Category: Awards

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...

AIA Chicago Honors Rehabilitation Facility

AIA Chicago Honors Rehabilitation Facility

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Pediatric & DayRehab Center in Glenview, IL, has received an Honor Award for Interior Architecture in the 2020 Design Excellence competition, sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.G/BA was the MEP and...

GBA Project Wins RCx Cup for Highest Savings

GBA Project Wins RCx Cup for Highest Savings

A retro-commissioning (RCx) project performed by G/BA at Motorola Solutions in Schaumburg, IL, has garnered an RcX Cup Award for the 2020 project year. The award recognizes the year's highest single-project RCx energy savings in the Retro-Commissioning Express...