tags: Better Buildings Challenge
Southface Refresh: Spotlight on Imperial Paints, LLC Building HealthGreen Building Southface Staff | August 19, 2015 The average American spends 90% of his/her day indoors, where pollutants can be more dangerous than outdoors. ECOS paint, owned by Imperial Paints, is used to mitigate harmful chemicals from an interior paint and lessen the health impacts for building occupants, and Southface is proud to feature it in our refresh. Read More Tags: Indoor Air Quality