Atlanta Beltline Inc. CEO Brian Leary told an audience of about 80 people at the Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable this morning that the most controversial tract of land along the Beltline is bound to be developed. Later, I’ll have more from the event, which featured Leary, Beltline Partnership Executive Director Valarie Wilson and Beltline concept originator…
The Atlanta Regional Commission has recognized five 2010 “Developments of Excellence,” and at least three of them enjoy some level of green building certification: • Southface Energy Institute’s Eco Office, which officially opened last fall near the Atlanta Civic Center, won for “Exceptional Merit for Leadership in Sustainability.” The nonprofit group’s three-story office and training…
It started off as a privacy wall on the same lot as his family’s home. It became an ode to the South’s traditional shotgun shacks — albeit a two-story one. Architecture Professor Corey Saft ended up building the Southeast’s first certified Passive House. That’s significant because the Passive House model, originally developed in Germany (as Passivhaus),…
Green Building Curmudgeon Carl Seville put up a photo gallery on Facebook of a New World Home modular house being pieced together yesterday in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown neighborhood. In the image below, you can see how the roof and trusses arrive collapsed and are flipped up once the pieces are put into place. This was the…
I’m pleased to announce that this the first of columns by legendary, Atlanta-based green home expert Carl Seville we plan to publish on Green Building Chronicle. Carl’s “Green Building Curmudgeon” first appears on GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, a national site that offers, among other things, a wealth of information on building materials and techniques. Carl and GBA have…
It’s a familiar criticism to any green homebuilder: Aesthetics and sustainability don’t mix. Even Scott Adams — creator of the wildly popular Dilbert comic strip and a guy who oversaw construction of his own green home — says so. In a weekend Wall Street Journal column, Adams offers tongue-in-cheek tips for anyone who wants a…
