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 10^th
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:

Spinnaker Group intern and University of Miami student
Natalie Lipsey was the winner.

• Green Veterans Volunteer of the Year Award

Spinnaker Group Commissioning Agent Edel Travieso was
the 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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