Environmental Awareness Awards

Environmental Awareness Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2010 Recipients!

Architectural Resource, LLC
And
Meadowlark Builders

Architectural Resource, LLC and Meadowlark Builders Architectural Resource, LLC is a full-service, award winning, architectural design firm specializing exclusively in residential design of new homes, cottages, additions, remodels, and renovations with an emphasis on Green and sustainable design. Since the firm's inception in 1991, creating healthy and energy efficient buildings has been a fundamental aspect of its core mission. The firm is headed by Michael Klement with the collaboration of several outstanding architects and designers.

Meadowlark Builders is a full service design/build firm specializing in high-performance homes. Their Mission is to set the standard for sustainable building while delivering the highest level of craftsmanship and customer service. They are nationally recognized and published as an innovative and forward-thinking building company. They perform most tasks, from foundations to finish carpentry, with in-house labor. They perform both rough and finish carpentry, install energy-efficient foundations, run a high-performance HVAC service, install highly efficient water delivery systems, and make their own custom built-in cabinetry and woodworking.

The professional collaboration of Meadowlark Builders headed by Doug Selby and Kirk Brandon, and Architectural Resource headed by Michael Klement has been instrumental in bringing significant, paradigm changing, deep Green projects to Ann Arbor over the past several years.

In 2008, they designed and crafted Michigan’s first USGBC LEED Platinum level certification whole house remodel, only the fifth in the entire nation. This project, the Beranek/Park residence on North Fourth Avenue, transformed an 1830’s era home, one of Ann Arbor’s earliest residential structures into a home that has set the bar for deep green renovation in the State.

In 2009, they designed and crafted Michigan’s second USGBC LEED Platinum level whole house remodel with a home that has been dubbed the “Nautilus House” located at Evergreen Place.

In 2010, their professional collaboration will complete Michigan’s third (pending) USGBC LEED Platinum level whole house remodel on Brooks Street. The home, emulating the Craftsman style of homes, America’s only truly original house style, is a modest ranch sporting cutting edge building techniques including an advance building envelope system and geothermal heating and cooling. The home has also been designed to embrace the sustainability principle of “Long Life-Loose Fit” and will continue to be adaptable as the homeowners’ life situation and physical mobility changes over time.

Who's Who of Past Environmental Awareness Award Recipients