Press Room W&A Engineering’s Historic Athens HQ Achieves EarthCraft Certification Office’s EarthCraft Light Commercial FitOut status is the first in Athens Southface Staff | February 26, 2020 ATLANTA, GA – February 26, 2020 – W&A Engineering has completed the rehabilitation of a 10,000 square foot, 118-year-old mill building for use as its new headquarters. As part of that project, the company pursued EarthCraft Light Commercial (ECLC) FitOut, a green building certification developed by Southface Institute as part of its EarthCraft program. W&A’s certification is the first in Athens and only the second in the Southeast under this category. Read More Tags:
Affordable Housing Community Unveils Rooftop Solar Array Southface Staff | February 25, 2020 Atlanta, GA—February 25, 2020— Today at 3:30 p.m., Solarize Atlanta will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Quest Communities, unveiling a donated solar array. Members of the Atlanta City Council will speak at the community gathering, as well as Nathaniel Smith, Chief Equity Officer of Partnership for Southern Equity. Quest Communities, a West Atlanta affordable housing development, is located at 878 Rock St NW, Atlanta GA, 30314. Read More Tags: Affordable Housing, Solar
Press Room Double Recognition of Southface Institute President Andrea Pinabell for Sustainability Leadership Southface Staff | January 3, 2020 Atlanta, GA — January 3, 2020 — Southface Institute President Andrea Pinabell has been selected as a 2020 Notable Georgian by Georgia Trend magazine and one of the Atlanta 500, Atlanta Magazine’s list of the city’s most powerful leaders, in the “Religion, Nonprofits and Advocacy” category. Since 2017, Pinabell has led Southface in its 40-plus-year effort to promote more sustainable homes, workplaces and communities in Georgia and throughout the Southeast. Read More Tags:
Public Service Commission Hikes Mandatory Fees for Georgia Power Customers Staff Editor | December 17, 2019 Atlanta, GA—Today the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) issued a final order in Georgia Power’s 2019 rate case that will result in higher bills and less control over those bills for Georgia Power’s customers. Read More Tags:
Clarkston and Fulton County Among SSCF Investment Recipients Southface Staff | December 11, 2019 The Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (SSDN) is pleased to announce that the Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) will invest $1,500,000 to support five sustainability projects in the Southeast. Grantees include Clarkston, Georgia; Fulton County, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; and Miami, Florida. Read More Tags:
Energy-Efficient Adair Court Housing to Be Unveiled on Beltline Southface Staff | November 14, 2019 ATLANTA, GA – November 14, 2019 – Cherry Street Energy is proud to partner with Parallel Housing and Woda Cooper Companies on the Adair Court Housing Development, celebrating its grand opening on Friday, November 15, at 10 a.m. Located at 806 Murphy Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, Adair Court is a mixed-income senior community in Adair Park, on the Atlanta Beltline. There are two buildings in the housing development for seniors aged 55 years and above. Nineteen of the units … Continue reading “Energy-Efficient Adair Court Housing to Be Unveiled on Beltline” Read More Tags:
Press Room Southface Institute to Receive a 2019 Leadership Award From the U.S. Green Building Council Southface Staff | October 30, 2019 Atlanta, GA – October 30, 2019 – Southface Institute has been selected as a 2019 Leadership Award recipient by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Southface joins 19 others who are using green building and sustainable practices to improve quality of life for those around them. Southface President Andrea Pinabell will accept the award at the USGBC Leadership Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at the 2019 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. Read More Tags: Greenbuild
City of Atlanta Meets Better Buildings Challenge Goal of 20% Energy Savings Two Years Ahead of Schedule Southface Staff | October 28, 2019 ATLANTA— The Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge (ABBC), part of the nation-leading public/private initiative of the federal Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge program, has achieved its energy reduction goal with a 20.3% reduction two years ahead of the 2020 goal. Read More Tags: Better Buildings Challenge
Press Room Historic Single-Family Home for Sale in Washington Park Southface Staff | October 14, 2019 ATLANTA, GA – October 07, 2019 – Southface Institute and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation have partnered once again to continue making historic preservation sustainable. In a partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and EarthCraft, 1138 Harwell St. began as an endangered historical property and has been transformed into a renovated model for affordably priced housing in Atlanta. The historic home is now on the market and will be available to tour on Thursday, October 16th. Read More Tags: EarthCraft, Historic Preservation
Press Room City Council Approves $950,000 Grant to Southface Institute Southface Staff | October 11, 2019 Southface’s CCPRP Care and Conserve Program Coordinator Gwen Smith speaks with Ms. Vennie Davidson about the services available to her. ATLANTA, GA—October 11, 2019—Southface Institute has received an additional grant from the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management’s Care and Conserve Plumbing and Repair Program (CCPRP), allowing the sustainability nonprofit to continue providing plumbing repairs to low- and moderate-income city residents over the next 18 months. CCPRP helps with residents’ plumbing problems and installs water-efficiency devices to lower … Continue reading “City Council Approves $950,000 Grant to Southface Institute” Read More Tags: CCPRP, Water Conservation
