Weaving Sustainability Into What We Wear EventsRegenerative Design Pamela Henman | April 25, 2018 Textile production is a global, resource-intensive process that takes immense amounts of water, fossil fuels, and chemicals to produce just one piece of clothing. There’s an 85% chance that single … Continue reading "Weaving Sustainability Into What We Wear" Read More
Mass Timber Builds a Promising Future Green BuildingRegenerative Design David Bailey | February 21, 2018 This article was published under Sustainable Communities: Thought Leadership on SaportaReport on February 26, 2018. The City of Portland will soon be home to the country’s tallest mass timber building. … Continue reading "Mass Timber Builds a Promising Future" Read More
Going Green Makes Dollars and Sense for Agnes Scott College Green Building Southface Staff | August 27, 2015 For the leadership of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, going green is about more than making wise energy choices. It’s about environmental sustainability and its effect on the bottom line. Read More
Georgia is Well Positioned to Achieve its 2030 Goal Policy Southface Staff | July 25, 2014 On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants that will hopefully satisfy the concerns of most industries, advocates and state-level regulators. The Plan acknowledges that states have to generate the electricity they need and therefore sets goals for each state to reduce its pollution-to-power ratio by the year 2030. Georgia’s goal is 834 pounds of CO2 emissions per megawatt-hour of electricity generated, a 44 percent drop from our 2012 ratio. Read More
