Trees Atlanta is a nationally recognized citizens’ group dedicated to protecting and improving Atlanta’s urban forest by planting and conserving trees, and by educating people about their benefits. It’s fitting then that the nonprofit’s new headquarters, in the Reynoldstown neighborhood, was certified late last year as a LEED Platinum renovation. The Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center…
Duke Energy Center in Charlotte, N.C., has been awarded a big first: It’s the first high-rise office tower to receive LEED Core & Shell Platinum certification under LEED’s tough Version 2.0 standards. The 48-story office tower — designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign and built by West Point, Ga.,-based Batson-Cook Co. — makes a compelling environmental statement…
If you haven’t had the time to take a real-world tour of Southface Energy Institute’s year-old Eco Office in downtown Atlanta, you should check out the virtual tour. Shoot, you probably should check it out even if you have taken a real-world tour. The Eco Office, which opened last spring and won LEED Platinum certification,…
Would you like to show off the sustainable features on the latest building designed by your architectural firm? Do you want to shout from the green rooftop of the LEED office you just built? Are you pining for plaudits because you’ve just figured out a way to save a client thousands of dollars in HVAC-related…
