January 18, 2008—The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC), along with sponsors, is pleased to announce the winners of the Beyond Green 2007 High Performance Building Awards Program.
This year, the Council gave awards in two categories: High Performance Buildings and High Performance Initiatives. The Beyond Green awards recognize initiatives that shape and catalyze the high performance building market, as well as the real-world application of high performance design and construction practices.
Applicants were challenged to demonstrate the successful application of the whole building approach and show how they maintained the proper balance of eight design objectives (accessible, aesthetic, cost effective, functional, historic, productive, safe/secure and sustainable) that make up a high performance building. All building design professionals, including SBIC members and nonmembers, were eligible to compete.
The first-place winner for high performance buildings was the Molecular Foundry of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, designed by SmithGroup, Inc.
First place for high performance initiatives went to the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Athena EcoCalculator for Assemblies.
For more information and a list of additional winners, see the SBIC Web site.
