Hammertime Construction announced today that its recent renovation of a Decatur home has received LEED Platinum certification — the first ever such a rating for any home renovation in Georgia. “Platinum” is the highest level of certification under the U.S. Green Building Council‘s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. According to a Hammertime press release [...]

Malcolm Wells, who died this week at 83, was well-known for advocating partially underground buildings and what he called “gentle architecture.” What I didn’t know is that in the 1940s, he attended Georgia Tech. From his New York Times bio. Malcolm Bramley Wells was born in Camden, N.J., on March 11, 1926, and grew up in [...]

Emory University continues to lead metro Atlanta in environmentally friendly buildings. The private school’s new Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building was completed in May. It becomes the third campus building to receive Gold certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, Emory announced this afternoon. Among the building’s features: • Almost all construction waste was “diverted [...]

The third in our five-part series: “5 Ways to Combat Climate Change.” Click for more. Most of us have little say over the electricity we use in the offices, shops and factories where we work. But we can dramatically affect electricity use in our homes. And the first few big steps are surprisingly easy. First a few [...]