Miami, FL: (October 14, 2019) — The Spinnaker Group proudly took home five Project-of-the-Year awards in several green- building honors categories during the US Green Building Council (USGBC) South Florida Chapter’s GalaVerde Leadership Awards celebration. The gala was held at the University of Miami Shalala Student Center on Saturday, October 12. Two other Spinnaker projects were recognized as finalists in their
respective categories.

The 10th Annual GalaVerde Leadership Awards recognized excellence in high-performance building design and environmental stewardship and community impact, and highlighted the green-building initiatives and achievements of South Florida projects, businesses, elected officials and community members. The judging for the event’s awards categories was a “blind judging”, whereby project submissions’ names, teams and geographic locations were not identified. USGBC Florida is a nonprofit organization, and GalaVerde is the USGBC South Florida Chapter’s flagship event of the year.

The following Spinnaker-assisted projects were judged as the best in noted categories:

• Most Outstanding Neighborhood Development Award
  Northwest Gardens, LEED Silver 
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Most Outstanding Residential Award
  Lynn University Perper Residence Hall, LEED Silver 
  Boca Raton, Florida
• Most Outstanding Existing Building Award
  UM School of Business, LEED Gold 
  Miami, Florida
• Most Outstanding Green Schools Award 
  Alexander Montessori School Ludlum Road, LEED Gold 
  Miami, Florida
• Most Outstanding Community Champion Award 
  OB Johnson Park, LEED Gold 
  Hallandale Beach, Florida

Additionally, two members of the Spinnaker staff were recognized with superlatives from the evening of honors:

• Rising Star Award 
  Spinnaker Group intern and University of Miami student Natalie Lipsey was the category winner.
• Green Veterans Volunteer of the Year Award 
  Spinnaker Group Commissioning Agent Edel Travieso was the category winner.

“We are extremely honored and pleased that these projects were recognized by our green-building peers as superlative examples of the highest quality, sustainable building undertakings,” noted Jonathan Burgess, President of The Spinnaker Group. “Achieving LEED certification is more than implementing sustainable practices. These projects represent a commitment to making the world a better place, as well as a challenge to others to do better. I congratulate and thank each of the outstanding contractor and vendor teams for their significant contributions to this transformational journey toward a more sustainable, healthy and prosperous built environment, as well as the owners for stepping up and doing the right thing to make an important environmental difference in our South Florida community.”

Founded in 2003, the award-winning Spinnaker Group helps facilitate the delivery of the highest quality, sustainable building projects. Using an integrated team approach with a diverse range of clients, the firm has nearly 150 LEED Certified projects under its belt and more than 600 million sf of commissioned building space worldwide. In addition to tapping USGBC’s LEED and other rating systems as anchors of its sustainable consulting services, Spinnaker’s diverse team of design and construction professionals offer project management, energy modeling, fundamental and enhanced building commissioning, neighborhood planning, operations and maintenance consulting, indoor air quality testing, and life cycle analyses for all types of building projects.

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. Available for virtually all building, community and home project types, LEED provides a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings. Created by the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, DC, LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement. The voluntary, consensus-based rating system for developing high-performing, sustainable buildings is designed to inspire project teams to seek innovative solutions that support public health and our environment, while saving building owners money over a project’s life cycle. LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs) have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building techniques and the LEED Green Building Rating System.

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About The Spinnaker
Group

As one of the most
respected leaders in the green-building movement, the award-winning Spinnaker
Group helps facilitate the delivery of the highest quality, sustainable
building projects.  Learn more at https://thespinnakergroupinc.com.

About USGBC Florida

The U.S. Green Building
Council Florida, a nonprofit (501[c][3]) organization, embraces the adoption of
innovative building practices that conserve land, energy, water, resources and
materials.  Its Mission is to transform
the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling a
sustainable and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment for
people to live, work, learn and play.  To
learn more:  Sarah Boren, Director, USGBC
Florida, 904-535-0055, sboren@usgbc.org, www.usgbc.org/usgbc-florida.

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