CANADA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
CAGBC Awards celebrate Canadian green building innovators

On June 2, the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) unveiled this year's winners of the CAGBC Awards during the 2022 Building Lasting Change conference's Gala event. The annual awards celebrate innovative projects, teams and individuals that have made positive contributions to Canada's green building sector.

"It is a real pleasure to come together in person to celebrate the leaders and innovators of Canada's green building industry," said Thomas Mueller, CAGBC President and CEO. "Highlighting our successes is a good way to advance green buildings across Canada and demonstrate the building sector's leadership in the transition to a low-carbon economy."

The national competition features awards in two categories, Green Building Excellence for Canada's most efficient, effective, and impactful buildings and Green Building Leadership, for individuals or teams contributing to the success of Canada's green building industry. It also includes the Andy Kesteloo Memorial Student Project Award for an inspiring student project which will be awarded later this year.

In addition to the CAGBC Awards, CAGBC also presented its 2022 Lifetime Achievement honour to an individual for an extraordinary career in green building. This year, Joanne Perdue, Associate Vice President, Sustainability, University of Calgary, was recognized for her 30-year career advancing green building in Canada.

"After joining the University of Calgary as the founding Director of the Office of Sustainability in 2007, Joanne has played a pivotal role in the adoption of sustainable practices into the University's policies and strategies, as well as playing an active role in CAGBC," said Mueller. "I congratulate Joanne on her commitments to sustainable design and her many achievements."

Under Perdue's leadership, the University of Calgary has been recognized as the top ranked school in Corporate Knights' 2017 Greenest Campus Index and among the world's top 5% of institutions advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2020 and 2021 by the Times Higher Education University Impact Ranking. Outside of her work at the University, Perdue is Co-Chair of The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Climate Action Engagement & Enablement Plan Steering Committee and sits on their Committee on Regenerative Environments. She also served on CAGBC's National Board of Directors from 2014 to 2020. 

The CAGBC Awards recognize the best of the best in the green building industry. This year's submissions continue to illustrate a strong commitment to reducing impacts on the environment through innovative, resilient and efficient solutions.

To view the winners of the 2022 CAGBC Awards, click here.