Ron Jones takes top honors at National Green Gala.

Green building pioneer Ron Jones, of Santa Fe, N.M., was named Builder Advocate of the Year at the 2006 National Green Building Awards Gala on Sunday, March 12.

The awards were presented during the National Association of Home Builders' Eigth Annual National Green Building Conference in Albuquerque, N.M.

"Ron served as charter chairman of the NAHB green building subcommittee and has worked tirelessly ever since to help bring green building into the mainstream," said subcommittee chairman Ray Tonjes.

Other awards included:

Bill Asdal, of Asdal Builders, Chester, N.J., was chosen as the Remodeler Advocate of the Year;

Jennifer Languell, of Trifect Construction Solutions in Naples, Fla., was the Individual Advocate of the Year;

The Sustainable Building Industry Council, of Washington, D.C., was the Group Advocate of the Year;

Pardee Homes, of Los Angeles, was the Production Home Builder of the Year;

SunTerra Homes, of Bend, Ore., was the Custom Home Builder of the Year;

Yavapai College, in Chino Valley, Ariz., won an award for its Research House;

Anderson Sargent Custom Builder, LLC, of Waxahachie, Texas, won for its Single-Family Concept House;

Seville Consulting, of Decatur, Ga., won for the Remodeled Home of the Year;

Hickok Cole Architects, of Washington, D.C., won for the Multifamily Home Design of the Year;

Lakewood Ranch Communities, LLC, of Bradenton, Fla., won for the Green Homes Marketing Program of the Year;

And the Wisconsin Environmental Initiative and its Green Built Homes were named Program of the Year.

"As consumers show greater interest in homes that employ energy efficiency, resource conservation and sustainable building, these experts help expand green building from a niche market by giving prominence to housing affordability," Tonjes said. "What our winners bring to traditional construction is a better knowledge of green building science so that all home builders and home buyers can benefit."