AND THE WINNER IS.........

The U.S. Green Building Council – Greater Houston Area Chapter hosted its Annual Awards Celebration and Casino Night on Thursday, December 11 at Minute Maid Park. This event included the announcement of the 2008 Environmental Awards recipients for Outstanding Environmental Leader, Outstanding Environmental Project and Outstanding Environmental Team. USGBC-Houston also announced the winner of the Emerging Green Builders Scholarship and the Outstanding Environmental Student Project Competition.

Outstanding Environmental Leader: Sheila Blake

Blake is the Building Code Administrator for the City of Houston. She is a Certified Building Official and a member of the International Code Council with multiple code certifications. Blake is a member of USGBC-Houston Chapter and sits on the USGBC National Technical Advisory Council for Codes. She also serves on the Greater Houston Partnership’s Green Building Committee and on the steering committee of the Houston Land and Water Sustainability Forum. Other involvements include participation with the Mayor’s Environmental Liaisons committee. Blake has been responsible for setting up a LEED incentive for plan review and LEED training sessions. She established the Code Enforcement Green Building Resource Center and coordinates with Mayor Bill White’s Green Building Advisory Committee.




Outstanding Environmental Project: Discovery Green

* Discovery Green Conservancy - owner
* Page Southerland Page - architect, MEP and LEED consultant
* Hargreaves Associates - prime landscape architect
* Lauren Griffith Associates - landscape architect
* Henderson & Rogers - structural engineer
* Walter P. Moore - structural engineer
* Hunt & Hunt - site and garage electrical engineer
* Miner-Dederick Construction, LLP - general contractor 
* TGE Resources, Inc. - environmental consultant

Honorable Mention Environmental Projects:
* NASA New Office Building - HOK
* Walnut Bend Elementary School - VLK Architects
* The Office of Walter P. Moore - Gensler





Outstanding Environmental Team: The Sysco Corporate Office project team

* Sysco - owner
* Hines - project development manager
* HOK - design architect
* Kendall Heaton Associates - architect of record
* Kirksey - interior architect
* Clark Condon Associates - landscape architect
* I.A. Naman + Associates - MEP
* Walter P. Moore - civil engineer
* Haynes Whaley Associates - structural engineer
* D.E. Harvey Builders - contractor

Honorable Mention Environmental Team:
* Greenway Plaza: Reihl Engineering, LLC and Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC




Houston Emerging Green Builders Scholarship winner: Scott Smith

Smith has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston as well as a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design. He is the president and founder of the University of Houston Green Building Initiative and has incorporated LEED (USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system) and sustainable building practices into several of his studio projects.




Outstanding Environmental Student Project winner: James Petty

Petty, who recently earned a Bachelor of Architecture from U of H, won first place in the 2008 Houston Natural Talent Design Competition. His project also earned him a free trip to USGBC Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston in November.




Special THANKS to our Sponsors and Prize Donors:

Diamonds Level

DBR

HUMANSCALE

MAREK BROS.

SHW GROUP LLP

Spades

ARMSTRONG

ACME BRICK

CERTAINTEED

DALTILE

DIRTT

PGAL

TANDUS

TBG Inc.

UPCHURCH KIMBROUGH

Hearts

BROWNE PENLAND MCGREGOR

CAMBRIDGE

DESIGNER BUILDING SOLUTIONS

MANNINGTON

MASTERTILE

MILLIKEN

MORRIS ARCHITECTS

QUALITY SERVICE FLOOR COVERING

SKANSKA

TGL COMMERCIAL

UES AUTOMATED LOGIC

Clubs

REIHL ENGINEERING

ENGLISH AND ASSOCIATES

FORBO

WILSONART

BIGELOW

 

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For more information on these prestigious USGBC-Houston awards, contact awards committee chair Jody Henry at jhenry@shwgroup.com

 

Downloadable Resources

2008_USGBC_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf 2008 Terms and Conditions