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11TH ANNUAL

Green Home of

the Year Awards

SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE.

That’s how judges summed up several of the winning projects in this year’s

Green Home of the Year Awards. Many of this year’s entrants have

embraced the Tiny Home concept and found a way to be small yet stylish

and a showcase to sustainability. Our expert panel of judges evaluated HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

projects in terms of overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the

environment and surrounding neighborhood, affordability, creativity and The Best of Green Building
2019
the depth of science employed. Here are their choices for the eight most

exemplary and imaginative green homes.

THE JUDGES

Jillian Pritchard Stace McGee’s Bill Roth has been Mark Sapiro has
Cooke has more passion for involved in the established a
than 35 years of residential construction reputation for
design experience architecture is industry in New superior custom
globally. She realized through Mexico since home building and
established the design of 1975, when he consulting in the
DES-SYN, Inc., an sustainable arrived in Santa Fe Los Angeles and
award-winning custom home and and went to work adjacent areas.
design firm known for interiors that are multi-family buildings. His wealth of making adobe bricks for $0.10 each. His After four decades of building the
innovative, sustainable and healthy. experience in retail architecture, company, Modern Design+Construction, established Mark Sapiro Professional
Cooke founded Wellness Within Your particularly in South Florida, provides an Inc., specializes in small- to medium- Building Services (MSPBS) and
Walls (WWYW), a program designed to improved shopping experience for the sized modern homes that are built to Structure Home building firms, he is
create new standards for non-toxic, modern shopper. A passionate the highest green building standards. currently focusing on owners
low-impact interiors, including advocate for green building, McGee Roth was part of the team that representative and expert witness
construction techniques, building helped to found the first local chapters developed the Water Efficiency Rating work. He is a former senior vice
practices, home furnishings and of the U.S. Green Building Council Score (WERS) protocol for the president of construction operations
textiles. She is currently on the National (USGBC) in New Mexico and Palm Beach, homebuilding industry. for Braemar Homes. Sapiro is a licensed
Association of Home Builders Green and Fla. He is regularly asked to present at general contractor with a degree in
Sustainable Committee and Global the annual Greenbuild conference. Construction Managementt
Opportunities Board.
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