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
Southface Celebrates Winter Solstice 2016 Events Southface Staff | December 19, 2016 Last week at the annual Southface Winter Solstice Celebration, Southface staff, members and friends celebrated a successful year and honored key contributors to the organization’s mission, including outgoing co-founder and executive director Dennis Creech. Read More Tags: Solstice
SART Recap: 2016 Election Results and Environmental Advocacy EventsPolicy Southface Staff | December 15, 2016 In the wake of a long presidential campaign, many groups are wondering what President-Elect Trump and a new collection of close advisors, advocates and staffers will bring—especially when it comes to environmental issues. December’s SART centered on what to expect from energy policy and environmental regulation in a new political era. Read More Tags: SART
Fulcrum Follow-Up: Stanton Oaks CommunitiesGreen Building Southface Staff | December 14, 2016 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:
Health Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency Building Health Diondra Powers | December 8, 2016 Residential energy efficiency (EE) program administrators and other stakeholders are increasingly interested in understanding the potential occupant health benefits of EE upgrades in homes, and the methodologies to fully value health co-benefits in EE program cost-effectiveness practices. Read More Tags:
Ideas Competition Reforms Architect Selection Process Green BuildingRegenerative Design Diondra Powers | December 1, 2016 It’s not often six architectural firms celebrate a contest most of them lost. On three occasions, the design finalists for the Living Building at Georgia Tech have done just that — together and in public. Read More Tags: Living Building Challenge
