Meet USGBC Carolinas 2023 Community Leadership Project Award Finalists
USGBC Carolinas is pleased to announce the finalists for our 2023 Community Leadership Awards. These prestigious awards celebrate excellence from the projects, people, and partners that are working to create better buildings and better lives for all in their local communities.
Award recipients will be announced at our annual Green Gala celebration, which will take place on Thursday, October 26, from 5-9 pm at The Terrace on Cedar Hill in Charlotte, North Carolina. This highly-anticipated year event convenes industry leaders and sustainability advocates from across our region to celebrate the accomplishments of those working to create a greener, healthier future for all in North and South Carolina.
The evening will include an awards ceremony and networking reception with drinks and refreshments. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote to determine the winner of our People's Choice Award. Proceeds from this event support USGBC's local education, advocacy, and outreach efforts.
We hope you can join us as we recognize and honor our winners and all our finalists. Learn more and register for the event here.
2023 Project Award Finalists
Note: Project teams are listed below as submitted by the company that nominated the project. Nominating company is indicated with an asterisk.
Charlotte Convention Center, LEED v4.1 O+M: Existing buildings Gold (view profile)
Photo credit: Charlotte Convention Center
Project team:
Building operator - Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority*
Owner - City of Charlotte
Integrative process facilitator & LEED administrator - EcoImpact Consulting*
Building systems specialist & LEED consultant - Building EnergetiCx, PLLC
Operating engineer support - Johnson Controls, Inc.
Expansion project architect - tvs design
Project builder - Holder-Edison Foard-Leeper, a Joint Venture
CMPD University City Division Station, LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Gold (view profile)
Project team:
Owner - City of Charlotte*
Commissioning agent - System WorCx
LEED consultant - EcoImpact Consulting
Plumbing, electrical, & mechanical engineering - AME Consulting Engineers
Architect - ADW Architects
Project team member - Timmons Group
General contractor - Miles-McClellan Construction
Dimensional Plaza, LEED v2009 BD+C: Core and Shell Gold
Photo credit: Gensler
Project team:
Developer - Cousins Properties/Dimensional Fund Advisors*
Architect of record - LS3P
Design architect - Duda | Paine Architects
Interior architect - Gensler
General contractor - Holder Construction Company
Elon University Founders Hall and Innovation Hall, LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Gold (view profile)
Photo credit: Keith Isaacs and Ayers Saint Gross
Project team:
Owner - Elon University*
General contractor - Samet Corporation
Design architect - Ayers Saint Gross
Architect of record - Walter Robbs
Civil engineer - Stimmel Associates
Structural - LHC Engineering
Acoustical - Thorburn Associates
Mechanical, electrical, & plumbing engineer - Edmonson Engineers
Sustainability consultant & commissioning - System WorCx
Honeywell Global Headquarters, LEED v4 BD+C: Core and Shell Gold and LEED v4 ID+C: Commercial Interiors Gold (view BD+C profile and view ID+C profile)
Photo credit: Lincoln Harris
Project team for BD+C certification:
Development and construction management - Lincoln Harris, LLC*
Architecture - LS3P & Associates
Land planning - Land Design
Engineering - Barret Woodyard & Associates
General contractor - Gilbane/Shelco
Project team for ID+C certification:
Architecture - HOK
General contractor - Turner/Barringer
Mary Ellen Jones Research Building Renovation, LEED v2009 BD+C: New Construction Gold (view profile)
Photo credit: Tzu Chen Photography
Project team:
Architect - Lord Aeck Sargent*
MEP - Newcomb & Boyd
Structural engineering - Uzun & Case
Civil, vivarium engineers - NV5 (formerly Mulkey)
Landscape architects - Surface 678
Vivarium architect - Wagner Architects
Contractor - Choate Construction
Cx - Facility Dynamics Engineering
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Net-Zero Energy Warehouse, LEED v2009 BD+C: New Construction Platinum (view profile)
Photo credit: SSOE Group
Project Team:
Architectural design; mechanical, electrical, & plumbing engineering; LEED & energy modeling services - SSOE Group*
Site engineering - SEPI Engineering & Construction Inc.
Construction management - Shiel Sexton
Structural engineering - LHC
NC State University Plant Sciences Building, LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Gold (view profile)
Photo credit: Mark Herboth
Project team:
Designer & architect of record - Flad Architects
Structural engineer - Architects
MEP engineer - Affiliated Engineers
Civil engineer - Stewart
Landscape designer - CLH Design
Acoustic/AV consultant - Thorburn & Associates
Greenhouse consultant - Agritechnove
Construction manager - DPR Construction*
Northeast Equipment Maintenance Facility, LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Gold (view profile)
Project team:
Owner - City of Charlotte*
Architect - Hord Coplan Macht
LEED consultant - EcoImpact Consulting
MEP engineer - AME Consulting Engineers, PC
Civil engineer - Stanley D. Linsey and Associates
Structural engineer - Structural Capacity
General contractor - Southside Constructors, Inc.
Mechanical contractor - Action Mechanical Contractors
Plumbing contractor - CS Plumbing, Inc.
Commissioning - Horizon Engineering
Randolf Community College, Allied Health Center, LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Silver (view profile)
Project team:
Architect of record - Little*
General contractor - Clancy & Theys
Marketing - Union, LLC
Cost estimator - Harris Cost, LLC
Photographer - Sean Busher Imagery
Renewable Water Resources - Lab Operations Building, LEED v2009 BD+C: New Construction Certified (view profile)
Photo credit: Inspiro 8 Studios
Project team:
LEED administrator, architecture, & interiors - LS3P*
Construction manager - Rodgers Builders
Civil engineer & landscape architect - Davis & Floyd
Plumbing, mechanical & electrical engineering - RMF
Building commissioning - KLG Jones
Laboratory planning & design - HERA
Master planning, program, conceptual lab planner - EYP
Tanger Outlets Mebane, LEED v4.1 O+M: Existing Buildings Gold (view profile)
Project team:
Owner - Tanger Outlets
Facility cleaning/maintenance partner - St. Mortiz
Lighting contractor - Lightility
Irrigation controls contractor - Hydropoint
LEED/ESG consultant - breea*
Wade I & II, LEED v4.1 O+M: Existing Buildings Gold (view Wade I profile and Wade II profile)
Wade 1
Project team:
Property Project Manager - Dominion Realty Partners, LLC*
Owner - PGIM Real Estate
LEED project consultant & commissioning agent - Integrated Environmental Solutions
