Southface Eco Office
241 Pine Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
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Located
in downtown Atlanta, GA, the Southface Eco Office serves as an
office space for the Southface staff and as a training center and
green building demonstration facility. At 10,000 square feet (8,400
square feet of conditioned space), it is about the same size as 74
percent of commercial buildings in the United States, making it
ideal for showcasing the ways in which high-performance buildings
can reduce operating costs for their owners--its energy use averages
less that $25 per day.
Southface
monitors the energy and water performance of the Eco Office on a
24/7 basis using Lucid Design Group's Building Dashboard. The
facility is fully instrumented to record its electricity
consumption; daily kilowatt hours of electricity produced onsite
through its photovoltaic solar array; daily gallons of water
consumed and saved; current rainwater levels in its cisterns; and more.
Built
by a consortium of construction firms using widely available,
off-the-shelf products, materials, and technologies, the Eco Office
is a 3-story structure with a green roof. It adjoins the Southface
Resource Center via a glass atrium. The Resource Center presents
more than 100 green building technologies and was awarded the ENERGY
STAR for superior energy performance in 2000.
During
the first year of Eco Office operations, Southface also provided
energy data for EPA's Portfolio Manager, an energy management tool
that compares the performance of similar buildings nationwide.
The
Southface Eco Office was officially opened in 2009 after earning the
ENERGY STAR, as well as Platinum Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green
Building Council and EarthCraft Light Commercial certification, a
regional green building designation specific to the Southeast. It
also meets The 2030 Challenge launched by the non-profit group
Architecture 2030.
Communications:
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Testimonial:
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Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by Southface or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
Building Owner:*
Southface
Property Manager:*
N/A
Year(s) Labeled (Rating):
2009 (90)
2010 (96)
2011 (95)
2012 (95)
2015 (98)
Facility Type: Office
Total Floorspace: 8401 sf
Year Constructed: 2008
Contract Type: None
Technologies Used:
Unavailable