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Welcome to the 2011 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence. Awards Background. Each year we recognize integrated design and installation excellence with the Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence . We also recognize outstanding contributions to the industry in research and policy .
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Welcome to the 2011 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence
Awards Background Each year we recognize integrated design and installation excellence with the Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence. We also recognize outstanding contributions to the industry in research and policy. • Eight design award categories: • Intensive Residential Intensive Industrial/Commercial • Intensive Institutional Green Walls • Extensive Residential Extensive Industrial/Commercial • Extensive Institutional Special Recognition • Two individual categories • Civic Award • Research Award
Awards Background • Projects are reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team of judges. • They are scored according to the following major categories of attributes • Functionality • Ecological Benefits • Economic Benefits • Aesthetic Benefits • Context
Judges • Jeffrey Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce and Company LLC & Chair, GRHC Board of Directors • Terry Guen, Terry Guen Design Associates • Monica Kuhn, Monica E. Kuhn, Architect Inc. • Christopher Lyon, President, TournesolSiteworks • Marguerite Wells, Owner, Motherplants, Ltd. • David J. Yocca, Principal landscape architect/planner, Conservation Design Forum & Chair, GRHC Technical Standards Committee
Intensive Residential Winner: Durante Kreuk Ltd., Vancouver, BC for Millennium Water + Athletes Village, Vancouver, BC
Team Members • Award Recipient: Durante Kreuk Ltd. (Landscape Architect) • Client: Millennium Development • Green Roof Supplier: XeroFlor Canada Ltd. • Green Roof Supplier: LiveRoof • Green Roof Plant Supplier: Linnaea Nurseries Ltd • Architectural Services: Merrick Architecture BorowskiSakumotoFligg Ltd. • Architectural Services: GBL Architects • Architectural Services: IBI/HB Architects • Architectural Services: Nick Milkovich Architects Inc. • Architectural Services: Walter Francl Architecture Inc. • Architectural Services: Robert Ciccozi Architecture Inc.
Intensive Industrial / Commercial Winner: Brooklyn Grange, Queens, NY for Brooklyn Grange, Queens, NY
Team Members • Award Recipient: Brooklyn Grange (Owner and Manager) • Architect: Bromley Caldari • Soil and Media Supplier: Rooflite • CFO: Bushwick Food Cooperative
Intensive Institutional Winner: Kelco Construction,Commack, NY for High Line, Manhattan, NY
Team Members • Award Recipient: Kelco Construction, Inc. (Installer of Green Roof System, Vegetation and Irrigation) • Client: Friends of the High Line • Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations • Architect: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro • MEP Engineering: BuroHappold • Structural Engineering/Historic Preservation: Robert Silman • Planting Design: Piet Oudolf • General Construction Contractor: CAC Industries • Lighting: L’Observatoire International • Signs: Pentagram Design, Inc.
Extensive Residential Winner: Hadj Design,Brier, WA for Hood Canal, Quilcene, WA
Team Members • Award Recipient: Hadj Design (Green Roof Designer) • Architect: Bosworth Hoedemaker • Structural Engineering: Swenson, Say, Faget • Growing Media: Swanson Bark & Wood Products • Roofing Contractor: CRS • Overburden Installer: Solterra
Green Walls Winner: Ten Eyck Landscape Architects for Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ
Team Members • Award Recipient: Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc. (Design Landscape Architect) • Client: City of Phoenix • Landscape Architect of Record: A. Dye Design Inc. • Architect: Populous • Mechanical Engineer: Syska Hennessy Group • Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates • Initial Design for Condensate Treatment: WassGerke & Associates • Landscape Contractor: AAA Landscape
Extensive Industrial/ Commercial Winner: Habitat Gardens, Pacific Grove, CA for EcoCenter, San Francisco, CA
Team Members • Award Recipient: Habitat Gardens (Project Manager, Horticulturalist, Designer) • Client: Literacy for Environmental Justice • Architect: Toby Long • Waterproofing: HB Urethane Foam • Green Roof System: Opti-Green • Parapet Design: Evo Design
Extensive Institutional Winner: PLANT Architect, Toronto, ON for Nathan Phillips Square Podium Green Roof, Toronto, ON
Team Members • Award Recipient: PLANT Architect Inc. & Perkins + Will Canada (Architect/Landscape Architects) • Client: City of Toronto • Green Roof Designer/Contractor: Flynn Canada / Gardens in the Sky • Green Roof System: LiveRoof • Design Team Collaborator: HoerrSchaudt Landscape Architect • Design Team Collaborator: Adrian Blackwell Urban Projects • Soils Consultant: Urban Trees + Soil • Heritage Consultant: Blanche Lemko van Ginkel • Structural Engineer: Blackwell Bowick Engineering • Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Crossey Engineering Ltd.
Special Recognition Winner: Paul Murdoch Architects, Beverly Hills, CA for Central Avenue Constituent Services Center, Los Angeles, CA
Team Members • Award Recipient: Paul Murdoch Architects • Client: City of Los Angeles • Landscape Architect: Burton & Company • Green Roof Consultant: Rana Creek • Green Roofing Assembly: Henry • Structural Engineer: Sato & Boppana • MEP Engineer: IBE Consulting Engineers • Civil Engineer: RBA/ Mollenhauer • Commissioning Consultant: Expedient Energy • Specifications Writer: Chew Specifications • Cost Estimator: Ciaran P. O'Halloran
Civic Award of Excellence Winner: Howard Neukrug Commissioner, Philadelphia Water Department
Howard Neukrug • Founded Office of Watersheds in 1999 • Creator of Green City, Clean Waters Initiative • Over $2 Billion Investment • Approved by EPA • Approved by Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection • Expected to revolutionize urban stormwater management
Howard Neukrug • Chairman of the Clean Water America Alliance's Urban Water Sustainability Council • Spurred community engagement • Has ensured that both technical components and financial benefits are studied rigorously
Research Award of Excellence Winner: Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco Post-Doctoral Researcher,National Renewable Energy Lab
Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco • First published paper won 3 awards from ASHRAE • “The Role of Plants in the Reduction of Heat Flux through Green Roofs: Laboratory Experiments” • Developed an experimental apparatus and a predictive simulation model and tested it on a real green roof. • Provides unique insight into thermal performance of extensive green roofs • Has published three papers in 2011 on green roofs and heat flux