The Clark/Balfour Beatty team won Project of the Year for LEED NC for the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
The Ninth Annual A Midsummer Night's Green & Awards of Excellence
by Anna Foden, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Chapter Services Coordinator
July 21, 2011 - Exemplary projects, firms and individuals were honored last night as winners of the 2011 Awards of Excellence by the U.S. Green Building Council National Capital Region Chapter (USGBC-NCR) at the ninth annual A Midsummer Night's Green event in Washington, DC. 'These awards celebrate individuals and firms for their leadership and commitment to the green building movement,' said Emily Zimmerman, Executive Director of USGBC-NCR, 'and they recognize projects that are pushing the envelope and creating a more vibrant and sustainable National Capital Region.'
Three awards were given to individuals and firms who are inspiring the local green building community:
- USGBC-NCR Board Member of the Year - Laura Schonfeld, LEED AP ID+C, LEED Project Manager, HITT Contracting, Inc
- USGBC-NCR Member of the Year - Eugenia Gregorio, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Manager, The Tower Companies
- USGBC-NCR Member Firm of the Year - AtSite
- Project of the Year Core & Shell - PNC Place - submitted by Gensler
- Project of the Year Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance - World Wildlife Fund Headquarters - submitted by Envision Design
- Project of the Year Commercial Interiors - World Wildlife Fund 1st Floor North - submitted by Envision Design
- Project of the Year Neighborhood Development - Constitution Square - submitted by HOK
- Project of the Year New Construction - Walter Reed National Military Medical Center - submitted by Clark/Balfour Beatty, JV, A Joint Venture
- Project of the Year Schools - Eastern High School - submitted by Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc.