Recently, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Georgia chapter hosted the Chrysalis Awards at the corporate headquarters of Interface, Inc. in Atlanta. Norfolk Southern took home the top award in the “New Construction Transformation” category for the sustainable design and construction of its headquarters in Midtown. NS was one of 12 USGBC Project Award Finalists across multiple categories.

USGBC Georgia created the Chrysalis Awards to broaden the conversation between the green building industry and our green community. Their goal is to recognize the people and projects that represent the breadth of what sustainability means – from a high-performance building to an urban farm feeding a neighborhood, to a material with a low carbon footprint, to a thriving green team within a company.

More than 80 attendees from across Georgia and the region, including Chief Transformation Officer Annie Adams and other NS team members, attended the annual event on Nov. 15.

To learn more about the ceremony and awards, visit the USGBC website.

In addition to NS, Chrysalis Awards were given to leaders across Georgia communities and industries engaging in extraordinary work, driving innovation, and accelerating knowledge exchange around a diversity of sustainability strategies.

Earlier this year, USGBC awarded NS’s headquarters with LEED® Gold certification for its design and construction, which includes sustainable site development, water conservation, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), developed by the USGBC, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence. Most notably, we earned all possible points for the Water Efficiency category, which recognizes significant indoor and outdoor water use reduction.