Green Builder Media congratulates the winners of our 12th annual Green Home of the Year and Sustainability Awards. These exceptional projects, products, and people show us how we can solve for a changing climate and establish a sustainable future.
Each year, Green Builder Media’s Home of the Year and Sustainability Awards features the most innovative projects and products in the industry, as well as the people who build, design, and manufacture them. This year’s winners delight and inspire, showcasing how creative thinking can result in optimized performance, aesthetics, and sustainability.
Green Builder Media congratulates the following winners:
Sustainability Superhero: Peter Pfeiffer, founding principal of nationally recognized environmental building design firm Barley/Pfeiffer Architecture. Pfeiffer’s four decades of building efficient, beautiful structures appropriate for their climates and locales has made an indelible mark on the industry.
Sustainable Cities of the Year:
Austin, TX for innovative energy programs developed with Austin Energy
Santa Fe, NM for outstanding water conservation efforts
San Luis Obispo, CA for bold leadership by the City Council and Mayor
Green Innovations of the Year: Nine outstanding building products show how sustainability can be enhanced when cloud-based apps and real-world engineering smarts converge:
Rheem ULTRA LOW NOx Gas Furnace
Cosmos Healthy Home System by Panasonic
LG Multi V 5 Heat Pump System
Niagara Nano super-efficient toilet
Noritz America NRCR condensing tankless water heater
LeakSmart leak detection tool
Speck Pumps A91-11 THP priming pool pump
AMICO Hydrodry self-draining vented wall system
O. Smith Proline Electric Tankless Water Heater
2020 Green Home of the Year Award Winners By Category
Grand Winner Monroe Farmhouse, Monroe, Ga. Builder: Luis Imery, Imery Group
Best Modern Design Net Zero Retreat, Austin, Texas Architect/Designer: Alan Barley and Peter Pfeiffer, Barley/Pfeiffer Architecture Builder: Paul Oliver, Oliver Custom Homes Landscape Architect: Steve Domigan, SKDLA Landscape Architecture Interior Design: Sharon Radkovich, Panache Interiors
Mainstream Green Anacortes Triple Zero Home, Anacortes, Wash. Architect/Designer: Ted L. Clifton, Zero-Energy Home Plans LLC Builder: David Wallace, CVH, Inc. dba Clifton View Homes
Small Footprint Living House of the Horizon, Lajas, Puerto Rico Architect/Designer: Abruna & Musgrave, Architects Builder: Peter Davis Torres, Professional Home Builders
Alternative Building Palo Alto Apartments, Palo Alto, Calif. Builder: Greg Koepf, Shell Building Systems Architect/Designer: David Solnick, Architect Developer: Prabhas Kejriwal, Sageleaf Forest, LLC
Sustainable Community Sitka, Seattle Wash. Architect/Designer: Brian Runberg, Runberg Architecture Group Builder: Sean Stimac, Exxel Pacific Developer: Alicia Stedman, Vulcan Real Estate Landscape Architect: Jason Henry, Berger Partnership PS Interior Designer: Christiane Pein, Lair Design, LLC
The awards program was judged by architect Nathan Good (last year’s Sustainability Superhero) and esteemed green builders Gene Myers and builder Tim O’Brien.
These standouts represent the best practices, design, products, and ethics of sustainability in the country today. Most importantly, their innovations and commitment to green will no doubt inspire future individuals, companies, and cities to ramp up their commitment to the environment in the coming years.
Download Green Builder’s awards issue here for in-depth articles on all the winners.
As cofounder and CEO of Green Builder Media, Sara is a visionary thought leader and passionate advocate for sustainability. A former venture capitalist, she has participated in the life cycle (from funding to exit) of over 20 companies, with an emphasis on combining sustainability and profitability. She lives in Lake City, Colo., with her husband, where she is an avid long-distance runner, snowboarder, and Crossfit trainer. She is also on the Board of Directors at Dvele, runs the Rural Segment for Energize Colorado, and is a former County Commissioner.
Green Builder Celebrates our 12th Annual Home of the Year Winners!
Green Builder Media congratulates the winners of our 12th annual Green Home of the Year and Sustainability Awards. These exceptional projects, products, and people show us how we can solve for a changing climate and establish a sustainable future.
Each year, Green Builder Media’s Home of the Year and Sustainability Awards features the most innovative projects and products in the industry, as well as the people who build, design, and manufacture them. This year’s winners delight and inspire, showcasing how creative thinking can result in optimized performance, aesthetics, and sustainability.
Click here to see the awards issue of Green Builder magazine.
Green Builder Media congratulates the following winners:
Sustainability Superhero: Peter Pfeiffer, founding principal of nationally recognized environmental building design firm Barley/Pfeiffer Architecture. Pfeiffer’s four decades of building efficient, beautiful structures appropriate for their climates and locales has made an indelible mark on the industry.
Green Innovations of the Year: Nine outstanding building products show how sustainability can be enhanced when cloud-based apps and real-world engineering smarts converge:
Grand Winner
Monroe Farmhouse, Monroe, Ga.
Builder: Luis Imery, Imery Group
Best Modern Design
Net Zero Retreat, Austin, Texas
Architect/Designer: Alan Barley and Peter Pfeiffer, Barley/Pfeiffer Architecture
Builder: Paul Oliver, Oliver Custom Homes
Landscape Architect: Steve Domigan, SKDLA Landscape Architecture
Interior Design: Sharon Radkovich, Panache Interiors
Mainstream Green
Anacortes Triple Zero Home, Anacortes, Wash.
Architect/Designer: Ted L. Clifton, Zero-Energy Home Plans LLC
Builder: David Wallace, CVH, Inc. dba Clifton View Homes
Small Footprint Living
House of the Horizon, Lajas, Puerto Rico
Architect/Designer: Abruna & Musgrave, Architects
Builder: Peter Davis Torres, Professional Home Builders
Alternative Building
Palo Alto Apartments, Palo Alto, Calif.
Builder: Greg Koepf, Shell Building Systems
Architect/Designer: David Solnick, Architect
Developer: Prabhas Kejriwal, Sageleaf Forest, LLC
Sustainable Community
Sitka, Seattle Wash.
Architect/Designer: Brian Runberg, Runberg Architecture Group
Builder: Sean Stimac, Exxel Pacific
Developer: Alicia Stedman, Vulcan Real Estate
Landscape Architect: Jason Henry, Berger Partnership PS
Interior Designer: Christiane Pein, Lair Design, LLC
The awards program was judged by architect Nathan Good (last year’s Sustainability Superhero) and esteemed green builders Gene Myers and builder Tim O’Brien.
These standouts represent the best practices, design, products, and ethics of sustainability in the country today. Most importantly, their innovations and commitment to green will no doubt inspire future individuals, companies, and cities to ramp up their commitment to the environment in the coming years.
Download Green Builder’s awards issue here for in-depth articles on all the winners.
By Sara Gutterman
As cofounder and CEO of Green Builder Media, Sara is a visionary thought leader and passionate advocate for sustainability. A former venture capitalist, she has participated in the life cycle (from funding to exit) of over 20 companies, with an emphasis on combining sustainability and profitability. She lives in Lake City, Colo., with her husband, where she is an avid long-distance runner, snowboarder, and Crossfit trainer. She is also on the Board of Directors at Dvele, runs the Rural Segment for Energize Colorado, and is a former County Commissioner.