On November 16th, iSpring Principal Andrea Wittchen was honored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (Lehigh Valley Branch) for her work in creating the Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network.

At the annual Membership Celebration, Andrea Wittchen received the Sustainability Award for Inidividual Leadership. The awards are presented annually in five separate categories: Private Project, Public Project, School District, Green Campus and Individual. For the Individual category, the award is given to the person who best exemplifies the spirit of sustainable design, construction and management within the Lehigh Valley.

Andrea’s committed work over the last two years in co-convening the first Lehigh Valley Sustainability Summit and chairing the Steering Committee of what would become the Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network, launched in May 2011, earned her the prestigious award. Other nominees in the category were Tom Kerr, Past President of the Wildlands Conservancy, and Robert Kiel, Senior Vice President at Liberty Property Trust.

Andrea was excited and surprised to win the award amongst such distinguished company. “I’m thrilled to receive this award on behalf of all the volunteers who have worked so hard to create the Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network,” she said. “It’s an honor that the DVGBC has chosen to validate the work we’re doing and support our vision of regional collaboration to promote sustainability.”

iSpring would like to congratulate all of the Sustainability Award winners:

Private Project: Science, Technology, Environmental Policy & Society Initiative (STEPS) Building, Lehigh University
Public Project: Clifford Bartholomew 9th Grade Center, William Allen High School, Allentown School District
School District: East Penn School District
Green Campus: DeSales University