Past Awards

2012 BetterBricks Awards - Montana 
The third annual Montana BetterBricks Awards recognized four outstanding building professionals for their achievements in commercial building energy efficiency.  More than 75 people attended the March 28 event, which was held in conjunction with the 2012 Montana Energy Management Conference.

2012 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound
The seventh annual Puget Sound BetterBricks Awards honored seven building professionals on February 16, 2012 at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel.  The honorees were recoginzed in front of 150 attendees.  Kevin Kampschroer, Director of Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings for the U.S. GSA delivered the keynote speech.

2012 BetterBricks Awards - Oregon/SW Washington
More than 300 people attended the ninth annual Oregon/SW Washington BetterBricks Awards  the morning of Feb. 9, 2012 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower.  Eight leaders of high performance buildings were recognized for their achievements in energy efficiency in commercial buildings.  David Bragdon, Director of Mayor Bloomberg's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, and former Metro Council President, delivered the keynote speech. 

2011 BetterBricks Awards - Montana
The second Montana BetterBricks Awards recognized five outstanding champions of high performance buildings for their energy efficiency achievements in commercial buildings.  More than 75 people attended the June 8 event, which was held in conjunction with the Montana Energy Conference for Businesses. 

2011 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound
The sixth annual puget Sound BetterBricks Awards honored a record 14 building professionals on February 17, 2011 at the Hyatt Olive 8 in Seattle.  The honorees were recoginzed in front of 250 attendees.  Dana Schneider, V.P., Sustainability Market Lead for Jones Lang LaSalle delievered the keyote address. 

2011 BetterBricks Awards - Oregon/SW Washington
The eighth annual Oregon/SW Washington BetterBricks Awards honored a record 13 building professionals on February 11, 2011 at the Hilton Portland.  The honorees were recoginzed in front of 350 attendees.  Kevin Kampschroer, Director of Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings for the U.S. GSA delivered the keynote speech.

2010 BetterBricks Awards - Idaho
The sixth annual Idaho awards honored six building professionals on Oct. 20 at the Boise Riverside Doubletree. Nearly 100 were in attendance to listen to Robert Hull of the Miller | Hull Partnership deliver the keynote address. Hull, who is a founding partner of the Seattle-based Architecture firm, discussed socially responsible public architecture and sustainable design.

2010 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound
A total of 11 green building professionals were recognized at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park the evening of March 25th.

2010 BetterBricks Awards - Oregon/SW Washington
Over 250 people attended the seventh annual Oregon/SW Washington awards on Feb. 11 at the Nines Hotel. A total of 12 green building professionals were honored. The keynote address was given by Stephen Wright, Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.

2009 BetterBricks Awards - Montana
A the first annual Montana BetterBricks Awards, three outstanding leaders in the green building industry were honored for their efforts by BetterBricks along with NorthWestern Energy and the Montana Electric Cooperative Association (MECA). The event was held in conjunction with the Montana Ambassadors Annual Conference. T. Boone Pickens, the oil and gas entrepreneur, delivered the keynote address and discussed his plan to reinvest in American and renewable energy.

2008 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound
The fourth annual Puget Sound awards honored a total of 10 green building professionals on Oct. 17 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. Nearly 150 were in attendance to listen to David Crane, the keynote speaker.  As the Special Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger on Jobs and Economic Growth, Crane discussed the sustainability efforts of the State of California and the role energy efficiency in economic growth. 

2008 BetterBricks Awards - Idaho
The fifth annual Idaho awards honored a total of eight building professionals on Oct. 22 at the Boise Riverside Doubletree where Ed Mazria, AIA was the keynote speaker.  Mazria gave a presentation to over 100 attendees about the 2030 Challenge, which was issued in January 2006 to influence architects to design carbon neutral buildings as the norm by 2030. 

2008 BetterBricks Awards - Oregon/SW Washingon
Over 250 people attended the sixth annual Oregon/SW Washington awards on Oct. 10 at the Hilton Portland. A total of nine green building professionals were honored.  Brenna Walraven, RPA, CPM was the keynote speaker.  Walraven is the Managing Director of National Property Management for USAA Real Estate and former National President of BOMA. She spoke about the financial benefits of energy efficiency, national real estate trends and future carbron emission legislation.

2007 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound Nearly two hundred people started their day early to honor champions of high performance building in Washington. The third annual BetterBricks Awards breakfast was held Thursday morning at Bell Harbor International Conference Center where Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power, was the keynote speaker. Floyd spoke to the group about investment from venture capital firms in energy efficiency and clean energy.

2007 BetterBricks Awards - Idaho
Over one hundred people came to honor champions of high performance building in Idaho on Wednesday. The fourth annual BetterBricks Awards reception was held this week in conjunction with the Idaho Energy Conference at the Riverside Doubletree in Boise. Greg Franta, Principal Architect and Team Leader for the Rocky Mountain Institute Built Environment Team, was the keynote speaker.

2007 BetterBricks Awards - Portland
Nearly three hundred Oregonians started their day early to honor champions of high performance building in Oregon.  The fifth annual BetterBricks Awards breakfast was held this morning at the Portland Hilton where Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power was the keynote speaker.  Floyd spoke to the group about the investment from venture capital firms in energy efficiency and clean energy. At an announcement that Al Gore had just won the Nobel Peace Prize, the crowd erupted in applause.

2006 BetterBricks Awards - Idaho
Energy Awareness Month turned into a golden opportunity for honoring champions of energy efficient, green buildings in the Northwest. In October, Boise saluted winners of the 2006 BetterBricks Awards. The third annual Idaho awards were presented in Boise, to a crowd of 100 people in conjunction with the Idaho Energy Conference. A presentation was given by Joe Van Bellegham, partner at Windmill Development, a Vancouver, B.C.-based -company which focuses solely on sustainable building development. 

2006 BetterBricks Awards - Portland-SW Washington
The fourth annual Portland/SW Washington breakfast event took place at the Benson Hotel and was attended by 250 people. Scott Muldavin, who is from the Bay area and Executive Director of the Green Building Finance Consortium, was keynote speaker at both the Portland and Puget Sound event. His presentation entitled "Putting a Dollar on Green Buildings" explained the decision-making process of those responsible for financing green buildings.

2006 BetterBricks Awards - Puget Sound
In late October, the second annual Puget Sound BetterBricks Awards was held at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle and was attended by 160 people. Scott Muldavin, who is from the Bay area and Executive Director of the Green Building Finance Consortium, was keynote speaker at both the Portland and Puget Sound event. His presentation entitled "Putting a Dollar on Green Buildings" explained the decision-making process of those responsible for financing green buildings.

2005 BetterBricks: BetterBricks Awards - Portland
For the third consecutive year, BetterBricks honored five commercial building professionals for their commitment to sustainable, high performance building in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Joe Van Belleghem, partner at Windmill Development, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company, which focuses solely on sustainable projects, spoke to a full house at the 2005 BetterBricks Awards, held at the Oregon Zoo. Honorees were awarded for their leadership in four categories; Architect, Engineer, Service Provider/Facility Management Professional and Professional Services. There were no winners in the Developer category.

2005 BetterBricks: BetterBricks Awards - Seattle
For the very first time, BetterBricks honored eight commercial building professionals for their commitment to sustainable, high performance building in the Puget Sound area last week. Joe Van Belleghem, partner at Windmill Development, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company, which focuses solely on sustainable projects, spoke to a packed house at the 2005 BetterBricks Awards, held at Seattle City Hall. Honorees were awarded for their leadership in five categories; Architect, Engineer, Developer, Service Provider/Facility Management Professional and Professional Services.

2005 BetterBricks: BetterBricks Awards - Idaho
The 2005 BetterBricks Awards, which honors the leaders behind the best High Performance Building projects in the Northwest, returned to Idaho for their second year. The award ceremony was held at the Integrated Design Lab in Boise and featured keynote speaker Christine Ervin, former President of the US Green Building Council. The categories of this year's awards changed slightly to better reflect the importance of the entire building life-cycle to high performance. This year the Awards recognized architects, engineers, developers, facility managers, service providers and other building professionals for their support, use and design of sustainable, high performance, commercial buildings in the Boise market. High performance buildings include substantial energy savings, reduced building operation and maintenance costs, enhanced productivity of building occupants, consideration of climate, employing early design decision-making or supporting building commissioning.