Announcing USGBC WNC Region’s 2020 Leadership Award Nominees

 

The USGBC West North Central (WNC) Region’s 2020 Community Leadership Award program honors individuals and organizations whose exemplary work in has been influential in the expansion of sustainable, higher-performing buildings and projects throughout the region's local communities that includes: Central Plains, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri Gateway, Nebraska Flatwater, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

 

A jury thoroughly examined the slate of nominations, awarding points for leadership approach, strategies that push the envelope of green design, resolving challenges with innovative solutions and high performance. Each submission has been judged on their own merit with the final level of recognition determined by the total points each nomination individually accumulated during jury review.

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Please join us in congratulating USGBC WNC Region’s 2020 Community Leadership Award recipients!

 

2020 Award of Excellence

This designation is reserved for nominations that earn 90% or more of available points during jury review.

 

Innovative Design, New Construction: 

• City of Madison Fire Station 14, LEED Platinum, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by City of Madison

• Madison Municipal Building, LEED Platinum, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by City of Madison

 

Innovative Project, Existing Building Performance: 

• Saint Paul RiverCentre/Xcel Energy Center, LEED Platinum, USGBC Minnesota, Nominated by Progressive Associates

 

Raising the Standard:

• Angela A. Moore: Museums Making a Difference, USGBC Missouri Gateway, Nominated by Missouri Historical Society

 

Leadership in Sustainable Business Practice: 

• Evolution Marketing, llc, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Evolution Marketing, llc

• Forest County Potawatomi Community, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Quorum Architects, Inc.

 

2020 Award of Merit

This designation is reserved for nominations that earn 80% or more of available points during jury review.

 

Innovative Design, New Construction: 

• HDR Headquarters, LEED Gold, USGBC Nebraska Flatwater, Nominated by HDR

• The 428, LEED Silver, USGBC Minnesota, Nominated by Pat Wolf

• Lenexa City Center Library, LEED Silver, USGBC Central Plains, Nominated by Hollis + Miller Architects

 

Innovative Project, Interiors: 

• Wgemas, LEED Certified, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Quorum Architects, Inc.

• The American Family Insurance East Regional Building (ERB), LEED Gold, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Strang Inc.

 

Innovative Project, Residential: 

• Victory Manor at the Westlawn Gardens, LEED Gold, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Quorum Architects, Inc.

 

Innovative Project, Existing Building Performance: 

• Wells Fargo Plaza Recertification, LEED Silver, USGBC Minnesota, Nominated by Sustainable Investment Group

 

Outdoor Environments: 

• Northern Sky Creative Center, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Strang Inc.

 

Raising the Standard:

• Melissa Rappaport Schifman, USGBC Minnesota, Nominated by Temple Israel Minneapolis

 

Most Successful Community Engagement: 

• Northern Sky Creative Center, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by Strang Inc.

 

2020 Certificate of Leadership

This designation acknowledges the leadership of our nominees who have demonstrated activities and accomplishments that go above the status quo.

 

Innovative Design, New Construction: 

• The Commons at Marquette University, LEED Silver, USGBC Wisconsin, Nominated by J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

 

Innovative Project, Residential: 

• The Houses on Oak Hill Avenue, LEED Platinum, USGBC Central Plains, Nominated by Studio 804, Inc.

 

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