USGBC Announces Leadership Award Winners

Scot Horst, principal of Horst, Inc., and 7Group, in the LEED category for his leadership of the LEED Steering Committee and contributions to the rating system; San Diego Gas & Electric’s Sustainable Communities Program in the community category for encouraging green building with incentives for LEED registration and certification, and for supporting renewable energy production; Davis Langdon, Inc., in the research category for the firm’s work on tracking the costs of green building; Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio in the advocacy category for promoting green building and green jobs in the state; The founding members of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) in the organizational excellence category for making green building central to AIA’s mission; Development firm CB Richard Ellis, also in the organizational excellence category, for its firm-wide focus on green building; and Alexander “Andy” Karsner, formerly of the U.S. Department of Energy, who received a president’s award for his support of research into climate change, advanced energy sources, and green building.

– Allyson Wendt