Beyond Green award winners to be honored at NIBS conference

by Katie Daniel | December 18, 2015 9:31 am

NEW YORK USA - Sep 27 2015: 70th session of UN General Assembly. United Nations Building in New York is the headquarters of the United Nations organization. — The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) will celebrate the United Nations headquarters and two other winners of the 2015 Beyond Green High-Performance Building and Community Awards at its fourth annual conference and expo on Jan.14, 2016. Photo ©Bigstock.com/palinchak

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) will recognize the winners of the 2015 Beyond Green High-Performance Building and Community Awards on Jan. 14, at a luncheon during Building Innovation 2016, its fourth annual conference and expo.

The awards recognize buildings, initiatives, and innovations best exemplifying the eight design objectives of high-performance building:

sustainability;
accessibility;
aesthetics;
cost-effectiveness;
functionality;
productivity;
historical sensitivity; and
safety and security.

The United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City won the Honor Award in Category ‘A’ High-performance Building for its sustainable renovation project, while the Award of Merit in Category ‘A’ High-performance Building will go to the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservative and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Finally, the Award of Merit in Category ‘C’ High-performance Initiatives will go to the Efficient Homes Initiative of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and its utility partners.

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here.: http://www.nibs.org/?page=conference16_BG

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