The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has presented its lifetime achievement award to Wayne Trusty, co-founder of the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute. Other recipients include John Godden for his work with energy-efficient homes and John Robinson of the University of British Columbia.
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has presented its lifetime achievement award to Wayne Trusty, co-founder of the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, a research organization dedicated to fostering the sustainability of the built environment.
Deemed “one of the original thinkers, researchers and teachers” on sustainable building issues, Trusty was one of the council’s original board members. He recently retired as president of the Ottawa-based institute.
The institute said Trusty will continue to work closely with Athena and share his wisdom and “big picture” viewpoint with the sustainable building community through his work on boards and committees.
During his career, Trusty has contributed “far and wide” on advancing green building issues in Canada, the United States and globally, the CaGBC said.
“He is a critical thinker who does not subscribe to one particular green building brand, tool or approach but instead focuses on facts and science/evidence to advance best green building practices, technologies and products.”
The award was one of eight handed out at a gala during the council’s recent national symposium in Toronto.
The green building champion award went to John Godden, who started building energy-efficient homes 20 years ago.
He has since set up Clearsphere Consulting, a firm which provides assistance to green home builders. Godden is credited with doing “a substantial amount of work” to get LEED Canada for Homes launched.
The industry leadership award was presented to Michael Brooks, a lawyer, LEED-accredited professional and chief executive officer of the Real Property Association of Canada. Co-chair of the first CaGBC summit in Toronto, Brooks also was the co-developer of North America’s first green lease.
The government leadership award went to the province of Ontario, which has adopted a policy for greening government buildings. In 2007, the province announced that LEED certification would be a requirement for all new government construction projects. The Ontario Green Energy Act mandates LEED Silver for all public buildings. The province also has taken steps to become a leader in green infrastructure.
The education leadership award was presented to John Robinson of the University of British Columbia, the driving force behind establishment of the university’s Centre of Interactive Research in Sustainability.
Currently under construction, the centre will be a living laboratory for green building and one of the greenest buildings in North America.
Other award recipients were Cindy Choy of the CaGBC’s Manitoba chapter for providing leadership at the chapter level and Curt Hepting for his “extraordinary” efforts as a volunteer.
Conestoga College students Alita Jones and Chad Magier won the Andy Kesteloo student project award for the design of an office building in the city core of Galt (in Cambridge, Ont.) that integrated sustainability and occupant comfort.
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