Press Room GEORGIA GAINS REINFORCEMENTS IN FIGHT FOR EQUITABLE ENERGY POLICIES Southface Staff | September 16, 2021 Katie Southworth | Program Director, Advocacy The Southeast has among the highest electricity bills and the lowest investment in energy efficiency in America according to 2019 data from US Energy Information Administration and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. Newly hired advocates in Georgia have the experience to change the equation. With a juris doctor degree and 15+ years of experience working on energy and climate issues, Katie Southworth knows how easily those who influence our access to resources most … Continue reading “GEORGIA GAINS REINFORCEMENTS IN FIGHT FOR EQUITABLE ENERGY POLICIES” Read More Tags: Advocacy, Energy Efficiency, Equity
BlogPress Room Google Achieves First BIT Building™ Certification Southface Staff | June 28, 2021 ATLANTA, GA—June 28, 2021— Southface Institute announced today that Google’s 6th Street campus in Kirkland, Washington is the first office campus in the world to certify its operations under Southface’s BIT Building program. Successful certification under BIT reflects Google’s adoption of the program’s 16 Best Practices for resource efficiency and sustainability. What is the BIT Building program? Southface’s BIT Building program gives facility operators and managers the opportunity to implement performance improvements to their buildings no matter the … Continue reading “Google Achieves First BIT Building™ Certification” Read More Tags: BIT Building, Google Kirkland, Press Release
About UsPress Room Southface Institute Welcomes Three Florida Sustainability Leaders & Launches Southface Sarasota Southface Staff | April 22, 2021 ATLANTA, GA—APRIL 22, 2021— Southface Institute is pleased to announce today the addition of three Sarasota sustainability leaders to its team as it expands work in Florida and officially launches Southface Sarasota, the Atlanta-based national nonprofit’s first satellite location. To lead the new office, Southface selected Amber Whittle, Ph.D., as Managing Director of Southface Sarasota, where she will be responsible for helping local businesses, municipal entities, and community organizations support a more sustainable built and natural environment that promotes business … Continue reading “Southface Institute Welcomes Three Florida Sustainability Leaders & Launches Southface Sarasota” Read More Tags: Southface Sarasota, Staff
Press Room Historic theatres and other nonprofits to receive grants for green building infrastructure improvements Southface Staff | April 14, 2021 ATLANTA, GA – April 15, 2021 – Southface, a leading environmental and community development nonprofit, is pleased to announce the latest partners selected to participate in GoodUse, a grant program which guides nonprofits through resource efficiency upgrades to reduce environmental impact and save money that can be reinvested into core programming. This group of grantees includes three historic theatres, as part of Southface’s partnership with the Fox Theatre Institute, along with schools, social justice organizations and other community-based nonprofits. Opened … Continue reading “Historic theatres and other nonprofits to receive grants for green building infrastructure improvements” Read More Tags: Gooduse
Press Room Southface Launches Qual-ee™ Southface Staff | February 17, 2021 ATLANTA, GA—February 17, 2021—Southface Institute announces the launch of Qual-ee, a credential management software for energy raters. This new, cloud-based offering will simplify Home Energy Rating System (HERS) credential management for both the Southface Energy Rated Homes (SERH) Providership and HERS Raters alike. Qual-ee was created to fulfill the need HERS Raters in the SERH Providership have to access information about their Home Energy Rater certification in real time. Active HERS Raters are required under the Residential Energy Services Network … Continue reading “Southface Launches Qual-ee™” Read More Tags:
CommunitiesPress Room City of Chamblee Adopts Sustainability Plan Southface Staff | February 4, 2021 Atlanta, GA—February 4, 2021—Southface Institute joins planning consultant TSW today in congratulating the City of Chamblee, Georgia, on adopting the Chamblee Sustainability Plan. The city anticipates this plan will help it achieve Platinum status within the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Green Communities Program. This designation would place Chamblee in the top five percent of sustainable municipalities in the region and in the company of high-achieving Georgia cities like Decatur and Norcross. The Sustainability Plan was developed jointly by Southface and lead … Continue reading “City of Chamblee Adopts Sustainability Plan” Read More Tags: Urbanism
CommunitiesPress Room 19 Nonprofits to Receive GoodUse Grants for Sustainability Upgrades Southface Staff | January 27, 2021 ATLANTA, GA —January 27, 2021— Southface Institute is pleased to announce 19 new nonprofit partners selected for GoodUse, a grant program which guides nonprofits through resource efficiency upgrades to reduce environmental impact and save money that can be reinvested into core programming. With these upgrades, the organizations can save energy and water, improve indoor air quality, install modernized and efficient technology, reduce carbon emissions and lower utility costs. To date, GoodUse has served 161 communities in 27 states, helped save … Continue reading “19 Nonprofits to Receive GoodUse Grants for Sustainability Upgrades” Read More Tags: Gooduse
Press Room Fox Theatre Institute Joins Forces With Southface Institute to Fund Historic Theatres’ Energy Sustainability Southface Staff | January 11, 2021 ATLANTA, GA—JANUARY 11, 2021—At a time when a global pandemic has forced theaters across the country to go dark, the Fox Theatre Institute (FTI), a department of Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, Inc., is partnering with leading national environmental nonprofit Southface Institute to make historic theaters across the Southeast become more resilient, resource-efficient and save operational dollars through Southface’s GoodUse program. The Fox Theatre’s iconic marquee has 5000 lightbulbs that were replaced with lower-energy LEDs in 2014, creating significant energy and utilities … Continue reading “Fox Theatre Institute Joins Forces With Southface Institute to Fund Historic Theatres’ Energy Sustainability” Read More Tags: Gooduse, Historic Preservation
Press Room Southface Institute’s Virtual Winter Solstice Celebrates Members, Volunteers and Partners Southface Staff | December 16, 2020 (ATLANTA, GA.) December 16, 2020 – Southface Institute, the Atlanta-based nonprofit leader in the design and implementation of high-impact sustainability solutions, is presenting its annual Winter Solstice celebration online tomorrow, Thursday, December 17, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET. The evening reflects on Southface’s 2020 work and its plans for 2021, while honoring its Volunteers of the Year, former Board members Linda Bolan and Denis Blackburne, and its Partner of the Year, Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), with Executive … Continue reading “Southface Institute’s Virtual Winter Solstice Celebrates Members, Volunteers and Partners” Read More Tags: Solstice
The Green Building Registry Partners With Southface Institute to Provide EarthCraft House Data Southface Staff | October 29, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore., October 29, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Earth Advantage®, Inc. and Southface Institute announced today a partnership to help deliver green and energy-efficient home data through the Green Building Registry® (GBR). Historically, important information on a home such as the energy use, third-party building certifications or power production (solar panels) has not made it into the real estate transaction process. Thousands of dollars of value could be lost because trustworthy data was not available for a listing agent, the appraiser and … Continue reading “The Green Building Registry Partners With Southface Institute to Provide EarthCraft House Data” Read More Tags: EarthCraft
