Southface Institute: Blog

Fulcrum Follow Up: Metro Water District

Policy

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.

Tags: Water Conservation

Fulcrum Follow-up: Iberville Offsites

Green Building

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.

Tags: Affordable Housing

Big Ladder Workshops Come to Southface

Education

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.

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Proof is Possible Tour Rolls into Atlanta

Green Building

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!

Tags: Tiny House

Shan Arora Wins 2016 Solar Advocate Award

About Us

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.

Tags: Staff

Visit the Rodale Organic Life House

Green Building

Announcing the newest EarthCraft addition to the Serenbe community: the Rodale Organic Life House, located in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia.

Tags: EarthCraft

2016 – A Bright Year for Solar in Georgia

Renewable Energy

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.

Tags: Solar

Southface Celebrates Winter Solstice 2016

Events

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.

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SART Recap: 2016 Election Results and Environmental Advocacy

Events
Policy

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.

Tags: SART

Fulcrum Follow-Up: Stanton Oaks

Communities
Green Building

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.

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