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Rick Fedrizzi, Majora Carter, Mayor Richard Daley, and Louis Chenevert—the 2009 Honor Award: Visionaries in Sustainability.
Photo by Paul Morigi

On June 4, 2009, the National Building Museum saluted four visionaries in sustainability who have significantly improved the built environment through their commitment and achievements in green building, design, workforce development, and business practices and collectively, have had an extraordinary impact in the greening of America. The 2009 Honor Award honorees are:

  • S. Richard Fedrizzi and the U.S. Green Building Council
  • Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago
  • Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and president of The Majora Carter Group, LLC
  • Louis R. Chênevert and United Technologies

 

The event was attended by members of the architecture, construction, banking, real estate, design, and engineering communities, as well as regional and national leaders in government and the arts. During the award ceremony, Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development delivered a keynote address. Following this address, Fedrizzi, Mayor Daley, Carter, and Chenevert presented their visions for the future of green building. 

Awardees
2013 Turner Construction Company
2012 Urban Land Institute
2011 Celebrating our Past, Building our Future
2010 A Salute to Civic Innovators
2009 A Salute to Visionaries in Sustainability
2008 The Associated General Contractors of America
2007 Related
2006 Clark Construction Group, LLC
2005 Forest City Enterprises
2004 General Services Administration
2003 Major League Baseball and The National Football League
2002 DuPont
2001 Michael D. Eisner and The Walt Disney Company
2000 Gerald D. Hines
1999 Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Harold McGraw III and The McGraw-Hill Companies
1998 Stephen and Riley Bechtel and The Bechtel Group
1997 Community Builders of Washington, D.C.:
Morris Cafritz, Charles E. Smith, Charles A. Horsky, and Oliver T. Carr, Jr.
1996 Cindy and Jay Pritzker
1995 Lady Bird Johnson
1994 James A. Johnson and Fannie Mae
1993 J. Carter Brown
1992 The Civic Leadership of Greater Pittsburgh
1991 The Rockefeller Family
1990 IBM Corporation
1989 Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1988 James W. Rouse
1986 J. Irwin Miller

About the 2009 Honor Award: Visionaries in Sustainability Recipients


S. Richard Fedrizzi and the U.S. Green Building Council
Founded in 1993, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization, is transforming the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated.
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Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago
The third largest city in America, Chicago is internationally recognized for its historic commitment to sustainable urban development and progressive investment in design and architecture.
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Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx and President of The Majora Carter Group, LLC
Since the late 1990's, Majora Carter has worked to improve the economic quality of the environmentally-challenged Bronx neighborhood and raise awareness about "green-collar" jobs nationwide.
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Louis R. Chênevert and United Technologies
As one of the largest suppliers to the building industry, UTC is committed to improving the energy efficiency of buildings and the development of sustainable communities.
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The National Building Museum’s Honor Award was instituted in 1986 to recognize individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to our nation’s built environment. Annually, recipients are selected from a wide variety of backgrounds to call attention to the many factors that determine the form and quality of our built world.

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