HIA Environmental Housing Award Winners 2009

The Housing Industry Association-Boral GreenSmart Awards have now been running for 10 years. They recognise the importance of environmentally advanced housing.

The following list of winners would have to be a ‘good green starting point’..

Award Winners Across Australia

TOP AWARD
• HIA GreenSmart Home of the Year: Eden Green Energy Projects (NSW), (award supported by Colorbond).
  

  “giving sound consideration to material choice, location of windows to capture natural light, as well as recycling of the existing building materials and improving the building’s thermal performance with double glazing”.

• Community Development of the Year: Lochiel Park – Land Management Corporation (SA), (award supported by Boral)
• Energy Efficiency Award: Jade Projects (WA), (award supported by Origin Energy)
• Product of the Year: HRV for Solamate (VIC), (award supported by Ecospecifier)
• Professional of the Year: Lyn Beinat of Ecomaster (VIC), (award supported by Hyne). See PWF articles
  Become A Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessor and Update: Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessor Training
• Resource Efficiency Award: Village Building Company (ACT), (award supported by Fletcher Insulation)
• Water Efficiency Award: Scott Hawkins Homes (NSW), (award supported by Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts)

This year’s awards ceremony was held on May 19 at the Great Hall in Parliament House, Canberra.

HIA’s Dr Ron Silberberg said

“Back in 1999.. HIA decided there should be a dedicated program of awards for industry members who planned and built to the highest standards of sustainability…

At the time, the critics said we would never attract sufficient interest from the industry. The fact that every year we set new records for our entries shows just how wrong they were..”

For further information contact:

GreenSmart General Manager Janine Nechwatal, Ph: (03) 9280 8202; email: j.nechwatal@hia.com.au