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10TH ANNUAL

Green Home of

the Year Awards

his year’s Green Home of the Year award winners are

about firsts (inaugural Passive House projects) and

seconds (renovations and rebirths). From going way
beyond net zero to literally going back to nature, HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

T these high-class projects honor eco-friendliness and
HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS
innovation. OUR EXPERT PANEL OF JUDGES evaluated projects

in terms of overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the The Best of Green Building
10th Annual
10th Annual
environment and surrounding neighborhood, affordability, creativity The Best of Green Building
and the depth of science employed. Here’s our run-through of

eight exemplary and imaginative green homes. Enjoy the ride!

Jennifer Beaman Pippin, Ari Rapport is responsible for Kim Shanahan is executive
owner of Pippin Home Designs, developing and leading IBACOS officer of the Santa Fe Area Home
Inc., is a nationally acclaimed strategic relationships with Builders Association (SFAHBA). A
residential design specialist and a builders, manufacturers, state former builder of affordable and
recognized expert in sustainable and federal governments, and green Santa Fe subdivisions with
and green building practices, with other industry stakeholders to more than 30 years in the
a focus on creating new homes drive innovation in the housing industry, Shanahan is well versed
and renovation projects. With 30 industry. Rapport has more than in the subjective and objective
years of experience in residential design, her award- 10 years of experience applying building science nature of judging homes for excellence and
winning homes can be found throughout the Lake principles to improve the quality and performance of accomplishment. He is also a past Green Builder HOTY
Norman, N.C., area and in multiple states. U.S. homes. He works with multiple stakeholders to participant builder.
She is a certified professional building designer and manage in-depth programs and projects that will have He has served on many local boards and
member of the American Institute of Building Design short-term and long-term impacts on the housing committees, including Habitat for Humanity,
(AIBD). Pippin holds diplomas in classical architecture, industry. YouthWorks, Affordable Housing Roundtable,
green building and renewable energy technologies and Rapport holds a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Santa Fe Commission, Capital
is a certified green professional with the National Sustainable Systems from Slippery Rock University in Improvements Advisory Committee, Long Range
Association of Home Builders. She is the current chair Pennsylvania, and is a certified Home Energy Rating Planning Committee, Planning Commission and the
of the AIBD High Performance Homes Team Committee System (HERS) rater with more than 10 years of Mayor’s Task Force to End Homelessness.
and a well-known speaker on green building and experience performing home energy ratings per Shanahan has helped nurture a change in the local
sustainable living practices. Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) perception of Santa Fe’s homebuilding and
She is the recipient of numerous design and standards. development community over the past decade. The
business achievement honors, including the 2009 “50 public’s acknowledgement of the inherently
Most Influential Women of the Year” award from the progressive nature of local builders and developers has
Mecklenburg Times; the 2008 Green For-Profit been firmly established. As a national leader in the
Business of the Year, Green Advocate of the Year and practice of green building science, for even the most
Green Residential Renovation Project of the Year affordable homes, SFAHBA plays a significant role in
awards from the Charlotte Business Journal; and the guaranteeing a healthy and sustainable local economy.
Special Project—Green Renovation Stars award from
the NC Homebuilders Association.

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