Deepening The Sustainability Conversation Events Joey Shea | March 1, 2017 This article was originally posted in the SaportaReport Thought Leaders section in February, 2017. Southface has made its name as a technical service provider and expert in the high performance built environment. While it’s true that we provide technical services, support and consulting on commercial, residential and community scale projects, Southface has long been engaged in sustainability from other perspectives, as well. For example, many people do not know that our advocacy efforts in the mid 2000s helped move Georgia … Continue reading “Deepening The Sustainability Conversation” Read More Tags: Greenprints
EarthCraft Breathes New Life into Decatur Green Homes Green Building Southface Staff | February 23, 2017 Green certified home renovations are sure to become more common in Decatur starting this spring, thanks in large part to the research efforts of Southface’s EarthCraft team. Last month, Southface conducted preliminary energy and cost-savings analyses of three recently renovated homes pursuing EarthCraft Renovation certification as part of the implementation of the City of Decatur’s “High Performance Building Standard,” requiring all new construction and commercial renovation meeting certain thresholds to be certified under a green building standard. Read More Tags: EarthCraft
Andrea Pinabell to Deliver Opening Keynote at Next South Conference About UsEducationEvents Joey Shea | February 16, 2017 Over the first few months of 2017, Southface’s new President, Andrea Pinabell, has been touring Southface’s sustainability networks to get to know the partners, thought leaders and funders we work with every day to deliver our mission and pursue our vision. For many years, Georgia Conservancy, the 50 year-old conservation nonprofit dedicated to protecting and conserving Georgia’s natural resources through advocacy, engagement and collaboration, has been one of those partners and a key player in Georgia’s sustainability advocacy group. Andrea … Continue reading “Andrea Pinabell to Deliver Opening Keynote at Next South Conference” Read More Tags: Andrea Pinabell, Staff
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
