Innovative Design Recognized by EPA

Innovative Design, Inc., of Raleigh, North Carolina, was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for “Excellence in Energy Efficiency.” The company was honored in March 2006 as the first architecture firm to receive recognition for energy-efficient design. The recognition was based on Innovative Design’s participation in EPA’s new program to offer the Energy Star label to building designs that are expected to result in Energy Star compliant buildings (see

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Vol. 13, No. 8). Led by solar-energy pioneer Mike Nicklas, FAIA, Innovative Design has been at the forefront of designing schools with daylit classrooms.