Welcome to the 2011 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence

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

Awards Background

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, Tournesol Siteworks• 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: Xero Flor Canada Ltd.• Green Roof Supplier: LiveRoof• Green Roof Plant Supplier: Linnaea Nurseries Ltd• Architectural Services: Merrick Architecture Borowski Sakumoto Fligg 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.

Therapeutic

Intensive Industrial / Commercial

Winner:Brooklyn Grange, Queens, NY

forBrooklyn 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: Buro Happold• 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: Wass Gerke &

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: Hoerr Schaudt 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, CAfor

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

Howard Neukrug

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

Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco

Thank You for Attending the2011 Awards of Excellence