Seattle Business Magazine Recognizes Leaders In Sustainability At The 2012 Green Washington Awards

SEATTLE (November 2, 2012) – Seattle Business magazine honored Washington state’s most sustainable organizations at the Green Washington Awards Thursday evening at the Hyatt Olive 8 in Seattle. In addition to identifying a Green 50 list of fifty outstanding organizations, the magazine recognized winners in 12 categories drawn from across the state and from virtually every sector of the economy.

“Just as Washington state led the way in the aerospace revolution and the software revolution, we can lead the way in the clean tech revolution,” said Washington gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee in his keynote speech. Inslee is the author of Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy.

Winners were selected from a large pool of nominations by a panel of judges from prominent organizations in the region, including the Washington Environmental Council, Climate Solutions, the Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the Washington Clean Technology Alliance. The event received the generous support of presenting sponsor MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions and signature sponsors Comcast Business Class and Seattle Steam Company.

"We are pleased to see so many companies introducing innovative technologies, policies and processes that make our economy more environmentally sustainable,” said Leslie Helm, editor of Seattle Business. "Our goal is to encourage those efforts by recognizing the best organizations and holding them up as models for others to follow.”

The 2012 Washington Green 50

3 Tier Inc. Alaska Airlines Avista Utilities Bastyr University Brooks Sports Bullitt Foundation Canyon Creek Cabinet Company City of Issaquah Claar Cellars CleanScapes Demand Energy Networks Freight Wing Inc. General Biodiesel Gordon Trucking Granum Incorporated’s Choice Organic Teas Green Canopy Homes GreenCupboards Inc. Growing Washington Horizon House Interstate Distributor

Itron Keeney’s Office Supply LMN Architects Magnum Print SOlutions MicroGreen Polymers Mithun Mt. Baker Bio NW Energy Coalition Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center Paladino and Company Puget Sound Energy Runberg Architecture Group Seattle University Sellen Construction SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel Service Linen Supply Silicon Energy Snohomish County Public Utility District

Spencer Cabinetry Stemilt Growers Stevens Pass Mountain Resort The Cederbrook Lodge The Fairmont Olympic Hotel The Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties The Miller Hull Partnership Tree Top Inc. Turner Construction Company University of Washington Virginia Mason Medical Center Viva Farms Washington State University WISErg Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects ZymoGenetics

2012 Green Washington Awards

Technology/Clean Tech

Winner: Demand Energy Networks, Liberty Lake

Silver Award: 3Tier Inc., Seattle

Recreation/Hospitality

Winner: Stevens Pass Mountain Resort, Skykomish

Nonprofit

Winner: Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC), Seattle, in partnership with Interstate Distributor, Tacoma, and Freight Wing Inc., Seattle

Silver Award: Horizon House, Seattle

Services

Winner: CleanScapes, Seattle

Silver Award: Service Linen Supply, Renton

Consumer/Retail

Winner: Brooks Sports, Bothell

Silver Award: GreenCupboards Inc., Spokane

Agriculture/Natural Resources

Winner: Claar Cellars, Pasco

Silver Award: Tree Top Inc., Selah

Manufacturing

Winner: Canyon Creek Cabinet Company, Monroe

Silver Award: Magnum Print Solutions, Seattle

Silver Award: MicroGreen Polymers, Arlington

Building/Construction

Winner (Small Companies): Green Canopy Homes, Seattle

Winner (Large Companies): Sellen Construction, Seattle

Winner (Nonprofit): Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, Bellevue

Architecture

Winner: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, Seattle

Silver Award: Runberg Architecture Group, Seattle

Government/Academia

Winner (Academia): Washington State University, Pullman

Winner (Government): City of Issaquah

Green Washington Special Recognition

Winner: Avista Utilities, Spokane

Winner: Bullitt Foundation/The Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle

Legacy Award

Winner: NW Energy Coalition, Seattle

Read more about the Green Washington Awards 2012 at seattlebusinessmag.com.

ABOUT SEATTLE BUSINESS: Seattle Business is a monthly magazine read by more than 100,000 business executives across the state. Annual events tied to its editorial coverage include the Executive Excellence Awards, Leaders in Health Care, the Washington Manufacturing Awards, Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, the Green Washington Awards and Washington's Family Business Awards. Seattle Business is owned by Minneapolis-based Tiger Oak Publications, which also publishes Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride magazine and more than 20 other leading regional magazines.

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