Category: Awards

ASHRAE Region VI Honors Two GBA Projects

ASHRAE Region VI Honors Two GBA Projects

G/BA's work at a large pharma campus and a science building renovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored with the ASHRAE Region VI Technology Award. The firm's chiller plant design for Zoetis in Kalamazoo, MI, received First Place in...

ASHRAE Recognizes G/BA Project With International Tech Award

ASHRAE Recognizes G/BA Project With International Tech Award

G/BA's work at a large commercial property in Des Moines, IA, has been honored with the ASHRAE Technology Award. The firm's Assessment, Modeling, and Improvements project at 801 Grand, a 44-story downtown office building, received First Place in the Commercial...

Butkus Named Fellow of ASHRAE

Butkus Named Fellow of ASHRAE

G/BA co-founder Alexander S. Butkus, P.E., was named a Fellow of ASHRAE at the association's recent 2019 Winter Conference in Atlanta.The Fellow grade of membership recognizes exceptional contributions in the art of engineering. Al has been principal-in-charge for...

ASHRAE Region VI Honors Two GBA Projects

ASHRAE Illinois Honors Zoetis, U of I Projects

The winning projects resulted in significant energy savings, lower operating costs, and a positive environmental impact.Zoetis, the world's largest animal pharmaceuticals firm, was created as an independent company through a 2013 spinoff of a Pfizer division. A Pfizer...

Jeff Conner Receives BCxA President’s Award

Jeff Conner Receives BCxA President’s Award

Jeff Conner, P.E., LEED AP, CCP, has been honored by the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) with its President's Award. Presented in conjunction with the group's recent National Conference on Building Commissioning (NCBC), the award is given to a BCxA member...

AIA Honors Y.O.U. Facility for Innovation

AIA Honors Y.O.U. Facility for Innovation

Evanston nonprofit project includes commissioning by G/BA; People's Choice voting under way.The 12,600-square-foot headquarters office and program building of Evanston nonprofit Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) has received the 2016 TAP Innovation Award from...

Practice Greenhealth Honors GBA as a Champion for Change

Practice Greenhealth Honors GBA as a Champion for Change

For the fourth year in a row, Grumman/Butkus Associates has been named a Champion for Change by Practice Greenhealth, a healthcare membership organization.The group offers environmental solutions for the healthcare sector and promotes best practices by hospitals,...