November 30, 2007—The US Green Building Council (USGBC) honored those it considers 2007’s most influential green building leaders during the recent Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago, Illinois. The USGBC Leadership Awards recognize companies and individuals who signify vision, leadership, and commitment to the evolution of green building design and construction.
The 2007 Leadership Awards recognize achievements in six categories including Community, Education, LEED, Organizational Excellence, Research and Advocacy. The awardees are listed below, with the USGBC’s comments.
Community: LEED faculty member Gail Lindsey from Design Harmony, for her integral role in the development of the design charrettes for the LEED rating system as well as her innovative work on the North Carolina Triangle J High Performance Guidelines and the Green Building Advisor program.
Education: The Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, based in Baraboo, WI; this LEED-Platinum building is the new headquarters and construction center for the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Award honorees include The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc., The Boldt Company Appleton, WI., Tom Boldt and Theresa Lehman. The building is carbon-neutral, “zero net” energy in design and will produce over 110 percent of annual building energy needs. A major building component includes site-harvested wood originally planted during the land restoration efforts by the Leopold family in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
LEED: Rob Harris, Chief of the Engineering Division of the Directorate of Public Works, Ft. Bragg, NC, for his aggressive program to adopt LEED-NC and LEED-EB in the military facilities of Fort Bragg where a $3 billion construction program will be completed over the next five years.
Organization Excellence: David Eisenberg and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology, in acknowledgment of DCAT’s focus on building sustainability into the codes over the past dozen years, and David Eisenberg’s grassroots efforts to educate and work hands on with green builders, both in the US and internationally.
Organization Excellence: KieranTimberlake Associates, for creativity in seamlessly integrating research into design. The firm commits substantial resources toward research, development, and innovation. Through research into new materials, processes, assemblies and products, KieranTimberlake seeks ways to improve the art, quality, and craft of architecture.
Advocacy: Ashok Gupta, Director, Air & Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, in recognition of his work on the New York State Green Building Tax Credit and the carbon neutral redevelopment of the World Trade Center site.
