Kendeda Challenge Boosts
Support for Southface Eco Office
In a generous gesture of support for our mission and
the Southface Eco Office Capital Campaign, the Kendeda
Fund has proposed a challenge grant in the amount of
$375,000. While Southface has until next summer to raise
a matching sum, Kendeda has agreed to release the challenge
funds pro-rata as additional commitments are made. Southface's
goal is for the project to be completed in time for
the November, 2005 Greenbuild Conference.
If you would like information on how you or your company
might help us claim this challenge and make the Southface
Eco Office a reality, contact our Development Director,
Marci Reed, at 404/872-3549 ext 124. |
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Pictured left L-R: Rob Johnson,
EarthCraft House Operations Director; Dennis Creech,
Southface Executive Director; and Nick Schelle,
Ford Motor Company President. Southface would like
to thank Ford for their past generous donation of
two alternative fuel trucks to the EarthCraft House
program. |
Governor, President
of Ford launch Eco-SUV at Piedmont Park
| Rolled out at a press event in Atlanta
in September, the Ford Escape Hybrid is touted
to produce less than one pound of hydrocarbon
emissions over the course of 100,000 miles.
Other features highlighted are that 85 percent
of the vehicle's parts are recyclable and
the vehicle has an EPA mileage rating of
35-40 mpg (city). |
The
Escape Hybrid is a full hybrid, which means
that at low speeds and when stopped the gasoline
engine can automatically shut off and the
vehicle can be driven in electric-only mode
(see power train insert above). The electric
motor in the Escape Hybrid is capable of
powering the vehicle up to 25 miles per hour. |
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Energy Codes Resource
Center offers a one-stop shop for information on building
energy codes
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the
Building Energy Codes Resource Center-a comprehensive,
online resource that links users to energy codes and
beyond-code construction techniques and technologies.
The interactive Website offers detailed information
on hundreds of topics ranging from how to frame window
headers for additional insulation to the latest research
on mold and moisture. Currently, most of the information
is residentially focused.
The Resource Center is a compilation of information
from the Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) archives,
ENERGY STAR(r) and Building America websites as well
as additional information from building scientists and
code groups. While visiting the Resource Center, users
also can link to REScheck(tm), BECP's energy code compliance
software that is now used in many states. Information
is presented in a variety of formats on the website,
including:
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Articles-factsheets, reports, and general information
about energy codes and above code resources |
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Graphics-diagrams and photos that illustrate concepts
related to energy codes and above-code construction
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Online tools-interactive webbased applications
that guide users through energy code or above-code
processes. |
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Videos-short clips that discuss building science,
energy code, and above-code subjects |
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Presentations-PowerPoint documents detailing energy
code topics and above-code presentations |
Discover the wealth of information yourself by going
to http://energycode.pnl.gov/cocoon/energy/.
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Southface among WordOne
clients with award winning print pieces
Each year the Printing Industry Association of Georgia
(PIAG) recognizes exceptional work through its Print
Excellence Awards. Congratulations on the "Award of
Excellence," "Can One Solar Shingle Change Atlanta?"
a two-color, capital campaign case statement designed
by Word One for Southface and printed by Bennett Graphics.
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Training "Energizes" Low
Income Homeowners to Take Action to Improve Energy
Bills
Students in the September Project Energize class
proudly display their course certificates. Under
a contract with Partnership for Community Action,
Southface is teaching 300 low income DeKalb County
residents how to reduce their energy costs through
lifestyle changes, increased utility bill awareness
and inexpensive do-it-yourself projects that make
homes more energy efficient. In the back row are
Project Energize staff and Southface trainer Howard
Katzman. |
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New book encourages smart growth
to respond to issues of health in modern communities
Dennis Creech (left) and Howard Frumkin, MD,
DrPH, chair of Environmental and Occupational
Health in Emory University's Rollins School of
Public Health, at the book signing of Urban
Sprawl and Public Health: Designing Planning
and Building for Healthy Communities, a
book co-authored by Frumkin and two other experts
in public health and urban planning. |
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New Southface Staff Enhance
Programs
Southface is please to announce new staff and
interns.
(from left to right) Aria Finklestein-Southface
intern team, fellow Marisa Wilson-Green Building
Services team, intern James Hickman- EarthCraft
House team, Nick Hanson-EarthCraft House team,
intern Jade Brown-EarthCraft House team, and intern
Christian Gable- EarthCraft House team. Not pictured:
Abe Kruger-Southface Residential Technical Services
team. |
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EarthCraft House Kicks off in Greenville, South
Carolina.
Dignitaries on hand for the launch
of the EarthCraft
House program in South Carolina were (L-R) Greenville
HBA President Hal Dillard; South Carolina Energy
Office's
EarthCraft House project manager Sonny DuBose;
Carlton N. Owen, principal of Environmental Edge
LLC and
chairman
of Upstate Forever's Board of Directors; and Southface
Executive Director Dennis Creech. |
David H. Wilkins, Speaker of the South Carolina
House of Representatives. |
Ginny Stroud, Community Development Administrator
for the City of Greenville's Community Development
Office. |
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Thanks to a donation through BP, Southface reclaimed
solar panels from closed BP stations in the Atlanta area.
The deconstruction was led by Keith Freeman (seen above)
of One World: a sustainable energy company. The panels
will provide photovoltaic (solar) power to the Southface
Eco Office. |
