Page 4 - 2013 SDCA Project

introduction
froM ceLebrAtion to Service...
in its fourth year as a collaborative effort, the Red and Green
Scene (R&GS) Holiday Party 2012 gathered participants of
eight organizations from Atlanta’s sustainable and design
community, including members of the American institute of
Architects (AiA - Atlanta), Atlanta Chapter of the American
Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE), Georgia Chapter of the American
Society of interior Design (ASiD), South Atlantic Chapter
of the Construction management Association of America
(CMAA), Atlanta Chapter of the Construction Specifications
institute (CSi), Georgia Chapter of the international interior
Design Association (iiDA Georgia), Atlanta Chapter of the
Society for marketing Professional Services (SmPS), and the
Georgia Chapter of the United States Green Building Council
(USGBC). While the celebration takes place in one night, the
service has just begun. An annual service project is supported
by proceeds from the industry’s annual Red and Green
Scene (R&GS) end of the year holiday celebration, in addition
to volunteered professional services from R&GS member
organizations.
This year, the Outreach Committee for the Red and Green
Scene gathered once again to give back to the community in
4 RAGS 2013
a collaborative manner. The Committee elected to work on a
project for the good of the citizens of the Atlanta metro Area
by adopting the Lifecycle Building Center (LBC) as its 2013
service project. Built in approximately 1914 at 1116 murphy
Avenue SW, Atlanta, Georgia, the structures that currently
house the LBC played a key role in Atlanta establishing itself
as a major industrial and commercial center of the South. This
project includes a detailed evaluation of the building and the
development of a report that will indicate recommendations to
upgrade the building for sustainable use as well as plans to
make it the first building in Atlanta to meet the Living Building
Challenge. Recommendations and plans have been proposed
for the surrounding exterior district to make it a thriving center
for the local community to live, work, play, and learn as well
as a destination worthy of adjacency to the Atlanta Beltline.
our viSion…
To create a new Atlanta attitude that values resources, reuses
materials, and conserves our environment.
our MiSSion…
To serve as a catalyst for the community eco-district by
combining components of live, work, play, and learn.
mural at LBC