Empowering Georgia Workforces through Green Infrastructure CommunitiesEducation Dayna Thompson | December 13, 2017 After months of preparation, Southface officially launched The Green Infrastructure and Resilience Institute (GIRI). GIRI recognizes the benefits of GI and provides knowledge and experience to deploy transformative GI projects throughout Metro Atlanta and in additional Georgia communities. Read More Tags: Green Infrastructure, Workforce Development
Grants to Green is Helping Nonprofits Elevate Their Missions Green Building Dayna Thompson | December 13, 2017 The Grants to Green story began when The Kendeda Fund approached leadership of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (CFGA) in 2007 with a bright idea. The Kendeda Fund wanted to initiate a grant-making program that would transform the nonprofit sector by encouraging nonprofits to renovate or build healthier workplaces that are energy, water and resource efficient. Read More Tags: Gooduse
Catching Up With 2017 Fulcrum Award Winner: KEEM Green Building Dayna Thompson | December 4, 2017 Through extensive stakeholder collaboration and community input, the city of Knoxville’s Smarter Cities Partnership designed KEEM: The Knoxville Extreme Energy Makeover Program. KEEM lessens the burden on low-income communities by reducing overall energy use. Read More Tags: Greenprints, Utilities
EarthCraft Can Now Certify Your Commercial Interior Spaces Green Building David Bailey | December 4, 2017 The EarthCraft Light Commercial program is about to get “retrofitted.” This month, the EarthCraft Light Commercial (ECLC) team is pushing out its certification program for commercial interior spaces. Referred to as EarthCraft Fit Out, the new certification option is closely aligned with the Light Commercial arm of the EarthCraft program but focuses specifically on retrofits of commercial spaces. While technically it is not its own stand-alone sub-brand within EarthCraft (like EarthCraft Communities or EarthCraft Sustainable Preservation), the new program … Continue reading “EarthCraft Can Now Certify Your Commercial Interior Spaces” Read More Tags: EarthCraft
Catching up with 2017 Fulcrum Award Winner: Park Pride Communities Dayna Thompson | December 1, 2017 The PNA Vision calls for a large-scale reintroduction of natural systems into an urbanized area, and represents a long-term strategy for addressing stormwater issues as well as issues of environmental and social justice. Read More Tags: Greenspace
LEED Fellow Laura Case “Builds” Career in High Performance About UsGreen Building David Bailey | November 30, 2017 We sat down with Laura, Southface employee and LEED Fellow, to learn more about her career in high performance and sustainability. Read More Tags: LEED, Staff
EarthCraft Certified Manor at Broad Street Wins a Development of Excellence Award CommunitiesGreen Building Dayna Thompson | November 29, 2017 Every year, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) presents an award to a vibrant, walkable community that has made great progresses in advancing its Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) vision. Located in Fairburn, Ga, Manor at Broad Street is an affordable, senior living community that received a 2017 Development of Excellence Award. Read More Tags: EarthCraft
Southface Leadership:“Exciting Opportunity,” After Mayor Announces Civic Center Redevelopment Project Blog Jaimie Cohen | November 21, 2017 For Immediate Release ATLANTA,GA, NOVEMBER 21, 2017 – On the morning of November 21, 2017, Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed, announced the sale of the Atlanta Civic Center Site located at 395 Piedmont Avenue NE to the Atlanta Housing Authority. The sale indicates a long-anticipated redevelopment plan, which will feature retail units, workspaces and mixed residential units, 30% of which will be dedicated to affordable housing units – the largest commitment to affordable housing in the last 15 years. “The redevelopment … Continue reading “Southface Leadership:“Exciting Opportunity,” After Mayor Announces Civic Center Redevelopment Project” Read More Tags:
Five Things You Might Not Know About EarthCraft Urbanism CommunitiesGreen Building Dayna Thompson | November 21, 2017 Zipping through Atlanta’s tangled web of choked freeways, you can take any exit to see the most common form of development in America – the arterial strip highway and suburban homes. You’ll undoubtedly find a box gas station, box fast food, box hotel – all surrounded by acres of parking. The only place for you is inside a car or inside a building. Everything looks exactly the same, no matter where you go. Read More Tags: EarthCraft, Urbanism
Atlanta Audubon Receives Grant to Restore Bird-Friendly Habitat Blog Southface Staff | November 8, 2017 Atlanta Audubon Society has received a $20,000 grant plus $20,000 in matching funds to restore bird-friendly habitat at the Land O’ Lakes unit of Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Fulton County. Read More Tags:
