IFDA to honor members of the Green community.For their outstanding contributions toward sustainable design, six design-industry leaders will be honored by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA IFDA International Foodservice Distributors Association IFDA International Furnishings and Design Association IFDA Illinois Funeral Directors Association IFDA Indian Film Directors' Association IFDA Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act of 1987 ) with induction into the organization's prestigious Circle of Excellence. The honorees, ranging from designers and manufacturers to publishers, will be feted at a November 8 awards gala in the newly restored Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York. In making this year's selections, IFDA focused on contributions to the aesthetic aspects of environmentally friendly design. In recognition of their achievements, each honoree will receive a handmade crystal award from Baccarat baccarat (bä`kərä', băk`–, Fr. bäkärä`), French card game formerly widely played in European casinos but now supplanted in popularity by chemin de fer. , to be presented at the gala. This year's winners include: Laurel Award: John Adams, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1. . NRDC NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC National Research and Development Centre (Institute of Education, London) NRDC National Realty & Development Corp. is known as one of the nation's most effective environmental action groups, pledged to good stewardship of the Earth. Enlightened Leadership: Brian Schwagerl, director of real estate and facilities planning for the Hearst Corporation. The new Hearst headquarters on West 57th Street is expected to garner a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environ mental Design rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, a first for a commercial office tower in New York state. Enlightened Design: Clodagh. Long committed to healthy, eco-sensitive design, Clodagh has been, as one industry observer put it, "Green before green was more than a color." Enlightened Product: Larry Porcellato, chief executive officer of ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. Paints. ICI Paints is the industry's leader in the development of low-and no-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids ) paints, setting the standard for other manufacturers. Enlightened Media: Ardath Rodale, chairman of Rodale, Inc. Rodale Publications continually and effectively expands reader awareness of environmental issues. Enlightened Manufacturer: Ray Anderson, chairman of Interface, Inc. This visionary is committed to developing ingenious new protocols for 100% sustainability in manufacturing. |
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