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NESEA's 2005 Collaborative Building Awards:
Honoring Teams Creating Green Buildings in Massachusetts

NESEA, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's Renewable Energy Trust, has again broken new ground. We've created a first-in-the-nation award, NESEA's Collaborative Building Awards: Honoring Teams Creating Green Buildings in Massachusetts.

Following NESEA's leadership, there are now many awards for green buildings. In contrast, these Awards recognize outstanding collaboration between owners, architects, engineers, contractors and the full range of building and energy professionals in the creation of high-performance green buildings. Our shared vision is to make integrative teamwork in the creation of high performance buildings the norm in this state and throughout the region. Award categories include: Places of Work, Places of Living, Places of Learning, and Places of Governance and Culture.

An innovative application process will allow every team that applies for an Award to be bench-marked against best-practices, and to receive constructive feedback on how best to improve their collaborative processes in the future.

Download the Awards Application and Data Sheet:
REVISED NESEA Collaborative Award Application Form (*.doc)
Energy Performance Data Form (*.xls).

Intent to Apply:  Please copy the text below and place an "X" in all applicable statements and email them to Anissa Sanborn.
____ We intend to apply for a 2005 Award, for our (insert project name) in the (insert award category).

____ We intend to apply for a 2006 Award since our building wasn't completed before 1/1/2004, for our (project name) in the (award category).

____ We're interested, but our best building(s) aren't in MA, they are located in (state or states).

____ Some other response (specify):

If you are having difficulties downloading the forms, please call Anissa Sanborn at 413-774-6051 ext. 30.  

Key Dates REVISED:

• May 10: Deadline for Part 1: Team member details, which will enable us to give team members access to their on-line teamwork survey.
• May 20: Deadline for all Team members to complete the on-line survey (takes less than 10 minutes)
• May 27: Deadline for submission of Part 2: Project narrative, energy performance, etc.
• The award winners will still be announced the week of June 27, 2005.

Answers to questions posed during conference calls:

• Buildings completed as late as June 30, 2004 now qualify. Therefore you can submit less than a full year's actual meter readings/energy use if you supplement your numbers with:
  - The balance of the year's energy profile as determined by an energy simulation,
  - Interpretive data, such as the extent of occupancy, any extenuating conditions
     and their implications.
  
• NESEA will accept either the date of "certificate of occupancy" OR "Final Completion" for building completion dates for the collaboration award. Applicants should choose whichever date most easily allows them to both qualify to apply AND to provide the most accurate, informative energy and other building performance/teamwork data.
  
• We've also addressed professional photographers' concerns about rights and usage for images you may wish to include in your Presentation Boards. The Material Release Form has been amended accordingly.

Acknowledgements:

NESEA would like to thank the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's Renewable Energy Trust for the grant that made the development of the Collorabative Building Award possible, and to Dick Tinsman for his vision. Additional thanks go to Paul Lipke and Michael Keeney, of Room to Maneuver, for their leadership in developing the award criteria along with the advisory committee members and judges.

NESEA is very excited that the following innovative thinkers have agreed to
judge the 2005 awards:

*Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc. Andy Shapiro's goal is to move toward buildings that heal the spirit and nurture the earth.  He has provided energy and other green building design consulting services for 25 years to a wide variety of clients, including owners, architects, engineers and builders, as well as towns, housing developers, universities, businesses and electric utilities.  Services range from sustainable building design to research and monitoring projects. He works as Energy Balance, Inc., out of his home in East Montpelier.  He is also the Scientist-in-the-Classroom for the Vermont Energy Education Program, training teachers and students from elementary to high school since 1994.  He holds an Engineering degree from Brown University and is the author of a number of energy-related publications.  

*Barbra Batshalom is founder and Executive Director of The Green Roundtable, Inc.(GRT) an independent non-profit whose mission is to mainstream green development and ultimately become obsolete. GRT organizes and facilitates a forum for proactive dialogue among diverse professions, and provides resources and expertise to the development, design and construction community. Under her leadership, GRT is New England's regional Affiliate for the US Green Building Council, and is also active with legislative and policy initiatives.

With a diverse background in fine arts, social psychology and fourteen years in architecture and consulting, Barbra brings a variety of skills, from decision making and creative collaboration, to technical work optimizing building system integration, quality and project performance. Barbra's current emphasis is on practical implementation, systems thinking and team building -­empowering teams to reach their best potential and
internalize the capacity to transform their practice. GRT's clients include healthcare institutions, universities, community development corporations, cities, and nonprofit property owners.

*John R Rivers, AIA, LEED AP is a Principal with the 160 person S/L/A/M
Collaborative, leading both their Boston office and entire firm's sustainable design initiative.

Prior to joining The S/L/A/M Collaborative, John was a Senior Project Manager responsible for the Sustainable Campus Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, implementing the Institute's campus-wide environmental goals.  Previously he was Chairman of CUH2A, a 400-person architectural and engineering firm. He currently serves on the
Board of the College of the Atlantic, where he chairs the Building and Grounds Committee.

*Peter Bonneau has been a superintendent and project manager with the MacMillin Company in Keene, NH for 20 years. His perspective on this new award is from the Construction Manager's role in a building team. Owner's want to know how building green affects their bottom line. Through projects at Stonyfield Farm in Manchester, NH, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation in Concord, NH, and The Highland Center at Crawford Notch, NH where 'building green' was a front page topic to renovations where an owner 'just' needs a new heating system, Peter has worked with designers and owners regarding sustainable construction. He knows the importance of teamwork and the pressure an owner puts on the results and comparative dollar costs.

*Dr. Susan A. Wheelan is President of GDQ Associates, Inc. and until recently, was Professor of Psychological Studies, and Faculty Director of the Training and Development Center at Temple University. She received Temple's Great Teacher Award in 1992.  A psychologist, she has advanced teamwork and collaboration a wide variety of organizations, including many hospital, clinical and school settings.

Dr. Wheelan is the author of numerous articles and the books "Facilitating Training Groups, Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective" and "Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders."  She has just completed second editions of both. A new book, "Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration" was recently released, and "The Handbook of Group Research and Practice," which she edited, will be available in June,
2005. Currently, she is engaged in research on group and organizational development.

She has led workshops and training seminars on Working in Teams, Faculty Collaboration, Dealing with Difficult Employees, Leadership, Conflict Management, and many more. She has been an invited speaker abroad and throughout the United States.

Advisory Board:
*Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.
*Barbra Batsholom, The Green Roundtable, and US Green Building Council Affiliate
Gregory H. Kats, CapitalE
Huston Eubank, Green Development Services, Rocky Mountain Institute
*John Rivers, formerly of MIT, now S/L/A/M Collaborative
Nadav Malin, BuildingGreen/Environmental Building News
Paul Torcellini, High Performance Buildings, National Renewable Energy Lab
*Peter Bonneau, MacMillin Construction
*Dr. Susan Wheelan, GDQ Associates

* indicates that they are both an advisory member and a judge