Awardees2014

Celebrating leaders in the built environment

WISCONSINGreen Building Alliance

2014 Transformation Awards ReceptionSponsors

Locavore Sponsors

Signature Sponsor Hosting Sponsor

Contributing Sponsors

Affiliated Engineers, Inc.Focus on Energy

Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics

HeartlandOrganics

In today’s ever changing world, there are individuals and organizations who are leading the way towards a brighter and more sustainable future. They understand that a sustainable approach can result in improved bottom lines, resilient communities, and healthy ecological systems.

The award nominees and awardees featured herein, are all wonderful examples of change makers dedicated to positive outcomes within our built environments. Through community service, smart building practices, educational outreach, and more, these projects, organizations and individuals have dedicated themselves to the notion that where we live, learn and labor matters. The showcased champions demonstrate how we can improve our circumstances and a sustainable future is obtainable.

The Wisconsin Green Building Alliance is proud to highlight these exceptional leaders in our 2014 Awards program. Thank you to all the outstanding individuals and organizations who submitted nominations to our 2014 awards. To anyone that did not submit a nomination this year, please consider entering into the competition next year.

Remember, where we live, learn, and labor matters! Let’s work together to transform our built environment and our community into a healthier, more environmentally friendly and prosperous place to live, work and learn.

Sincerely,

Korinne Haeffel, LEED APExecutive DirectorWisconsin Green Building Alliance

The Sustainability Energy Efficiency (Se2) awards recognize leadership in energy efficient and sustainable design, construction, and operation of Wisconsin commercial buildings and related systems. The Se2 awards consist of three levels:

“Focus on Energy Award of Excellence” – exceptional achievement and overall • excellence“Award of Merit” – acknowledge commendable achievement• “Special Citation” – recognize superior elements of an outstanding design•

The competition originally was established in a joint effort between Focus on Energy, the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance, AIA Wisconsin, Energy Center of Wisconsin, ASHRAE Wisconsin, and IES-Milwaukee/Madison.

Judge’s ReflectionCompiled by: James R. Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, Principal and Partner, BENYA BURNETT CONSULTANCY

This is the 11th year of the Se2 program, and the judges reflected on the tremendous progress evidenced by this year’s entries. For example, once considered leading edge, ground source heat pumps have become common, as has daylighting, LED lighting and efficient HVAC systems. Some of the projects took advantage of Focus on Energy to help offset the costs of doing better. Sustainable materials, green construction practices and LEED awards are virtually standard, and this year two projects had energy use indices (EUN’s) in the low 30’s – which, in the early days of the program, seemed impossible.

We’ve also seen the evolution of architectural design that embraces these principles with spaces that are more human and aesthetically pleasing at all levels of cost. Now, reclaimed buildings and materials are winners, an exciting trend that holds great promise for Wisconsin. We’re also thrilled to see the widespread use of sustainable construction methods, diverted landfill, and special care to preserve sites, nature, and water systems.

We certainly hope that this, among the best regional sustainable building competitions, will continue to serve the state with exemplary work within the budgets offered in Wisconsin projects throughout the state.

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Rather than demolishing an existing 7-story, 162,087-square-foot Office Building, the Owner peeled back years of incremental remodeling to completely renovate this 1926 structure. With LEED certification in mind, the building was modernized with all new MEP systems, energy-efficient exterior windows, perimeter insulation, and raised access flooring. The original character of the concrete column structure was exposed and celebrated. New raw materials including FSC-certified white oak, stainless steel, glass and metal mesh completed the desired cutting–edge aesthetic. Commitment and close monitoring helped divert 1,700 tons of waste from the landfill.

The outcome of the renovation is a contemporary office building with nods to its historic past. Featured are collaborative spaces, enclaves, and private offices positioned in the core to maximize natural light and views for all 650 employees. Ergonomically designed workstations and modern furnishings are also incorporated into this 21st century workplace.

Throughout the design and construction of this facility the team worked to incorporate sustainable features that will contribute to the long-term operation and functionality of the space. The project is in the process of earning LEED Silver certification.

FOCUS ON ENERGY AWARD OF EXCELLENCENorthwestern Mutual Van Buren Office Building, Milwaukee, WISubmitted by: Mortenson Construction

© 2013 Northwestern Mutual. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

J.F. Ahren’s new building has sustainable elements woven throughout the facility to provide a healthy workplace and create an active learning/demonstration model to help clients make energy-conscious decisions. The facility stands out in both energy efficiency and water conservation and is a candidate for LEED Gold. Some of the building’s key features include: a rain water collection system, green roof, solar thermal hot water system, HVAC system including a heat recovery wheel and variable refrigerant, abundant daylighting and low VOC materials, access to state trails, public transportation and cultural venues.

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AWARD OF MERITJ.F. Ahren Company, Milwaukee, WISubmitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

The new Wisconsin DNR Co-Regional building serves as both an office base for employees of two regions, and a service center for state residents. The building exemplifies the owner’s environmental mission by its integration with the site and design to LEED Gold standards. This wonderful facility follows in the footsteps of other great Wisconsin projects like the Leopold Center, bringing together sustainable technology with natural materials, especially wood, in creating a warm and remarkable building.

AWARD OF MERITWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Co-Regional Headquarters, Spooner, WISubmitted by: Berners-Schober Associates

Credit: Hoppmann Group

Credit: Alloy Photography

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AWARD OF MERITUW – Milwaukee School of Public Health, Milwaukee, WISubmitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

The new building is the first hospital in Wisconsin to utilize a ground-loop geothermal HVAC system to reduce energy consumption by up to 40% compared to other hospitals of similar size. Focusing on efficiency, comfort and safety, Edgerton Hospital provides critical care and emergency services. The new building features a maintenance-friendly state of the art geothermal HVAC system, a high performance building envelope to satisfy diverse levels of climate control needs, low VOC materials for clean air, natural daylight seating and views, and operable windows in patient rooms.

SPECIAL CITATIONEdgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton, WISubmitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

The School of Public Health’s new building rescued an historic structure in the historic Pabst Brewery development, preserved numerous aspects of it, added on a sensitively designed expansion, and turned it into a desirable academic and work environment. The School houses the outreach offices of the Milwaukee Dept. of Public Health; conference and meeting space for community partners; classrooms where the next generation of health professionals are trained; and laboratories and other facilities where the answers to some of society’s most pressing public health concerns are the focus of scholarly and applied research.© Copyright, Barger Photography

© Mike Rebholz

Formerly a food service building, the newly renovated Elmwood Student Success Center provides space for advising, tutoring, counseling, and career advising, as well as teaching and meeting spaces, break rooms, and other ancillary functions. The project incorporates a ground-source geothermal heat pump HVAC system, as well as a 20 kV rooftop photovoltaic system. A central light monitor, light shelves, orientation-specific exterior shading, photocell lighting sensors, and other active and passive strategies were used to reduce lighting electrical loads and provide views and access to daylight.

SPECIAL CITATIONUW – Oshkosh, Elmwood Student Success CenterSubmitted by: KEE Architecture

MEET THE JUDGES

James Benya PE, FIES, FIALDPrincipal and Partner, BENYA BURNETT CONSULTANCY

Donald McLauchlan, PE, CEM, LEED AP BD+C

Founder & Principal, Elara Energy Services, Inc.

William Sturm AIA, LEED AP, CPHC

Co-Founder, Serena Sturm Architects

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The Wisconsin Green Building Alliance has been honored to have three outstanding judges for the Se2 awards. The judges have been evaluating Wisconsin projects since 2003, the first year of the Se2 awards.

Credit: Kristofer Nonn, KEE Architecture

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2014 Se2 Award NomineesEdgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton, WI*Submitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

J.F. Ahren Company, Milwaukee, WI*Submitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

Lapham Park Highrise, Milwaukee, WISubmitted by: Quorum Architects

Northwestern Mutual Van Buren Office Building, Milwaukee, WI*Submitted by: Mortenson Construction

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, School of Public Health, Milwaukee, WI*Submitted by: Eppstein Uhen Architects

University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Elmwood Student Success Center*Submitted by: KEE Architecture

University of Wisconsin – River Falls, Jesse H. Ames Suites, River Falls, WISubmitted by: SDS Architects

WI Department of Natural Resources Co-Regional Headquarters, Spooner, WI*Submitted by: Berners-Schober Associates

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2014 Transformation Award NomineesCOMMUNITY CHAMPION

Amy Seeboth, Sustainability Coordinator, UW-Platteville – Nominated by Doug Stephens & Dr. Evan Larson, UW-PlattevilleEvolution Marketing – Nominated by Tom Eggert, Wisconsin Sustainable Business CouncilNed Noel, Associate Planner, City of Eau Claire – Nominated by Cindy Estrada, SDS ArchitectsAmanda Goetsch, Sustainability Manager, InPro Corporation – Self-nominatedEppstein Uhen Architects – Self-nominatedDesign Coalition, Inc. – Self-nominatedBrown County and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin* – Nominated by Doug Marsh, Brown County

EDUCATION

Thomas Eggert, Executive Director, Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council – Nominated by Lisa Geason-Bauer, Evolution MarketingHunzinger Construction Company – Self-nominatedThe Energy Center of Wisconsin – Self-nominatedUrban Ecology Center* – Nominated by Nancy Aten, Landscapes of PlaceThomas Brown, Architect – Nominated by Mark Klein, Gimme Shelter Construction

INNOVATION

Dominion Properties – Nominated by Laura Fluegge, Sustainable Building SolutionsWholeTrees Architecture & Structures – Self-nominatedUniversity of Wisconsin - Oshkosh – Self-nominatedAEI/Affiliated Engineers, Inc. – Self-nominatedFCPC Renewable Generation, LLC* – Nominated by Stephanie VanHaag, Potawatomi Business Development CorporationLeonardo Academy – Self-nominated

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

City of Oconomowoc* – Self-nominatedThe Boldt Company – Self-nominated

RESTORATION

Tom Seabloom, Eco Chic Coatings – Self-nominatedWangard Partners, Inc.* – Self-nominated

*Denotes award recipient 8

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AWARDSIn 2014, the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance has introduced a new series of awards to honor people and organizations leading the transformation of the built environment and communities into healthier, more environmentally friendly, and prosperous places to live, work, and learn. The awards highlight leaders in the following five categories: community champion, education, innovation, operational excellence, and restoration.

MEET THE JUDGESThe Wisconsin Green Building Alliance had four out-of-state, volunteer judges for the first annual Transformation Awards. The judges used a points system to evaluate each entry and the entries with the highest total points were chosen as the winners.

Bill Barnard, LEED APW B Consulting, San Diego, CA

Heather Gay, LEED AP BD+CDunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, MN

Harriet Grindel, LEED APHoefer Wysocki Architecture

Kansas City, MO

Sam Pobst, LEED FellowEcometrics LLC, Lowell, MI

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This award recognizes those individuals or organizations that exemplify leadership in giving back to our community through commitment of time, energy and passion to the built environment. The intent of the Community Champion Award is to honor those that have committed a significant amount of time to improving our sustainable community by providing leadership by example and through action.

In response to Wisconsin’s State Office of Energy Independence plan to establish ten Energy Independent Pilot Communities, the Brown County (BC) Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution in December 2008 formally committing BC to sustainability and the 25x25 energy independence goals. The then County Executive established the 4BC Energy Oversight Committee and charged the Committee with supporting former Governor Doyle’s energy independence goals.

Developing the multi-year 25 x 25 Energy Independence Plan, facilitated by BC Facilities, provided:

A chance to align the County with Wisconsin’s plan for Energy Independent Pilot • CommunitiesA comprehensive opportunity to inventory facilities and vehicles• Measure energy usage and costs• Partner with the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin• Stimulate collaborative efforts between different BC governmental departments, • BC Board of Supervisors, BC Library system and UW-Extension; the utility and Focus On Energy partners; the Oneidas; and the wider community.

This continued commitment has spanned two County Executives and has resulted in five LEED rated new buildings, three Energy Star rated existing office buildings, five photovoltaic renewable energy systems, a second thermal solar renewable energy system and numerous energy conservation measures that benefit the taxpayers of BC and has reduced the community’s carbon footprint.

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONBrown County and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of WisconsinNominated by: Doug Marsh, Brown County

Transformation Awards

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EDUCATIONUrban Ecology CenterNominated by: Nancy Aten, Landscapes of Place

Transformation Awards

This award recognizes those individuals or organizations that exemplify leadership in education pertaining to the built environment. Education occurs in many facets: the classroom; the workplace; in local government; at home; and lots of places in between. The Education Award is granted to an individual, group or organization working to further sustainable building.

For the past two decades, the Urban Ecology Center has been engaged in building a new kind of city, by fostering ecological understanding as inspiration for change, neighborhood by neighborhood. The UEC, with its facilities and programs, serves as a model for communities across the globe seeking to make an environmental and educational impact. The UEC model is being replicated or studied by leaders in cities including Columbus, Syracuse, and Baltimore. Their three Environmental Community Centers in Milwaukee, deeply and creatively green in design, construction and operation, are community hubs for educating and demonstrating sustainability. Each year, the UEC connects 100,000 program participants and even more park visitors with sustainable practices and with the outdoors, to help them live healthy, abundant lifestyles. The UEC has far-reaching impacts, spreading beyond the Milwaukee neighborhoods they directly serve. Through projects like the ecological restoration of large new urban green spaces, a research and citizen science program providing a meaningful bridge between academic research and the community at large, and ever progressive educational approaches serving dozens of local schools and their communities, the UEC builds effective partnerships and catalyzes meaningful change in our community and beyond.

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INNOVATIONFCPC Renewable Generation, LLCNominated by: Stephanie VanHaag, Potawatomi Business Development Corporation

This award recognizes those individuals or organizations that exemplify leadership in transforming the built environment through the pioneering of new technologies, strategies, and thinking forward to the needs of tomorrow. The intent of the Innovation Award is to honor those that have creatively solved a sustainable building problem.

As part of the Forest County Potawatomi’s Environmental Mission, FCPC has built and developed a 2 megawatt renewable energy power plant on a reclaimed brownfield site in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. The plant utilizes anaerobic digestion of food wastes to develop methane which fuels the generators.

The digester is a community based project; it accepts product from Potawatomi Hotel Casino kitchens, regional grocery stores and regional dairy, meat and food processors from south-east Wisconsin. This waste would otherwise be land filled or typically land applied. Land application of these materials may present runoff issues but more importantly allows natural degradation of the material to release methane directly to atmosphere. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 20 times worse than carbon dioxide in its contribution to global warming. This plant captures the methane and uses it to produce electricity. FCPC reduces greenhouse gas emissions and offsets coal fired electricity generation. This reduces reliance on fossil fuel, reduces methyl mercury emissions and ensures cleaner skies and waters. Excess heat from the plant is used for domestic hot water and heating for the new Potawatomi Hotel, further reducing utilization and reliance on natural gas.

FCPC Renewable Generation, the business that FCPC set up to build and operate the digester has demonstrated a commitment to improving the community and building a unique model for environmentally responsible and efficient distributed energy production.

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OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCECity of OconomowocNominated by: Robert Duffy, City of Oconomowoc

This award recognizes those individuals or organizations that exemplify leadership in operating the buildings and landscapes in our community with environmental sensitivity, resource efficiency, and longevity. The intent of the Operational Excellence Award is to honor those that have exemplified a commitment to the sustainable operations of a facility.

The City of Oconomowoc elevated its participation and leadership in the operation of sustainable infrastructure in 2008, when it was named a Wisconsin Energy Independent Community and adopted the 25x25 plan pledging to reduce energy and fuel consumption by 25% by 2025. Elected officials, Plan Commissioners, and City Staff have worked to ensure that sustainable growth contributes to true community development and preserves characteristics that define the City of Oconomowoc.

As just one of few in the state to initially take this challenge, the city immediately began to find creative solutions to operating more sustainably across all departments.

Furthermore, in 2013 the City was named a Green Master by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council for sustainability actions. Below is a brief summary of how the City has achieved - and continues to work toward - being as sustainable as possible while sharing that information with the greater community.

The City has no intention of slowing its momentum toward operational excellence, including:

Adding shade trees at the utility building to aid in reduction of cooling costs • during the summer.Oconomowoc Utilities has been selected among 25 state fleets to participate in • Wisconsin Smart Fleet.In 2016, the City will consider installing permeable pavement at the utility • building.A new well pumping • station will include a rain garden, permeable pavement, low-flow fixtures and LED lighting.Installation of vehicle • charging stations in the City’s downtown.

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RESTORATIONWangard Partners, Inc.Nominated by: Burton Metz, Wangard Partners

This award recognizes those individuals or organizations that exemplify leadership in preservation, restoration and redevelopment of our built environment. The intent of the Restoration Award is to honor those that are transforming the built environment through the restoration, preservation and protection of that which is already built.

Wangard Partners has a proven history of restoring historically significant and brownfield sites within the community. Both types of sites have a similar process to return historic and contaminated sites back to their respective communities, while also implementing sustainable and innovative techniques within the built environment. Wangard Partner’s belief and passion for the creation of “walkable neighborhoods” drives their selective approach to defining sites. Wangard’s most recent restoration project is located within the Bronzeville District. In support of the Veterans Affairs’ Jobless Initiative for returning Veterans, Wangard Partners had the passion and vision to historically preserve, restore and adapt an existing “forgotten” space to meet the current and future needs of Veterans. The result of Wangard’s perseverance to navigate the historic tax credit, preservation, acquisition, LEED and community redevelopment processes inspires more redevelopment within Wangard’s target markets and enables economic redevelopment, which not only puts people to work but also returns needed services to those deserving Veterans within the community.

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