Georgia Southern receives green building award
STATESBORO — Georgia Southern University was granted the Georgia Peach Green Building Award by the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission for its new Biological Sciences Building, which meets the agency’s green building rating system.
“This building is the first of this magnitude, and the goals were to make it as sustainable and environmentally-sensitive as it was economically-feasible,” said Bonnie McMakin, project architect for facilities planning, design and construction.
The Peach Certification was established by the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction Act of 2008.
The Biological Sciences Building was built using 60.3 percent Georgia-based materials and by using low-flow faucets, sinks and toilets. The building uses 40 percent less water than with standard fixtures.
Speros announces Hinesville office grand opening
HINESVILLE — Speros, a full-service technology company with headquarters in Savannah, will have a grand opening for its new satellite office at 101 Memorial Drive in Hinesville on Wednesday, May 20.
An open house will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Mayor James “Jim” Thomas Jr. is scheduled to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.
A Speros news release said the new office will provide technology solutions for businesses in Liberty County and surrounding areas, including telephone systems, IT services, surveillance systems, web design and branding solutions, and cloud computing.
“We chose to open our first Georgia satellite office in Hinesville as this is one of the fastest growing areas in the region and can benefit from a first class technology service company,” said Keith Fletcher, chief operating officer.
The office will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 912-368-8900, or visit speros.com.
Humane Society receives grant from BISSELL Pet Foundation
The Humane Society for Greater Savannah has announced it received a $10,000 grant from the BISSELL Pet Foundation to support the ongoing collaboration between the Humane Society and Savannah Chatham Animal Control.
The Humane Society accepts owned pets while animal control is responsible for stray animals. They work together to help reduce the number of homeless dogs by transferring more dogs to the Humane Society where they can more readily find new homes.
Dogs and cats in the care of the Humane Society receive all their vaccinations and are spayed or neutered in preparation for adoption.
“We are grateful for the generous grant from the Bissell Pet Foundation that allows us to transfer more dogs”, says Lynn Gensamer, executive director. “Our goal is to transfer 300 dogs in 2015, an increase of 42 percent.”
