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James A. Leach Aquatic & Recreation Center Featured in Athletic Business Magazine

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/project-galleries/aquatic-design-portfolio/9uKUWhalUZ/james-a-leach-aquatic-and-recreation-center Read the article here!

Horry County Schools – Featured in Ascent’s Winter 2022 Magazine

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Jones County K-12 School Featured in a NC Educational Lottery Commercial

Jones PK-12 Won a P3 2020 Award for Best Education Project

We are excited to announce that our Jones PK-12 Project won a P3 Bulletin 2020 Award for Best Education Project….

Robbie Ferris named one of the Top 25 Newsmakers of 2020 by ENR Magazine!

https://www.enr.com/articles/51038-the-top-25-newsmakers-of-2020 Inventing new technologies. Dreaming up more efficient processes. Solving seemingly insurmountable challenges. Saving businesses—and lives—during the pandemic. These are…

Robbie Ferris: Persisted to Deliver a Rural K-12 School at Ultra-low Cost

More than 13 years in the making, Jones County, N.C.’s new kindergarten-through-12th grade school has proven to be a multidimensional…

NC Sustainable Energy Association’s 2020 Project of the Year

SfL+a Architects/Firstfloor are so excited to announce that the Jones County New K-12 School won the Project of the Year…

Jones County K-12 School Featured as ENR’s Southeast Best K-12 Project & Project of the Year Finalist

Jones County New K-12 School Trenton, N.C. Project Of The Year Finalist and Best Project Owner: Firstfloor Energy Positive Lead Design…

Jones County New PK-12 School Featured on eduChalkboard

Flexible learning environments are paramount in K-12 educational facility design. This article features why our energy-positive, new Jones New PK-12…

Jones County K-12 School Featured on WUNC Radio

Proud to post that our energy-positive project in Jones County was featured on WUNC radio this morning. “Welcome to the…

Jones County PK-12 School Featured in N.C. Education Lottery Video

The N.C. Education Lottery raised $15 million to help build the new energy-positive school in Jones County. Check out this…

Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting – Jones County PK-12

Join us at the ribbon cutting & dedication ceremony for the new Jones County PK-12 school’s grand opening. Come celebrate…

Media Construction Tour at the New Pk-12 School in Jones County, NC

Students in Jones County, North Carolina are one step closer to attending school in a brand new facility. Firstfloor Energy…

Earning the Energy Grade – Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Zero Energy in Schools

Two of our energy positive schools clients, Horry County Schools and Hoke County Schools, are featured in the Spring 2019…

Firstfloor Horry County Schools: Hear from the Students

The new Firstfloor Horry County, energy positive schools have already taught students so much about energy and the impact their…

FirstFloor Horry County Schools: Features

FirstFloor Horry County schools include Socastee Middle School, Socastee Elementary School, St. James Intermediate School, Ten Oaks Middle School and…

FirstFloor Horry County Schools: Student Impact

The five new energy positive FirstFloor Horry County schools (Socastee Middle School, Socastee Elementary School, St. James Intermediate School, Ten…

Editorial: How North Carolina is cutting school construction costs!

A great news editorial featuring our energy positive school, Sandy Grove Middle School, in Hoke County, NC.   https://bit.ly/2Hux4Py

Understanding HVAC at Myrtle Beach Middle School

The energy-wise club at Myrtle Beach Middle School (Horry County Schools) tells us about the centralized geothermal system at their…

Understanding the Building Envelope

EnergyWise students invite James Rice from Firstfloor Energy Positive to explain how building envelope is designed and constructed at Socastee…

What’s a Watt? Understanding Energy Data

Students at St. James Intermediate School in Horry County Schools, SC learn about energy data and terms with Jerry Marshall…

Two Horry County Schools Honored with Architectural and Interior Design Awards

Learning By Design, the nation’s premier source for education design innovation and excellence, has announced that two Horry County schools…

Largest zero-energy office building in the Southeast U.S. planned in Raleigh!

Check out this great article written about our City Gateway Project! https://bit.ly/2Io71Ke

SfL+a supports Build Better Schools Movement

Join us, let’s #BuildBetterSchools Many of our public-school buildings in rural North Carolina are run down and outdated due to…

Sandy Grove Middle School featured in WRAL News!

Sandy Grove Middle School, the Nation’s Most Energy Efficient school, has recently been featured in WRAL News. Get a quick…

Upcoming City Gateway featured in Triangle Business Journal!

Plans, renderings unveiled for 10-story downtown Raleigh building project – with Exploris School Written by Amanda Hoyle,  from Triangle Business…

Sandy Grove Middle School Recognized as Zero Energy Building

SfL+a Architects has announced that Sandy Grove Middle School in Hoke County has been recognized as a verified energy-positive building…

Sandy Grove Featured for ENR Best Projects

Sandy Grove’s Award for 2013 Best Project in the K12 Category by ENR Southeast was featured recently in the Triangle…

Sandy Grove Middle School Raises the Bar for Sustainability

Sandy Grove Middle School is published in the latest edition of the North Carolina Construction news! Possibly the most detailed…

Rocky Mount High lauded for energy efficiency

We’re not the only ones celebrating the LEED Gold certification of Rocky Mount High School! Check out the wonderful article…

Hoke School a Design Worth Copying

Last week, a fantastic little article came out in the Fayetteville Observer titled “Our View: Hoke School a Design Worth…

Sandy Grove Middle School Provides Real-Life Lessons in Conservation

A recent article in the Fayetteville Observer about Sandy Grove Middle School shares some of the inspiring elements about how…

Sandy Grove in American School & University

[spacer size=”5″] We are so excited to see Sandy Grove Middle School featured on American School & University’s website! The…

New Math at Middle School = Net +

A fantastic article in the September edition of the USGBC Newsletter about Sandy Grove Middle School and the wonderful energy…

Thomas Hughes in the News

Our very own Thomas Hughes contributed to an interesting news article looking in depth at the problems of overcrowding in…

Inhabitat Features Sandy Grove

Check out this great article by inhabitat featuring Sandy Grove Middle School!  The article focuses on the fact that Sandy…

Triangle BizBlog talks about Sandy Grove

Sandy Grove Middle School was featured in the Triangle BizBlog this past week focusing on the collaboration of companies within…

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