The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) unveiled this year’s winners of the CAGBC Awards at the 2022 Building Lasting Change conference. 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.”
In addition to the CAGBC Awards, CAGBC also presented its 2022 Lifetime Achievement 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.
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 five per cent 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 winners of the 2022 CAGBC Awards are:
GREEN BUILDING EXCELLENCE
New Construction
Local 144 – Plumbers’ Union Head Office and Training Facility
Existing Building Operations
Bentall Centre
Zero Carbon Design
Roam Transit Operations and Training Centre
Deep Carbon Retrofit
500 MacNab Ken Soble Tower EnerPHit
Inspiring Home
Multifaith Housing Initiative – Veterans’ House
GREEN BUILDING LEADERSHIP
Green Building Champion
Alan DeSousa, Mayor of Saint Laurent
Green Building Pioneer
Multiplex Construction Canada Ltd.
Emerging Green Leader
Michael Mousa
Inspired Educator
Nancy Bosscha, Bow Valley College
Government Leadership
Global Affairs Canada – International Platform Branch
Ed Lim Technical Expertise Volunteer
Christian Cianfrone
