Environmental Design + Construction magazine’s Fifth Annual Excellence in Design Awards recognize government buildings, institutional facilities, single- and multi-family residences that demonstrate a clear commitment to green building and sustainable design. Projects considered exhibited a variety of criteria as determined by a panel of judges comprised of ED+C staff members as well as the following key industry professionals:

• S. Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
• David Green, Principal in the Housing & Mixed-Use Studio at the architectural firm of Lord, Aeck & Sargent.
• Peter Levasseur, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Sustainable Design for EwingCole.
• Jim Nicolow, AIA, LEED AP, a Senior Associate with Lord, Aeck & Sargent.
• Carl Seville, currently serving on the Green Building Subcommittee and the Green Building Education Curriculum Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
• Steven Winter, FAIA, founder of Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA).
• Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP, Chair of the 2007 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
  

and the 2007 Excellence in Design award winners are:

Commercial, Office, Industrial, Corporate

Banner Bank Building in Boise, Idaho, (The Christensen Corp.), submitted by HDRArchitecture.

Commercial finalists include 223 Yale in Seattle (NBBJ); Building C Renovation/Employment and Conference Center, San Antonio (Zachry Construction Corporation); Visteon Village Corporate Headquarters, Van Buren Township, Mich. (SmithGroup, Inc.); One & Two Potomac Yard, Arlington, Va. (Sustainable Design Consulting); Jefferson Green in Albuquerque, N.M. (D/P/S); and Abercorn Common Shopping Center in Savannah, Ga. (Mulherin PR Consulting, Inc.)

Please see page 35 in this issue of ED+C for the Commercial category winner’s full project details and highlights of the finalists.

Single-Family Residential Home

BASF Near Zero Energy House.

BASF Near Zero Energy House-Patterson, N.J., submitted by BASF Corporation

Finalists in the Residential category also include: Wiengarten House at San Benancio in Salinas, Calif. (Larry Weingarten); Alta Residence in Alta, Wyo. (HandsOn Design); Orzech Residence in Phoenixville, Pa (Dan Orzech).

The Residential winner and finalists will be highlighted in the August 2007 issue of Sustainable Home.

Institutional, Non-Profit Organization, Educational or Healthcare

Kirsch Center.

Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies, De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif., submitted by Arup

Institutional finalists include: Animal Foundation Dog Adoption Park in Las Vegas (Tate Snyder Kimsey); Pacific Lutheran University, Morken Center for Learning and Technology in Tacoma, Wash. (Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP); Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland, Ore. (Hoffman Construction Company); Harvard University, University Operations Services Blackstone Station Adaptive Reuse in Cambridge, Mass. (Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc.); Benjamin D. Hall Interdisciplinary Research Building in Seattle (Capital Projects); Heifer International Headquarters in Little Rock, Ark.(Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd.); Engineering/Computer Science Building, University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia (Busby Perkins+Will, Architects Co.); St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic First Street Building in Duluth, Minn. (HKS, Inc.).

The Institutional winner and finalists will be highlighted in ED+C’s September 2007 issue.

Government (State, Federal or Local)

Gwinnett, Jonathan Hillyer/Atlanta.

Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center In Buford, Ga., Submitted By Lord, Aeck & Sargent

Finalists in the Government category include: East Grand Rapids Community Center/City of East Grand Rapids, Michigan in East Grand Rapids, Mich. (Cox Medendorp Olson Architects, Inc.); Mead Wildlife Area DNR Headquarters & Education Center in Milladore, Wis. (Thomas Brown, Architect); Social Security Administration Teleservice Center in Auburn, Wash. (TVA Architects Inc.); Sweetwater Creek State Park Visitor Center in Lithia Springs, Ga. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources); Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility in Santa Clarita, Calif. (HOK).

The winner and finalists in the Government category will be highlighted in ED+C’s October 2007 issue.

Multi-Family Residential (Condominium and Apartment)

The Vento, Busby Perkins + Will.

The Vento in Calgary, Alberta, submitted by Windmill Developments

Finalists in the multi-family residential category include: Plaza Apartments in San Francisco (LMS Architects); 53 Standish Street in Cambridge, Mass.(Aedi Development); PineRidge in Kethum, Idaho (Living Architecture); Brunswick-Holborn & Columbia Wood Apartments in Boston (Mostue & Associates Architects, Inc.); Starland Lofts in Savannah, Ga. (Lominack Kolman Smith Architects).

The winner and finalists in the Multi-Use Residential category will be highlighted in the October 2007 issue of Sustainable Home.