NESEA Presents Northeast Green Building Awards

The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) announced the winners of its 2003 green building competition during its annual Building Energy Conference, held in Boston last month. Through this award program, NESEA strives to recognize projects that advance the aesthetics of green buildings.

Clearview Elementary School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, won first prize in the “places of learning” category. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s

Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Bay Ridge, Maryland tied with the

French Wing Addition to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests’ Conservation Center (located in Concord, New Hampshire ) for first prize in “places of work.” Thorough descriptions of these three projects are published in the U.S. Department of Energy’s High-Performance Buildings Case Studies Database, which is found online at

www.highperformancebuildingsgov/case_studies/.

First prize for “residences” went to the Bronx, New York affordable-housing

Melrose Commons II. Boston’s

MATCH School won the “solar electric buildings” category for its thoughtful integration of photovoltaic panels into energy-efficient design. Carnegie Mellon University’s

Clement Ka Man Cheng won the “student projects” category for his conceptual design of the Pittsburgh McKelvy Elementary School.

Two single-family homes—

Old Usquepaug in Rhode Island and

Tennis House in Washington, Connecticut—as well as the

Family Center in Somerville, Massachusetts, received honorable mention for their innovative designs. More information about the winning projects and about NESEA is available online at www.

nesea.org.

– JB