Awards and Achievements

NSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Biohabitats, an award winning ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firm.

Omega Center for Sustainable Living  at the Omega Institute – Rhinebeck, New York

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2010
  • Living Building certified – Cascadia Region Green Building Council,  2010
  • ‘Top Ten’ Green Projects – American Institute of Architects, 2010

Woodland Park Zoo: Humboldt Penguin Experience – Seattle, Washington

  • Exhibit Achievement Award from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), 2010
  • Design Excellence Award – Seattle Design Commission, 2009

Rising Tides Competition: Estuarine City– San Francisco, California

  • Honorable Mention – San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, 2009

Tempe Transportation Center – Tempe, Arizona

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2009
  • RED Awards – Arizona Real Estate Development Awards, Best Sustainable Project, 2009
  • Tempe Mayor’s Disability Awards – Architecture Accessibility Award, 2009
  • Crescordia Award, Site Development and Landscape – Industrial and Public Works, 2009
  • American Institute of Architects – Arizona, Kemper Goodwin Collaboration Award, 2009
  • American Institute of Architects – Arizona, SRP Sustainability Award, 2009

Sidwell Friends Middle School – Washington DC

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2006
  • AIA Philadelphia Awards for Design Excellence, Recognition Award, 2006
  • Top 10 Green Projects, Committee on the Environment, American Institute of Architects (AIA), 2007
  • Award for Excellence, National Committee for Architecture on Education, AIA, 2007
  • Honor Award, Sustainable Design Awards, Boston Society of Architects, 2007
  • Craftsmanship Awards, Special Construction and Landscaping, Washington Building Congress, 2007
  • Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Award, 2008
  • EcoLeadership Award, Alliance for Workplace Excellence, 2009

Desert Living Center – Las Vegas, Nevada

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2005
  • Nevada Best – Public Green Building Project and Landscape Project , Southwest Contractor, 2007
  • Public Education Program of the Year – Water Reuse, 2009

Las Vegas Springs Preserve Vistors Center – Las Vegas, Nevada

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2005
  • Nevada Best of 2007 – Public Project over $10 million, Southwest Contractor, 2007
  • Public Education Program of the Year – Water Reuse, 2009

Willow School – Gladstone, New Jersey

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2005
  • Special Recognition: Sustainable Design – Urban Land Institute Northern New Jersey Chapter, 2006
  • Landscape Design Honor Award – The Perennial Plant Association, 2007
  • New Jersey Chapter Honor Award – American Society of Landscape Architects, 2008

Rieth Village at Goshen College – Wolf Lake, Indiana

  • LEED NC: certified Platinum – United States Green Building Council, 2004
  • (Indiana) Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence, 2008

Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center – Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge, Virginia

  • Federal Energy and Water Management Award – United States Department of the Interior, 2003