Case Study Reveals How Agnes Scott College Successfully Deployed Solar PolicyRenewable Energy Joey Shea | November 10, 2015 Agnes Scott College and Southface have released a case study detailing how Agnes Scott became the first non-profit to produce solar power through Georgia Power’s Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI). This case study, funded by the Turner Foundation, offers specific insight into creative approaches to overcome the challenges non-profits face with regard to solar power projects. Read More Tags:
SWEET Center Celebrates Five Years of Training Education Joey Shea | November 4, 2015 This month, SWEET Center celebrates five years of training in building science and vocational certifications. Read More Tags:
Meet a Southfacer: Kavin Manickaraj About Us Southface Staff | November 4, 2015 Meet Kavin Manickaraj, Project Engineer on the Commercial Sustainability Services team. Read More Tags: Staff
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
