Kevin Devine Award: Adwoa Dora, Chief Engineer, Metro Services Group, Shorenstein
This award honors the life and work of Kevin Devine, commemorating a leading green building operations and maintenance, or facilities professional who demonstrates the highest values that Kevin represented: true leadership and setting an example for others.
Environmental Justice Award: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
Honors an organization or person who has led in putting equity and the environment at the center of focus for projects and buildings in our region.
Corporate Sustainability Award: NBCUniversal
Recognizes a company creating lasting change through ambitious goals, policy, and action towards a more sustainable future.
Sustainable Entertainment Award: Green Sports Alliance
Recognizes a company, organization, or person in the entertainment industry who is creating lasting change through ambitious goals, education, policy, and/or action toward a more sustainable future.
Community Impact Award: Noura Bishay, Social Impact Urban Designer
Recognizes outstanding leadership paving the way toward a more sustainable future.
Partner of the Year Award: Bottom Line Utility Solutions
Recognizes organizational leadership and commitment to accelerating the transformation of Southern California into a more sustainable region for all.
Heart of the Chapter Award (2 recipients):
Farah Lavassani, Sr. Advisor, Brand & Strategy, USGBC-CA
Seth Strongin, Building Decarbonization Operational Director, HDR
Honors a USGBC-CA member - this year two - who has gone above and beyond in their dedication to creating a more sustainable future for us all and inspires us to keep doing this work.
Volunteer of the Year Award: Pete Marsh
Honors a USGBC-CA member who consistently and actively contributes to and supports USGBC-CA and its community, and inspires others to do the same.
All the Awards will be presented during the Green Gala, in front of a guest list of over 500 top industry professionals including real estate owners and developers, local government representatives, architects, engineers, contractors, agencies, sustainability professionals and other supporters. With the built environment touching energy, water, waste, health, and so much more, USGBC-CA convenes and collaborates across a broad spectrum of community, corporate, and government partners.
Adds Stapleton, “We are at a critical crossroads of our movement where we will need to take up the mantle of leadership on climate, delivering effective building performance policies and business models to help create a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future for California and beyond.”
The Green Gala is supported through the donations of many corporate partners: Anser Advisory, Athens Services, Bernards, DLR Group, GreenWealth Energy, ICON West, Leading Edge Consulting Services, San Bernardino Community College District, VCA Green; and additional support from HMC Architects, Metropolitan Water District, and SIG Earth.
Significant Annual Support for USGBC-CA comes from these: Platinum sponsors - CIM Group, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, USGBC; Gold sponsors - NBCUniversal, Southern California Edison; Silver sponsors – Architype, Arup, Beneficial State Bank, BNBuilders, Brightworks, Carpet Recovery, GAIA, HDR, Howard Building Corporation, Hudson Pacific Properties, Kilroy Realty Corp., LivCor, OneClick LCA, Perkins&Will, Suffolk Construction, Verdical Group, Willdan; Bronze sponsors - AEG, Assa Abloy, Clayco, Cumming Group, Disneyland Resort, Epic Metals Inc., Green Building Initiative, Greneker, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), Momentum, Mott MacDonald, Suffolk, and Verdani Partners.
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About USGBC California
USGBC California is a 501(c)3 non-profit and member-based organization whose vision is to transform California's built environment into a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable region for all. USGBC California comprises green building communities across the state. We lead by inspiring leaders throughout our communities to take action on climate change, public health, and environmental justice while educating, developing, and empowering a diverse talent pipeline through our training, mentorship, and direct-to-community programs. We connect by merging interdisciplinary perspectives and collaborations to create positive systemic change. We advocate through promoting innovative, impactful policy solutions addressing the most urgent environmental and social challenges of our time.(
www.usgbc-ca.org)
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The 14th Annual SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION AWARDS – Project Teams:
Orange County Sanitation District Headquarters -
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
HDR (Architecture, Interior Design, Sustainability, Exhibit Design, Structural, MEP Engineering, Civil); EPT Design (Landscape Architect)
BUCK Los Angeles
Loescher Meachem Architects (Architect); Howard Building Corporation (General Contractor); Pacific Edge Projects (Project Managers); AMA Group (MEP); Nous Engineering (Structural Engineers); Newson Brown Acoustics (Acoustical); Mash Studios (Custom Furniture); Oculus Light Studio (Lighting Designer); Verdical Group (Sustainability Consultant); Lamb & Lion (Interior Designer)
Crafton Hills College Performing Arts
San Bernardino Community College District (Owner-District); Crafton Hills College (CHC) (Owner – Campus); AECOM (Program Manager); Kitchell (Construction Manager); DLR Architects (Architect); Bernards (General Contractor)
Edwards Lifesciences Campus Expansion
Edwards Lifesciences (Owner); LPA Design Services (Architect, MEP, Structural, Civil, Landscape)
Malibu High School
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (Owner); NAC|Architecture (Architect); Koning Eizenberg Architecture (Architect); Verdical Group (Sustainability Consultant); Psomas (Civil Engineer); Spurlock Landscape Architects (Landscape Architect); Thornton Tomasetti Structural (Structural Engineer); P2S, Inc. (MEP and Fire Protection)
San Bernardino Valley College, Technical Education Project
HMC Architects (Architect); Snipes Dye (Civil Engineer); EPT Design (Landscape Architect); Saiful Bouquet (Structural Engineer); P2S, Inc. (MEP) San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) (Owner-District); San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) (Owner – Campus); AECOM (Program Manager); Safework CM – (Construction Manager); HMC Architects (Architect); Icon West, Inc (General Contractor); Snipes Dye (Civil Engineer); Snipes Dye (Civil Engineer); EPT Design (Landscape Architect); Saiful Bouquet (Structural Engineer); P2S, Inc. (MEP Engineer)
NBCUniversal THE COMMONS
NBCUniversal (Owner/Operator); LEVER Architecture (Design); James Corner Field Operations (Landscape Commission); Atelier Ten (LEED/Sustainability Consultant); Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction (General Contractor); AMA Group (MEP Engineers); Thornton Tomasetti Structural (Structural Engineer); Aurora Development (Project Management); House & Robertson Architects (Architect)
May Lee State Office Complex
Department of General Services (Owner/Developer); Hensel Phelps (General Contractor); Dreyfuss + Blackford (Architect)
The Environmental Justice Center at Puente Hills Landfill Park
HDR (Architecture, Interior Design, Sustainability, Structural Engineering, Landfill Engineering, Traffic, Project Management); OJB Landscape Architecture (Landscape Architect); Studio-MLA (Master Plan Lead, Dept. of Parks & Recreation's Concept Lead); VCA (Civil Engineering); LA County Public Works (Client); LA County Department of Parks & Recreation (Owner/Operator); Coffman Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineers)
Westlands Solar Park
CIM Group (Owner, Developer, Operator); SOLV Energy (Contractor)
The Village SF Wellness Center
Friendship House Association of American Indians (Owner); Equity Community Builders (Developer); Efficient Green LLC (GGP (Green Globes Professional) Consultant)
L’Oréal’s El Segundo Office
Studio Blitz (Architect); Corporate Contractors (General Contractor); UL Solutions (LEED/WELL consultant + CxA + Energy Modeling); Newson Brown Acoustics (Acoustical Consultant); Alphatech (MEP Engineers); HLB Lighting (Lighting Designer); Sungreen Systems (PV Integrator); Wolf Gang Puck (Food Vendor); CBRE (Property Management); L’Oréal USA (Owner)
Gradient Canopy at Google
Google (Owner); Adamson Associates (Architect); Arup (Engineer); Introba (Sustainability Consultant); Devcon (Contractor); HLW International Architects (Interior Designer); Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) (Architect); Heatherwick Studio (Architect); Hargreaves Jones (Landscape Architect)
My Angel Apartments
Practice (Architect); AMJ Construction Management (Construction Manager); Brandow & Johnston Engineers (Civil Engineer); Armstrong & Walker (Landscape Architect); Ming Yang Yeh & Associates (Structural Engineer); Breen Design Group (MEP); Partner Energy (Energy Consultant); LA Family Housing (Owner)
SFO Alaska Airlines T1 Lounge
Alaska Air Group (Owner); William Duff Architects Inc. (WDA) (Architect); Arup (LEED Consultant)
The Burbank Studios/Warner Bros. Discovery Second Century
ZC Sustainability (LEED and WELL Consultant); Worthe Real Estate Group (Owner); Warner Bros Discovery (Tenant); NBBJ (Interiors Architect); OJB (Landscape Architect); Gehry Partners, LLP (Core and Shell Architect); Lifeworks Restaurant Group (Kitchen Process and Nutrition Planning); Krismar Construction Co., Inc. (General Contractor); HLB Lighting (Lighting Consultant); ARC Engineering (Mechanical Engineering and Plumbing Consultant)
San Bernardino Valley College Career Pathways 2 (SBCCD)
