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Home | About | SpecRight Excellence in Design Award NRCA's SpecRight Excellence in Design Award program recognizes those who design long-lasting, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly roof systems according to accepted industry practices. Architects, specifiers, roof consultants and roofing contractors who are responsible for the design of a nominated roof system are eligible to apply. 2008 winner This year's winner is W.P. Hickman Systems Inc., Solon, Ohio, for the green roof system it installed on Chicago-based Pacific Garden Mission, the largest continuously operating homeless shelter in the U.S. The building's 16,000-square-foot roof system features vegetative grids and a solar-reflective membrane. The new roof system is providing the mission with a 25 percent reduction in storm water runoff. W.P. Hickman Systems donated its $2,500 prize money to Pacific Garden Mission. Previous winners Click here for a list of previous SpecRight Excellence in Design Award winners. For more information about the award program, contact Ambika Puniani Bailey, NRCA's senior director of communications, at (800) 323-9545 or (847) 299-9070, ext. 7555; fax (847) 299-1183; or e-mail abailey@nrca.net.
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