Jan 20 2010
2009 BOULDER GREEN LEADER AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The Boulder Green Building Guild (BGBG), a building trade organization focused on advancing the craft 
of sustainable building in Boulder County, has announced the 2009 Awards for the local green building community. The 500-plus-member organization awards local leaders who have shown exemplary performance in the field.
Each year BGBG members nominate green building professionals for the Leadership Initiative and Pioneer awards. The Board of Director’s diligently selects the Pioneer Award based upon contributions that individuals or organization has made in the green building community. BGBG members nominate and vote for the winner of the Leadership Award, given to a BGBG member who has shown exceptional and noteworthy commitment to advancing the craft of green building and has led or encouraged others to do the same.
Receiving this year’s awards are:
The Leadership Initiative Award will be presented to Jim Logan, principal of Jim Logan Architects. Jim has shown exceptional commitment to raising the bar on sustainability, and green building in particular. He has been designing model green buildings in our community for over 10 years, including net zero homes, Cohousing communities, and commercial buildings. In addition, Jim’s detailed analysis on how, and what, it will take to reach our green house gas emission goals in the residential sector continues to be invaluable to the local green building movement as we develop strategies to reduce green house gas emissions
“Jim is an innovator and has been at the front of the green building movement for decades. Jim helped both the City and County create aggressive and achievable green building programs that place our community as a leader in the nation”, says Elizabeth Vasatka, Environmental Coordinator for the City of Boulder.
The Pioneer Award will be presented to Boulder County for the ClimateSmart Loan Program. This cutting edge and innovative program was championed by Boulder County and approved by voters in November 2008. This program allows the county to offer low-interest loans to property owners who want to make energy-efficiency upgrades or add renewable energy to their homes or businesses. The ClimateSmart Loan Program has helped more than 600 residential property owners to add insulation, install renewable energy or make other energy-smart upgrades to their homes. These improvements have helped Boulder County residents reduce their monthly energy bills while helping the County meet local goals for lessening its environmental impact while lowering its carbon footprint. This year the community can look forward to low interest loans to make energy efficiency improvements to the commercial sector as well.
The ClimateSmart Loan program places Boulder County at the forefront of a new national movement to identify ways local jurisdictions can finance energy efficiency and it has since become a model for governments developing energy efficiency initiatives in Colorado and across the nation.
“In addition to helping every one save energy and keep money in their pockets, this program has been a bright light during dark economic times for many of our local contractors and suppliers. I know many of our members have directly benefited from this program and at the same time we are keeping dollars circulating in our community – and that benefits us all,” said Julie Herman, Executive Director of the Boulder Green Building Guild. “BGBG will be an advocate for ensuring that voters continue to support this program during the next election,” added Herman.
The awards will be presented to these green leaders at the BGBG Annual Member Meeting on Thursday, January 28 at 5:30pm at the Rembrandt Yard in downtown Boulder. This is a member-only meeting.
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