Fifteen builders, remodelers and other home building industry professionals were honored last night at a gala dinner by the National Association of Home Builders at the 12th annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, N.C. 

Fifteen builders, remodelers and other home building industry professionals were honored last night at a gala dinner by the National Association of Home Builders at the 12th annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, N.C.

The NAHB National Green Building Conference, which brought together more than 1,300 industry professionals.

“With these awards, we recognize the leaders of this industry,” said NAHB Chairman Bob Jones, who welcomed guests to the awards dinner. “These builders, remodelers, developers and green advocates have blazed a path in sustainable construction -- and we're all the better for it.”   Individual Project Awards

Four single-family home projects were honored:

The Charity Works Greenhouse, designed by the Washington, D.C.-based firm Cunningham| Quill Architects, as Project of the Year - Single Family - Custom/Luxury

The Cottage, a project by J.R. Construction Building & Design LLC of Petoskey, Mich., as Project of the Year - Single Family - Custom/Affordable

Model NOMG4, a home in Marietta, Ga., constructed by New World Home, as Project of the Year - Single Family - Production/Luxury

Rosewood Hills, from Mungo Construction LLC of Columbia, S.C., as Project of the Year - Single Family - Production/Affordable

Two multifamily projects were also honored. In the Multifamily Luxury category, the award went to Circle at Concord Mills in Concord, N.C. developed by Crescent Resources LLC of Washington, D.C. Gundaker Commercial Group Inc. took the Multifamily Affordable Award for Wingate Manor, an apartment complex in Shiloh, Ill.

Fishhawk Ranch, a residential subdivision in Lithia, Fla., developed by Newland Communities, was honored as the Green Development of the Year.

Advocacy Awards

Remodeler Philip Beere of Green Street Development in Phoenix went home with two honors: The Green Remodeling Project of the Year and Green Remodeling Advocate of the Year.

Chapel Hill, N.C. builder Michael Chandler of Chandler Design-Build was honored as the Builder Advocate of the Year. Pardee Homes of Los Angeles was named Corporate Advocate of the Year. Individual Advocate of the Year honors went to John Barrows of Wainscott, N.Y.

Platte County, Mo., won the State/Local Government Advocate of the Year for its innovative green incentive programs.

The Home Builders Association of Delaware Green Building Council was named the New Green Building Program of the Year, while the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. area Green Home Builders of the Triangle, hosts of this year's conference events, took home the Program of the Year honors.

Sponsored by Broan-NuTone, Dow Building Solutions and Mohawk Industries, this year’s event was emceed by Michele Myers, a founding member of both the Green Home Builders of the Triangle and the state green building council.

“We look for inspiration from the winners of the NAHB National Green Building Awards,” Myers told attendees. “Whether they are honored for exceptional design, innovative technique, or their excellent advocacy efforts, tonight's winners are helping all of us toward a greener future.”