Today Carol and I finally made it out to Greenhaven, a subdivision of Green homes in Marietta that are tracking LEED for Homes, EarthCraft House & NAHB Green Certifications. The house we went into is an Eco-Decorators showhouse where each room is decorated by a different company. Personally I am more into the house and [...]
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25 Mar
Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 – from GreenPrints
I went to GreenPrints today at the Hyatt in downtown Atlanta. Greenprints is a conference and trade show put on by the Southface Energy Institute which is located in Atlanta. The keynote speaker today was Edward Mazria, and he fathered the organization “Architecture 2030”. Architecture 2030 strives to have all buildings “carbon neutral” or “zero-net [...]
25 Mar
GreenPrints 2009 Begins in Atlanta Today!
GreenPrints 2009 begins today and will continue through tomorrow so be sure and go down to the Hyatt Regency and be a part of Atlanta’s flagship Green Building Conference. The keynote speaker today will be Edward Mazria who authored the “bible” of solar design, The Passive Solar Energy Book. I will be down there today [...]
4 Mar
Encouraging Communities to Go Green
Today Carol and I went to Georgia Tech for a lecture on Encouraging Communities to Go Green. This is part of GA Tech’s Innovations in Economic Development Forum bringing together researchers, students, economic developers and policy-makers to discuss leading-edge ideas and practices in economic development and innovation policy. Maia Davis, Principal Environmental Planner at the [...]
