Awards

One of our team members and three of our projects received awards at this year’s Connecticut Green Building Council Awards Ceremony. Karla Butterfield, SWA Sustainability Director, was honored the Judy Swann Green Advocate Award. Three other SWA projects – Beach Green Dunes II, William Boyce Thompson Field House at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Columbus Commons, won the Passive House Category Honor Award, Out-of-State Category Merit Award, and the Multi-Family Residence Category Merit Award, respectively. Read more about each project and award here.

SWA Project, Beach Green Dunes II, received the Honorable Mention award in the Affordable Housing category at the 2020 PHIUS Passive House Projects Competition.

SWA Senior Sustainability Consultant, Sean Fish, was recognized as Co-Member of the Year  in the ‘Best of the Best’ category at the NAIOP 2020 Awards ceremony.

SWA was also recognized as a team member for Agora at the Collective, which won Best Amenity Space in the Awards of Excellence category.

200 Tyler is the overall winner in Affordable Housing Finance’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards for the nation’s top developments of 2019 and 2020.

This annual award recognizes home builders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program. 2020 marks SWA’s ninth consecutive award.

The National Capital Region chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) project, Grass House, is the recipient of the Responsible Design Award. SWA provided sustainability consulting, served as the project’s Green Rater, and conducted manual J heating and cooling load calculations to confirm HVAC sizing and proper ventilation.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) project, 3365 Third Avenue, is a LEED Homes Award winner in the Outstanding Affordable Project category. SWA provided certification consulting, as well as several other services for this laudable residential development project.

SWA served as energy consultants for the Star Garment Innovation Center. This project, which is the first Passive House in Sri Lanka, was awarded by the AIA New York chapter for it’s “design quality, response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique.”

SWA Sustainability Director, Karla Butterfield, is recognized with this award for her leadership, excellence, and innovation in promoting third-party certification to the National Green Building Standard (NGBS).

SWA served as the sustainability consultants for MGM Springfield, awarded by the CT Green Building Council for it’s noteworthy green building features.

This annual award recognizes home builders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program. 2019 marks SWA’s eighth consecutive award.

Awarded by the New Jersey chapter of the USGBC to Candela Lofts located in Hoboken, NJ. SWA provided green building certification services for the project.

SWA Sustainability Director, Karla Butterfield, has been named a Home Innovation NGBS Green Partner of Excellence for 2018.

This annual award recognizes home builders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program. 2018 marks SWA’s seventh consecutive award.

SWA provided services to three of the four honorees recognized in 2018, including Breaking Ground, Albany Housing Authority, and The Community Builders.

Recruited by Charter Oak Communities, SWA provided Energy Star certification support and helped the project obtain various energy incentives.

SWA provided energy and sustainability consulting for the project, which successfully earned certification under various green building and energy efficiency programs.

SWA Sustainability Director, Karla Butterfield, has been named a Home Innovation NGBS Green Partner of Excellence for 2017.

SWA is proud to have served on two of the winning projects, including The House at Cornell Tech, which earned Project of the Year, and Crescent Crossings, which received Outstanding Affordable Project.

This annual award recognizes homebuilders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program.

Working for the Design Architect, Gabellini Sheppard, SWA provided accessibility consulting for the historic 195 Broadway site.

Two SWA projects, 51 Astor Place and Navy Green, have been honored with 2017 Awards for Excellence in Development by Urban Land Institute New York.

SWA Sustainability Director, Karla Butterfield, has been named a Home Innovation NGBS Green Partner of Excellence for 2016.

SWA client, Mamaroneck Self Storage, is the recipient of the 2016 HOBI Award for Best Green Commercial Project by the HBRA of Connecticut.

Working with SWA to pursue various sustainability and health initiatives, affordable developer, JHM Group, has been named the Stamford 2030 District Change Maker for 2016.

SWA is proud to have worked on three winning projects: The Torcellini Residence in Eastford, CT, the Perkins Road project in New Hartford, CT, and the Sustainable Living Center, in Ithaca, NY.

This annual recognition highlights projects, developers and builders leading the residential market for sustainable development.

This annual award recognizes homebuilders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program.

SWA provided sustainability consulting services for two of the three winners, which included the Lowest Net Operational Cost category and the CT Zero Energy Challenge Overall Winner.

SWA’s Vice President and Director of Sustainable Housing Services, Maureen Mahle, has been selected by Professional Builder Magazine as one of home-building’s top young leaders.

This annual award recognizes homebuilders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program.

Marc Zuluaga, Senior VP and Director of Multifamily Services at SWA, receives 2015 40 Under 40 award from Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine.

Paula Zimin, SWA’s Director of Simulation Services, honored at USGBC’s Convergence 2015 as member of LEED Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group.

The Benker Residence, a SWA led net zero-energy single family home, honored with Residential Award of Merit.