Case Summary—Southface Eco Office

Southface has spent the last 25 years helping architects, homebuilders, homeowners and other residential construction professionals incorporate earth-friendly building practices into everyday lives. Every year, hundreds visit the Southface Energy and Environmental Resource Center — a model home in downtown Atlanta that showcases more than 100 "real-world" solutions for environmental living.

As a result, thousands of housing professionals and consumers across the Southeast have learned how to live cleaner, healthier, "greener" lives. Because Southface made it easy to understand and adopt environmental models, these people are now serving as models for others.

Now, Southface has begun to apply its considerable track record and expertise to the commercial building arena. While commercial buildings have a major impact on Atlanta’s environment, their owners, developers and design and construction professionals are often unaware of proven, cost effective ideas for saving energy, water and other natural resources. They often believe that only large buildings can afford to be resource efficient, healthy and environmentally sustainable. Yet, over 70 percent of new commercial buildings are less than 10,000 square feet in size.

Adjacent to its current demonstration home, Southface will construct a new Eco Office which will showcase state-of-the-art energy, water and waste-reducing features, all of which are economical and market-ready, and many of which are manufactured right here in Georgia.

THIS NEW BUILDING — AND EVERYTHING IN IT — WILL HELP MAKE “GREEN BUILDING” A REALITY FOR ATLANTA’S OFFICE BUILDINGS, HOTELS, EVENT SPACES AND MORE.