Award Winners Announced By the Florida Green Building Coalition
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) has recently announced winners of its annual Green Achievement Awards. The competitive awards, based on green certification scores, recognize residential, commercial, high-rise residential, and land development projects, as well as, local governments for exceptional sustainability achievements in a number of categories, such as energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality, site preservation, resource (materials) efficiency, and durability.
The local government program criteria evaluates energy and water usage, air quality, health issues, land use, recycling and waste disposal, maintenance policies, educational programs, purchasing practices, and regulatory policies. It is designed to help protect and conserve the community’s natural resources, enhance the efficiency of government, thus reducing the cost to taxpayers, and raise public awareness about the benefits of environmental stewardship.
This year’s FGBC Green Achievement Award winners are:
Highest Scoring Land Development
Abacoa in Palm Beach County
Score 207
Developer: Cypress Realty of Florida
Owner: Abacoa Property Owners Assembly
Highest Scoring Green High-Rise Residential Building
Gables 4585 Ponce, Coral Gables
Score: 52
Builder: Gables Residential
Highest Scoring Green Home
Big Bend Habitat for Humanity – Tallahassee
For: 1621 Harris Street in Tallahassee
Score: 212, Platinum Level
Green Builder of the Year (for most homes certified):
Single-Family Category
Neal Communities, Bradenton – 257 Homes Certified
Multi-Family Category
McIntyre Elwell and Strammer General Contractors, Sarasota – 68 units
