Category: Awards

ASHRAE, ComEd honor GBA’s work

ASHRAE, ComEd honor GBA’s work

ASHRAE recently honored a GBA lab project at the Society level, while electrical utility ComEd praised the firm's work across its Energy Efficiency incentive program.The Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has...

GBA Named a Bicycle Friendly Business

GBA Named a Bicycle Friendly Business

GBA has earned recognition as a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business from the League of American Bicyclists. The firm joins more than 1,400 local businesses, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across the United States in transforming the American...

SSM St. Mary’s Hospital Janesville Receives ASHRAE IL Award

SSM St. Mary’s Hospital Janesville Receives ASHRAE IL Award

ASHRAE's Illinois Chapter has recognized an existing-building commissioning project at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Janesville with its 2021 Excellence in Engineering Award.The Wisconsin hospital, which opened in 2012, is a 174,884-square-foot acute care facility...

Ficek Honored as Plumber of the Year

Ficek Honored as Plumber of the Year

Joseph Ficek, CPD, GPD, FASPE, has been honored as 2021 Engineer of the Year by Plumbing Engineer magazine.An Associate and senior plumbing designer, Joe leads the plumbing/fire protection/specialty gas engineering group in the Evanston office of Grumman|Butkus...

GBA Achieves 2021 Sustain Evanston Recognition

GBA Achieves 2021 Sustain Evanston Recognition

The Sustain Evanston program, a sustainability recognition initiative of the City of Evanston, IL, has affirmed Grumman|Butkus Associates as part of its 2021 group of recognized commercial businesses.GBA was first listed as one of the inaugural group of Sustain...

Eldridge Named Green Globes Fellow

Eldridge Named Green Globes Fellow

The Green Building Initiative has named David Eldridge as part of its 2021 Class of Green Globes Fellows.Eldridge, PE, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP, LEED AP BD+C, is an Associate of GBA's Evanston office, concentrating on energy management, analysis, modeling, benchmarking, and...

McCarthy, Eldridge Honored by ASHRAE

McCarthy, Eldridge Honored by ASHRAE

ASHRAE Region VI honored two GBA team members at its recent Chapters Regional Conference.Project Manager Fiona Martin McCarthy, PE, QCxP, BEAP, LEED AP O+M, received the Presidential Award of Excellence - Special Citation, as well as the Chapter Service Award. She...

ASHRAE Wisconsin Honors Aurora Lakeland Project

ASHRAE Wisconsin Honors Aurora Lakeland Project

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn, WI, is the site of a GBA boiler plant upgrade recently honored for excellence by ASHRAE Wisconsin. The steam power plant is remote from the hospital proper and serves steam for humidification, heating, and sterilization. It had...

ASHRAE Illinois Honors Three GBA Projects

ASHRAE Illinois Honors Three GBA Projects

Three G/BA projects, including two lab facilities and a hospital, have been recognized by ASHRAE's Illinois Chapter with 2020 Excellence in Engineering Awards. University of Chicago Gordon Center for Integrative Science The University of Chicago's Gordon Center for...