Environmental Design + Construction - March 2009 - (Page 10) NEWSLINE SBIC Announces 2008 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council announced the winners of its 2008 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards. A reception was held in conjunction with an educational briefing for lawmakers and the public on Capitol Hill. The Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards recognizes the initiatives that shape, inform and catalyze the high-performance building market, as well as the real-world application of high-performance design and construction practices. The awards program is a key part of SBIC’s commitment to the design, construction and maintenance of high-performance buildings through education, outreach and advocacy. Winning Projects High-Performance Buildings First Place: Nationals Park, submitted by HOK/Devrouax and Purnell Architects. Award Winners: ■ Multi-Family: Garden Street Lofts, submitted by SHoP Architects, PC. ■ Mixed-Use: California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Headquarters Complex, submitted by Pickard Chilton. ■ Single Family: Coming Home – The Restoration and Greening of 643 Felder Ave., submitted by Joe Catledge Builders. ■ Academic: Garthwaite Center for Science & Art, submitted by Architerra Inc. ■ Private – Commercial: Christman Building, submitted by SmithGroup. ■ Public – Commercial: Kitsap County Administration Building, submitted by The Miller|Hull Partnership. ■ Research & Development Project: The Home Depot Smart Home, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, submitted by SmithGroup. ■ Municipal: Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center, submitted by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. High-Performance Initiatives First Place: HPB, submitted by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Award Winners: ■ Education: Advanced Energy Design Guides: Transforming the Marketplace, submitted by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. ■ Construction Process: High Performance Laboratory Facility Decommissioning Initiative, submitted by DHHS National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities. ■ Education: UNIVERSAL GREEN INITIATIVE, submitted by San Francisco Institute of Architecture. ■ Policy/Program Development: New York City Green Schools Guide and Standards Revision, submitted by Dattner Architects, New York City School Construction Authority. For more information, visit www.sbicouncil.org. GREENGUARD Children and Schools-Certified Flooring Approved for LEED ATLANTA — The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announced that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has approved flooring certified to the GREENGUARD Children & Schools standard as an alternative pathway for achieving credit within the LEED Rating System. This means that buildings seeking LEED certification will have an additional option for achieving credit EQ 4.3: Flooring Systems in regard to low-emitting flooring, according to GEI. A GREENGUARD-certified products guide is available at www.greenguard.org. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org. Web-Based High Performance Systems Portfolio Tool for K-12 Schools Launched PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Trane’s new High Performance Systems Portfolio is a Web-based tool at www.trane.com/K12Systems designed to identify the right heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) type to earn Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points for schools. “It offers a collection of customized zone pages that make it easy for specifiers and school engineers to pick the right systems for their buildings based upon geography and other requirements like building type, acoustics and student outcomes,” said Maureen Lally, customer marketing leader for Trane. “It serves as a credible resource for engineers to provide recommendations for energy efficient design, construction, operation and maintenance of high performance schools.” For more information, visit www.trane.com. NCFI launches Healthy Schools Initiative MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Healthy Schools for Healthy Children (HS4HC) works to help make every new school being built, and those being renovated, the healthy environments by educating architects, builders, school boards, administrators, superintendents, principals and teachers about the dangers of mold and the simple ways it can prevented. Founded by NCFI Polyurethanes (www.NCFI. com), HS4HC is made up of manufacturers of healthy school building products, architects, engineers, site planners, builders and school representatives who are passionate about the environment in which children spend most of their time. Members pledge to work toward providing and disseminating innovative, consistent, trustworthy information about designing and building healthy schools. For more information, visit www.HS4HC.com. NATIONALS PARK EARNED THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AWARD FROM THE SBIC. 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