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Neighborhoods and Districts of Atlanta: Hunter Hills

Hunter Hills is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its motto, “One Community, One Family”, has been its cornerstone since 2001. The neighborhood is encompassed in the 30314 zip code. Hunter Hills shares borders with Mozley Park, Dixie Hills and West Lake neighborhoods. The neighborhood rests just inside Atlanta’s perimeter highway […]

GREEN Topic: Brownfields

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Brownfields, with certain legal exclusions and additions, are real properties of which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Brownfield sites typically exist in industrial areas, or in abandoned mines that have contaminated large acres of […]

GREEN Topic: Alternative Pesticides – Integrated Pest Management

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive alternative to pesticide use. Pesticides, as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are “any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or lessening the damage of any pest.” Because of the many efforts to phase out […]

GREEN Topic: Straw Bale Home Basics

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Appropriate for a wide variety of climates, straw bale homes can be comfortable and can manage moisture effectively if designed and constructed properly.  These structures can provide good thermal (approx. R-30 to R-35) and sound insulation and provide some fire-resistance in ASTM testing. They use low embodied energy, low-toxicity building materials […]

GREEN Topic: Recycled Content Carpet

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Between four and five billion pounds of carpet are replaced every year in the United States alone, but less than 1% of this is recycled.  In other words, 99% of old carpet is sent to landfills instead of being recycled and made into new carpet. About 60% of carpet manufactured in […]

GREEN Topic: Log Homes

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Log homes are commonly associated with “The American Dream” because of their reputation of high quality and value and their classic outdoors look and feel.  Log homes have been built in the U.S. for centuries, but saw a rapid boost in popularity starting in the 1960’s during the �back to the […]

Architect Discusses History Of Atlanta’s Adair Park

Listen:   http://wabe.org/post/architect-discusses-history-atlantas-adair-park Today, most of the Westside Trail of the Atlanta Beltline remains undeveloped dirt. However, that hasn’t stopped local architects from coming up with some big plans for the trail’s entrance at Adair Park, a neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta. The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced a national design competition […]

GREEN Topic: Building Materials

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: You can save a lot of money and avoid future headaches by choosing and installing building materials that are safe and appropriate. There is no specific cookbook path to success with building materials. However, your decisions may be usefully guided by asking the following questions: How well do the alternatives stack up […]

Green Topic: Bamboo Flooring

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Bamboo flooring is a cost-effective and environmentally sensitive choice among traditional hardwood flooring options. An appealing building material, it is very durable, strong and long-lasting. Bamboo, a grass product and not a wood product, is harvested every 5 years without damaging the actual bamboo plant, and does not require pesticides due […]