The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) NY Upstate Leadership Awards Gala will take place on November 15 from 4:30 pm to 6:30pm.  The event will be held virtually on Zoom. We will be honoring 12 award winners who have been selected, by our member advisory leadership board, for their hard work and dedication to improving the built environment in New York State.

2022 Winners:

• Kevin Stack Award: Joanne Mahoney, President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Climate Champion Award (Community): City of Ithaca
• Climate Champion Award (Individual): Dazzle Ekblad, NYSDEC Program Manager of Climate Smart Communities program
• Climate Champion Award (Individual): Kelly Tyler, Director of the Communities and Local Government program NYSERDA
• Clean Energy Community Champion Award: City of Canandaigua
• LEED Commercial Interiors Award: Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Phase III-Cornell University (LEED Gold)
• LEED New Building Construction Award: SU National Veterans Resource Center-Syracuse University (LEED Gold)
• Green Building Legacy Award: Townsend Hall Renovation-SUNY Buffalo (LEED Gold)
• Innovation in Residential Building Award: Sustainable Comfort Inc.
• Climate Smart Business Award: Corning Inc.
• Green Building of the Year Award: Zero Place (LEED Platinum 2022)
• Judge’s Choice Award: SU National Veterans Resource Center-Syracuse University (LEED Gold)

Register here.