USGBC Honors Green Building Leaders

Chicago, IL, November 10, 2007--The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) honored 2007's most influential green building leaders Friday at its annual Leadership Awards celebration, which was held at the Merchandise Mart during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago.

The awards recognize achievements in six categories including Community, Education, LEED, Organizational Excellence, Research and Advocacy.

In the Community category LEED faculty member Gail Linsey from Design Harmony received the award 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.

The Aldo was honored in the Education category. Based in Baraboo, 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, Wisconsin, 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., Wisconsin Leopold Legacy Center

In the LEED category, Rob Harris, chief of the Engineering Division of the Directorate of Public Works, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, received the award for his aggressive program to adopt LEED-NC and LEED-EB in the military facilities of Fort, where a $3 billion construction program will be completed over the next five years. Bragg

In the Organization Excellence category, David Eisenberg and the Development for Appropriate Technology received the award in acknowledgment of DCAT's focus on building sustainability into the codes over the past dozen years. Eisenberg has effectively communicated to mainstream industry the importance of integrating green design principles into municipal codes. Center

KieranTimberlake Associates was honored in the Research category for creativity in integrating research into design.

In the Advocacy category, Ashok Gupta, director, Air and Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council was honored for his work on the New York State Green Building Tax Credit and the carbon neutral redevelopment of the World site. Trade Center

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