Southface and The Children’s Museum of Atlanta
The EarthCraft program is now moving into the sustainable preservation arena, as it aims to help preserve historic buildings and homes while also making them more Earth-friendly.
EarthCraft Summer Newsletter
This fall marks the 15th Anniversary of EarthCraft! Congratulations to everyone for being a part of one of the most successful, transformative and meaningful green building programs in the nation. …
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EarthCraft Sustainable Preservation Launched
Southface and The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation have launched EarthCraft Sustainable Preservation (ECSP) certification program. It is targeted specifically to historic buildings 50,000 square feet or less in size located in the Southeastern U.S. climate zones 2a (hot-humid), 3a (warm-humid), and 4a (mixed-humid).
Kirstin Hobday, COO of Thrive Homes on EarthCraft Homes
““I think it’s important for any forward-thinking builder to be focused on energy efficiency and thinking green… we’ve researched and adapted the best practices of EarthCraft certification to our …
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EarthCraft winners pick top products for the home
Printed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 15, 2014 By Lori Johnston – for the AJC Builders who work with energy-efficient and eco-friendly products have tested the array of home products …
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Dennis Creech wins the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing
An outstanding advocate for high-performance housing, Southface founder Dennis Creech is the 2013 winner of the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing and its $50,000 prize. Read …
Energy-Saving Features of the Serenbe Community
EarthCraft-certified homes at Serenbe are energy-efficient, and planned transit improvements will also help save energy, http://bit.ly/16uCiwu POSTED ON SEP 19 2013 BY ALEX WILSON In this blog last week I described some …
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Atlanta Partnership Makes Green Homes Affordable
The biggest hurdle in owning or renting a “green” home has been having enough green to afford it. A new partnership between The Home Depot Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., …
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Southface Journal – Affordable Housing Takes on a New Look
Five years ago, environmental visionaries Karl Bren and Chuk Bowles first conceived of bringing a green building program to Virginia. Read More