Each month Southface Energy Institute holds the Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable which is held at All Saints Episcopal Church on West Peachtree Street. September’s roundtable discussion is going to be particularly interesting as 5 of Atlanta’s mayoral candidates will share their views on the environment and sustainability. In attendance will be Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim [...]
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17 Aug
2009 Atlanta Green Home Sales Statistics January 1-June 30
I have been working hard to come up with a solid plan for reporting Certified Green Home Sales Statistics for Atlanta, Georgia. After speaking with several industry professionals about best practices I believe we have a good report that will stand the test of time.
The Criteria:
The findings are based on Single Family Homes that were [...]
23 Apr
Atlanta Green Homes Committee Formation Meeting
Last night Carol and I attended Atlanta’s first Green Homes Committee Formation Meeting. Before the meeting we toured a home in Decatur that is tracking LEED Platinum. It was built by Robert Soens of Pinnacle Custom Builders and designed by architect Robert Cain. It is a pretty amazing home to stand inside and visualize all of [...]
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 [...]
5 Dec
Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable December 2008
This morning I went to Southface’s monthly Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable. Dr. Marilyn Brown was speaking about the advantages of energy efficiency in our homes versus the building of new coal powered plants. I have seen her speak before about shrinking the carbon footprint of urban areas and she is fascinating. I felt like sharing a [...]
