Washington, D.C. — The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) announced the winners of the Beyond Green 2007 High Performance Building Awards Program. Three first-place winners presented their projects on Wednesday, January 16, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building for the 21st Century monthly lecture series. This year, the council gave awards in two categories: High Performance Buildings and High Performance Initiatives.

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. This year’s first-place winners included:

Category A — High Performance Buildings

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — The Molecular Foundry (SmithGroup, Inc.)

Category B — High Performance Initiatives

Educational Initiative
High Performance Building: Perspectives and Practice
(Rocky Mountain Institute)

Innovative Initiative
The Athena EcoCalculator for Assemblies
(Athena Institute)

Visit www.sbicouncil.org for more information, including a complete list of award winners.