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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 5, 2015
Lisa Herrmann
Director of Communications
College of Architecture
Summary Sentence:
Dagmar Epsten, Georgia Tech master of architecture alumna and president of Atlanta-based Epsten Group, established the annual Epsten Environmental Vision competition at the School of Architecture in late 2014.
Full Summary:
Dagmar Epsten, Georgia Tech master of architecture alumna and president of Atlanta-based Epsten Group, established the annual Epsten Environmental Vision competition at the School of Architecture in late 2014.
Dagmar Epsten and Steve FrenchDagmar Epsten, Georgia Tech master of architecture alumna and president of Atlanta-based Epsten Group, established the annual Epsten Environmental Vision competition at the School of Architecture in late 2014.
The 2015 competition will be held this spring in a senior studio that teaches students LEED principles along with a focus on sustainability and environmental issues. Students will work as teams to upcycle an early 20th-century single-story attached commercial building in downtown Atlanta for Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, an artist-run non-profit.
“Thanks to the generosity of Ms. Epsten, our senior students will have the opportunity to gain experience working on a project with such a strong focus on sustainable issues,” said Sabir Khan, associate professor of architecture and the faculty lead for the studio. “This project does not start with a blank slate, students must work with what’s there to revitalize a structure with a past, and hopefully, with a strong future.”
The competition will be judged by both faculty and members of the Epsten Group, and the winners will receive cash prizes.
Dagmar B. Epsten, FAIA, LEED Fellow, CxA, is the founder and president/CEO of Epsten Group, an Atlanta-based architectural and engineering firm providing services for high-performance buildings since 1991. As the first LEED Fellow in Georgia, Ms. Epsten is a nationally and internationally recognized pioneer in sustainable design and services that optimize building performance. Ms. Epsten, M. Arch ’84, serves on Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture Executive Advisory Board.
About the Epsten Group
Ms. Epsten’s firm, Epsten Group, is well known for architectural and building consulting services with a focus on optimizing the long-term performance of the built environment. The firm has an international reach and has provided LEED certification reviews for over 7,000 projects in 50 countries. In addition to architectural and interior design services, the firm offers commissioning, green building and LEED consulting, energy modeling and optimization, building and product certifications, building envelope consulting, retro-commissioning and facility assessments, roofing and waterproofing, and energy auditing services. Epsten Group has worked on a number of Georgia Tech buildings and is proud to offer career opportunities to Georgia Tech graduates.
Located in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward, Epsten Group’s main office recently achieved the first Double LEED Platinum certification in the world, with both a major renovation under LEED v2009 and with operations and maintenance under the latest LEED version 4. The firm is currently providing architectural design and LEED services for a new event facility at Zoo Atlanta reusing the former Cyclorama building. In Atlanta, Epsten Group’s portfolio also includes the office towers at Atlantic Station, the Coca-Cola Company’s Workplace 2020, the new Porsche Cars of North America headquarters and Georgia Tech’s Technology Square.
