GREEN BUILDING

While other companies see green building as a product that is added to a house, HammerSmith designs green building practices into every project we build. Just like any other component of good design, energy savings, air quality, comfort, durability and timelessness are factors that are all considered when designing our projects.

1991   HammerSmith’s founding mission lays out blueprint for company’s focus (and is still adhered to today): “…HammerSmith is an environmentally conscious, non-smoking, pet and family friendly company” 1992   HammerSmith installs its first gray water system to recapture home wastewater for landscape watering 1993   HammerSmith puts recycling bins on all of its projects (and gets a write-up in Remodeling Magazine for cutting edge ideas) 1994   HammerSmith installs its first rain harvest system to catch gutter runoff for reuse for landscape watering 1995   HammerSmith uses re-milled lumber and recycled flooring in three projects 1996   HammerSmith adds Deconstruction to its project schedules to allow for salvage of cabinets, appliances, fixtures, windows, etc 2000   HammerSmith helps develop the guidelines for the EarthCraft House Renovation Program 2001   EarthCraft House Renovation program is launched, using HammerSmith renovation as pilot house 2003   HammerSmith on front cover of Atlanta Building News with article titled “Going Green With HammerSmith” 2004   HammerSmith wins the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Best Place To Work In Atlanta” Award for focus on employee fitness, health, and sustainable lifestyles 2005   HammerSmith team meets with Sarah Susanka, world-renowned architect and author of The Not So Big House (a book that well represents HammerSmith’s long-term philosophy) and begins alliance 2006   HammerSmith implements policy of incorporating EarthCraft principles, sustainable green building practices and universal design ideas in all of its projects 2008   HammerSmith wins NARI “National Contractor of the Year” Award for Residential Universal Design and is featured in Forbes Magazine for timeless, efficient, sustainable building practices 2009   HammerSmith creates an energy division, and now offers home performance audits with blower door and duct blaster testing 2010   After working on various geothermal projects, HammerSmith installs its first direct exchange geothermal system, an even more efficient and space-saving system of the future 2011   Warner is a founding partner and an executive of the board of directors of the South Fork Conservancy, a not for profit organization that builds trails and connects parks and green spaces along Atlanta’s waterways