Awards

SWA earned a runner-up award for our case study submission, Northland Newton Development Building 7, to the Built Environment Plus (BE+) and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge for new construction and major renovation projects. Northland Newton Development is a 1.1 million-square-foot residential community just outside of Boston that is setting an example for sustainability, energy efficiency, and occupant health at scale. Learn more about the challenge here, and read about all the projects here.

The Market Leader Awards from the ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction program recognize ENERGY STAR partners who have made important contributions to energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building or verifying an outstanding number of ENERGY STAR certified homes and apartments. See all the award recipients here.

Student Housing Business magazine recognized Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success at the University of Southern Maine (USM) with two awards—Best New Development by a University, College or Institution and Best Public-Private Partnership Development—in its 2024 Innovator Awards. SWA is proud to be the Passive House consultant for this project. Learn more about the Innovator Awards program here.

SWA congratulates Karla Butterfield for being recognized as a Partner of Excellence and Legacy Verifier by Home Innovation Research Labs for her leadership, excellence, and innovation in promoting third-party certification to the ICC-700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS). Legacy Verifiers are those who have been selected as a Partner of Excellence for 5 or more consecutive years. See all the 2023 honorees here.

Betances Residence provides affordable, supportive housing for at-risk seniors, but is located in one of New York City’s “asthma corridors.” As part of its Passive House design, the community features high-performance air filtration to keep indoor air quality at an optimal level. SWA is proud to be the Passive House consultant for Betances Residence. Learn more about the Planet Positive Awards here.

This annual award recognizes a small group of market-leading Indoor airPLUS partners who design and promote safer, healthier, and more comfortable indoor environments by offering enhanced indoor air quality protections for new homebuyers. This is SWA’s 12th consecutive award! Learn more here.

The Society of American Registered Architects New York Council (SARA NY) recognized Betances Residence, located at 445 E 142nd Street in the Bronx, with a Design Award of Excellence and 4697 Third Avenue in the Bronx with a Design Award of Merit. SWA is proud to be on the team for these two projects built to Passive House and Enterprise Green Communities standards. Explore all the award winners here.

The Market Leader Awards from the ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction program recognize ENERGY STAR partners who have made important contributions to energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building or verifying an outstanding number of ENERGY STAR certified homes and apartments. See all the award recipients here.

AIA New York State recognized Houghton Hall at SUNY Fredonia with a Merit Award in the Renovation/Addition category of its 2023 Excelsior Awards program. This renovation project transformed an unused campus building designed by I.M. Pei and Partners into a LEED Silver science facility. SWA is proud to be the LEED certification consultant for the project. Learn more about the awards and winners here.

Preservation Connecticut recognized Hotel Marcel in New Haven, CT, with an Award of Merit in the 2023 Connecticut Preservation Awards, which honors projects, long-term contributions, and professional achievements that demonstrate the many ways historic places contribute to the life and vitality of Connecticut communities. SWA is proud to be part of the Hotel Marcel project team. Learn more about the awards and winners here.

The International Code Council’s Sustainability Membership Council recognized SWA’s Gayathri Vijayakumar with the 2023 National Leadership in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Award. The Governing Committee of the Sustainability Membership Council selected Gayathri for her “dedication to building consensus in developing the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code, ultimately helping achieve global net-zero energy and decarbonization goals.” Learn more about the Code Council awards program here.

The Buildings of Excellence Competition administered by NYSERDA recognizes clean, resilient, and low-carbon and carbon-neutral multifamily buildings. SWA is proud to be part of the project teams for two Buildings of Excellence Round Three winners: 439 West 36th Street and 489-501 9th Avenue; and Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments. SWA is the Passive House consultant for 439 West 36th Street and 489-501 9th Avenue. The firm is also the ENERGY STAR, Fitwel, Indoor airPLUS, LEED, and Passive House certification consultant for Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments. Learn more about the Buildings of Excellence Competition here.

Three Arts was recognized in the Early-Stage Design Support component of the Buildings of Excellence Competition administered by NYSERDA. SWA is proud to be the Passive House consultant for the project. Learn more about Early-Stage Design Support here.

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York recognized 425 Grand Concourse and its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineer, Dagher Engineering, with a Diamond award for Building/Technology Systems in the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards. SWA provided Passive House verification and energy code commissioning services for the project. Learn more about the awards here.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recognized The Carolina in New York City as the Best Affordable Apartment Community (Over 100 Units) in its Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards. SWA provided services including Enterprise Green Communities certification, energy modeling, and commissioning for the project. Learn more about the awards program here.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation recognized the T Building in Queens, NY, in the 2022 Historic Preservation Awards. SWA was part of the team for this adaptive reuse project, which converted a former hospital into supportive housing and space for community services. Learn about all the winning projects here.

The CT Green Building Council recognizes excellence in green building design, construction, and operations through its annual Green Building Awards program. The 2022 winners included Award of Excellence recipient Hotel Marcel and Energy Residential Award of Honor winner Willow Creek Phase III. SWA is proud to be part of the team for these two projects. Learn more about the awards here.

The eighth annual Phius Passive Projects Design Competition recognized the best of the best in passive design. SWA worked on three of the award-winning projects: 425 Grand Concourse earned the High-Rise Multifamily and Best Overall Project awards, 4697 Third Avenue received the High-Rise Multifamily Honorable Mention; and Willow Creek Rentals won the Community Development Recognition award. Learn more about the awards here.

The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) recognized SWA’s Adam Romano with the 2022 AEE International Award for Energy Professional Development. This awards program identifies those who exemplify the very best in their fields. Adam has developed and delivered customized operations and maintenance training to over 3,500 operators. Learn more about the award winners here.

This annual award recognizes home builders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program. This is SWA’s 11th consecutive Indoor airPLUS Leader Award! Read more about the award here.

The Market Leader Awards from the ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction program recognize ENERGY STAR partners that have made important contributions to energy-efficient construction by building or verifying an outstanding number of ENERGY STAR certified homes and apartments. See all the award recipients here.

Beam Living and SWA were recognized by the Center for Active Design (CfAD) in the 2022 Best in Building Health Awards for their work in enhancing human health via the Fitwel Certification System at Peter Cooper Village & StuyTown (PCVST) in New York City. The team received two awards: Most People Impacted Across Site Scorecards and the 2021 Highest Scoring Project for the Community Site v2.1 (Built) Scorecard. See all of the award winners here.

Alafia, the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Development Center, was recognized by AIA New York with the 2022 Award of Merit for Urban Planning—the only project to win in this category. SWA is providing an array of services for this project, including Passive House certification and verification, energy code commissioning and compliance, and NYSERDA incentive support. Learn more about the awards here.

The Renaissance Project, the renovation of the Harlem School of the Arts/The Herb Alpert Center, is a Silver Award winner in Building Design+Construction magazine’s 2021 Reconstruction Awards. SWA provided enclosure and curtain wall consulting services for the renovation. The award winners were announced in the November/December issue of BD+C magazine (read the digital edition here).

SWA Project, 11 Crown, won a Sustainable Architecture Award in the New Construction category from the Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Sustainable Architecture awards recognize projects that decrease green house gases, reduce energy use and demand, and conserve water use in the built or natural environments. Learn more about the awards here.

SWA project, Beach Green Dunes II, won in the affordable housing category at the 2021 Uli New York Awards for Excellence in Development. These awards recognize outstanding development projects in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors across New York State. Read more about the award winners here.

SWA project 2126 Mapes Avenue received an honorable mention in the Affordable category in the 2021 PHIUS Passive Projects Design Competition. Read more about the award here.

SWA projects, The Tyler and Sendero Verde, have received recognition. The Tyler received the Award of Excellence and Sendero Verde received the Multfamily Merit Award. Read more about each project and award here.

SWA project, 11 Crown Development, has won the 2021 DOE housing Innovation Award in the affordable home category. Read more about each project and award here.

SWA project, Star Garment Innovation Center, received special recognition in the Retrofit category for the 2021 Passive House International award. Read more about each project and award here.

This annual award recognizes home builders and Home Energy Raters who construct, verify, and promote homes through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program. 2021 marks SWA’s tenth consecutive award! Read more about the award here.

SWA’s Karla Butterfield and James Fera are recognized with this award for their leadership, excellence, and innovation in promoting third-party certification to the National Green Building Standard (NGBS). Read more about the award here.

SWA project 4697 Third Ave in the Bronx borough of New York City was awarded the Big Apple Brownfield Award for Environmentally Responsible Building from the NYC Brownfield Partnership. In addition to being a brownfield recovery project, 4697 Third Ave is designed and constructed to meet Passive House standards. Read more about each project and award here.

The New York Geothermal Energy Organization recognized Beach Green Dunes II with the “2021 GeoStar Top Job” award. Beach Green Dunes II is the largest Passive House Certified building in NYC with a geothermal heating and cooling system. Read more about each project and award here.

The Tyler was recognized by Preservation Connecticut with a 2021 Award of Merit. This award recognizes the “grit, sweat, brains, and investment behind the rescue, re-use, or recycling of historic Connecticut places.” Learn more here.

Building 2 of Cooper Park Commons was selected as a $1 million winner in the second round of New York State’s Buildings of Excellence Competition for its high efficiency, low carbon emitting design. The project is also one of five projects awarded a Blue Ribbon for Design Excellence by the Architectural League of New York. SWA was the Passive House consultant for the project. Read more about the project and award here.

SWA Project, The House at Cornell Tech, won the “Project of the Year – Public Use” award from the CISBE Journal at their 2021 Building Performance Awards. CISBE states that the project “most effectively demonstrates high levels of user satisfaction and comfort while delivering outstanding measured building performance. Creating this type of exemplar building is demanding and the BPA recognizes the work and dedication of the team.” SWA served as the sustainability and accessibility consultants for the Cornell Tech project. Read more about the project and award here.

The Aya, located in Ward 6 in D.C. is a homeless shelter that can accommodate up to 50 families at once. The project is the Grand Award winner from the AIA D.C. Chapter from their 2020 Chapter Design Awards.

SWA Project 3365 Third Ave was named NAHB’s “Best in Green Affordable Multifamily Community” award winner.  This mixed-use development in the Bronx, with thirty units of affordable rental housing and an Early Development Center, is designed for Passive House and LEED for Homes Multifamily Midrise Platinum. SWA provided sustainability and accessibility consulting to the project.

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.

The 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.”

A total of seven SWA projects were awarded during round 1 of NYSERDA’s Buildings of Excellence Awards. The Buildings of Excellence competition, administered by The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), incentivizes innovative multifamily projects that aim to achieve near- to net-zero carbon emissions through design, construction, and operation. Learn more about the awarded projects here.

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.