News Brief
USGBC Honors Green Building Leaders
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Tom Darden, executive director of the Make It Right Foundation, received the NGO Sector award for the nonprofit’s work providing LEED Platinum homes to the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Tom Lent and Bill Walsh, policy director and founder, respectively, of the Healthy Building Network, received the Advocacy award for their work in encouraging healthier replacements for materials, including PVC and wood treated with chromated copper arsenate.
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Steve Saunders, CEO of Texas Energy Solutions, received the Residential Sector award for advancing LEED for Homes.
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Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University;
Joanie Mahoney, Onondaga County Executive; and
Stephanie A. Miner, Mayor of Syracuse, received the Global Community Leadership Award for collaborative efforts across central New York, including Syracuse University’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2040.
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M. Arthur Gensler Jr., founder of Gensler, and
Donald Simon, attorney with Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP, received the President’s Award; Gensler has been a green pioneer in the design industry, and Simon has led environmental law initiatives in California.
Published October 26, 2012 Permalink Citation
Weaver, E. (2012, October 26). USGBC Honors Green Building Leaders. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/usgbc-honors-green-building-leaders
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