For the first time in the history of the Green Building Festival, all three Lifetime Achievement Award winners are women.
The winners, Teresa Coady, Janna Levitt and Birgit Siber, will receive their awards in front of hundreds of colleagues on October 8th in Toronto.
The Lifetime Achievement Awards acknowledge green building initiatives through advocacy, research, innovation and design excellence across a range of building types.
?The awards signal exemplary devotion to the cause of greater sustainability in the built environment,? says Mike Singleton, Executive Director of Sustainable Buildings Canada.
Teresa Coady

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Recognized for her innovative thinking and leadership in sustainability, Teresa Coady works closely with various agencies to create new policies and practices to benefit society. Coady was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Kasian and President and CEO of Bunting Coady B+H. Her first book, Rebuilding the Planet, The 12 Principles of Conscious Construction will be distributed Spring 2020 by Random House. Q: What does receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award mean to you"
A: All my life I have witnessed the goodwill and warm hearts of people in the construction industry, and this recognition ceremony is just one more example. In our age of accelerated busy-ness, it astounds me that there are so many generous people willing to take the time to celebrate others. We should all be inspired by those among us who care enough to...