Our History
Blog
Calendar
Contact
Search
Donate
About Us
About Us
Our Story
Learn about our beginnings, work and commitment.
Our Impacts
Learn how our work impacts homes, workplaces and communities.
Our Staff
Meet the Southface team.
Our Board
Meet Southface’s Board of Directors.
Our Campus
Find out about our Atlanta campus, event rentals, tours and zero-waste policies.
Rent out our Venue
Zero Waste Facility
Take a Tour
Careers
Work with us.
Press Room
Keep up to date with news about Southface Institute.
Contact Us
Reach out to our team with any questions.
Our Work
Our Work
Our Programs
Southface’s programs drive innovative sustainable solutions in homes, workplaces and communities.
CCPRP
GoodUse/NEWE/N.P.S
PAYS
BIT
Earthcraft
Healthy Homes
Working to optimize health, affordability and efficiency of low-and moderate-income housing as a pathway for increased human potential.
Sustainable Operations and Maintenance
Manage your organization’s waste, transportation and resources.
Green Building Certification Consulting
Certify your property to green building standards with Southface’s team of experts.
Green Building Technical Services
Improve the energy, water and indoor air quality performance of your home or workplace.
City and Community Planning
Southface can help your city or community achieve its regenerative goals.
Policy
Learn about our work to promote clean and equitable energy, climate resilience, green affordable housing and green infrastructure.
Education
Take a training course and join the competitive green jobs sector.
Courses
Professional Credentials
Transform your green building skills in design, construction and energy rating.
Resources
Resources
Library
Browse through our library of technical documents about green building techniques, energy codes, building science and more.
Blog
Read the latest articles from Southface.
Energy Code Resources
Comply with the latest energy code updates by viewing Southface’s training videos and resources.
Online Learning Platform
Earn continuing education credits through our web-based trainings.
Community News
Find sustainability events and jobs in the southeast.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Membership
Join a community that works to create a healthier future and helps you increase your sustainable impact.
Donate
Donate to Southface to help build better communities for tomorrow.
Events
Attend a Southface event and join the conversation on the most important sustainability issues.
Volunteer
Volunteer with Southface at the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project.
Search
About Us
About Us
Our Story
Learn about our beginnings, work and commitment.
Our Impacts
Learn how our work impacts homes, workplaces and communities.
Our Staff
Meet the Southface team.
Our Board
Meet Southface’s Board of Directors.
Our Campus
Find out about our Atlanta campus, event rentals, tours and zero-waste policies.
Rent out our Venue
Zero Waste Facility
Take a Tour
Careers
Work with us.
Press Room
Keep up to date with news about Southface Institute.
Contact Us
Reach out to our team with any questions.
Our Work
Our Work
Our Programs
Southface’s programs drive innovative sustainable solutions in homes, workplaces and communities.
CCPRP
GoodUse/NEWE/N.P.S
PAYS
BIT
Earthcraft
Healthy Homes
Working to optimize health, affordability and efficiency of low-and moderate-income housing as a pathway for increased human potential.
Sustainable Operations and Maintenance
Manage your organization’s waste, transportation and resources.
Green Building Certification Consulting
Certify your property to green building standards with Southface’s team of experts.
Green Building Technical Services
Improve the energy, water and indoor air quality performance of your home or workplace.
City and Community Planning
Southface can help your city or community achieve its regenerative goals.
Policy
Learn about our work to promote clean and equitable energy, climate resilience, green affordable housing and green infrastructure.
Education
Take a training course and join the competitive green jobs sector.
Courses
Professional Credentials
Transform your green building skills in design, construction and energy rating.
Resources
Resources
Library
Browse through our library of technical documents about green building techniques, energy codes, building science and more.
Blog
Read the latest articles from Southface.
Energy Code Resources
Comply with the latest energy code updates by viewing Southface’s training videos and resources.
Online Learning Platform
Earn continuing education credits through our web-based trainings.
Community News
Find sustainability events and jobs in the southeast.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Membership
Join a community that works to create a healthier future and helps you increase your sustainable impact.
Donate
Donate to Southface to help build better communities for tomorrow.
Events
Attend a Southface event and join the conversation on the most important sustainability issues.
Volunteer
Volunteer with Southface at the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project.
Search
Our History
Blog
Calendar
Contact
Search
Donate
Southface Institute
:
About Us :
People
Mike Barcik
Technical Principal
Education
Mike Barcik is a Technical Principal at Southface and has been with the organization since 1995. With B.S and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech, Mike is the author of numerous technical resources and has developed and led thousands of trainings for RESNET, BPI, LEED, DOE, EPA and other programs. He's active in energy code development and often leads workshops on the latest code changes. Since 1999, Mike has trained over 1,500 individuals in RESNET's Home Energy Rating System (HERS) program, and in 2010 he helped create the Duct and Envelope Tightness (DET) Verifier program to certify over a thousand individuals for blower door and duct leakage testing, as required by the 2009 and later energy codes. Mike served as LEED Faculty for BD+C, EB O&M and Homes, as well as helped develop and teach the EarthCraft family of sustainable programs. Mike co-authored Decatur Georgia's High Performance Building Ordinance which requires third-party certification for new and substantially renovated single-family, multi-family and commercial projects. During the second week of January, he loves leading MLK Volunteers to weatherize homes for low-income seniors. Mike lives with his much-smarter architect wife and two daughters in a 1920 Craftsmen bungalow that they are lovingly restoring and making more efficient. Thanks to efficiency improvements and a 4kW photovoltaic array, they’ve offset 95% of their electricity consumption and use only a third of the gas originally consumed.