The winners in this year’s Green Home of the Year Awards share numerous traits—sustainability-focused construction materials, limited negative impact on the local environment, the latest ENERGY STAR® appliances. But the one trait stressed in every winning home is energy resilience. Whether it’s to keep household bills low or ensure the lights stay on after a natural disaster, a green grid is the best grid.
Our expert panel of judges evaluated projects in terms of overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the environment and surrounding neighborhood, affordability, creativity and the depth of science employed. Here are their choices for the six most exemplary and imaginative green homes.
 Nathan Good is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)-registered architect, NCIDQ-certified interior designer, and LEED-accredited professional. He specializes in projects that bridge environmental performance with character and aesthetics. His firm has received design awards from AIA, the National Association of Home Builders and Green Builder magazine, among others. |
 Gene Myers Gene Myers is CEO and Founder of Thrive Home Builders, six-time winner of the Department of Energy’s Grand Award for Innovation, and the first production builder to deliver “solar standard” homes, build net zero communities, and use Colorado beetle-kill lumber in the construction of its homes. |
 Tim O'Brien is president of Tim O’Brien Homes. The company, which specializes in building green and energy-efficient housing, has received Silver and Gold National Housing Quality (NHQ) awards. In 2018, the company broke ground on Wisconsin’s first net zero energy neighborhood, Red Fox Crossing, in New Berlin. O’Brien has also coordinated homebuilding projects with several Waukesha-area high school construction trades for the past nine years. |
Grand Overall Winner
%20Facade%20300carousel.jpg?width=300&name=HOTY%20Small%20Foot%20-%20Horizon%20South%20(Main)%20Facade%20300carousel.jpg)
2020 Sustainability Awards - Sustainability SuperheroIndustry stalwart Peter Pfeiffer’s four decades of building efficient, beautiful structures that are appropriate for their climates and locales has made an indelible mark on the industry.
Although much of the world is actually losing ground in terms of CO2 pollution and resource waste, some American cities are showing that a carbon neutral future can be achieved NOW.
This year’s outstanding products demonstrate how sustainability can be enhanced when cloud-based apps and real-world engineering smarts converge.
