The Maryland Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has named its 2009 award winners. For the 5th year, the group has recognized outstanding green building projects, professionals and companies in the state.

There will be an awards ceremony Jan. 28 at the Athenaeum at Goucher College.  Looks like it's sold out on the group's Web site, so I'll go ahead and list the winners.

Projects and people are picked based on how well they meet the group's mission: transforming the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live, work, learn and heal.

Some award winners are here:

--The Awake House, a one-story, water and energy efficient home with excellent air quality and low operating costs that serves four tenants with intellectual and developmental disabilities

--Baltimore Medical System, a 30,000 square foot building that received a LEED rating

--Health Care for the Homeless’ 56,000 square foot building.

--The Young Professional award went to students at Harford Technical High School, which partnered with Harford Habitat for Humanity to build a LEED Modular Home. 

In a statement, Rex Wright, chair of Maryland chapter of the group's board said,  “The use of sustainable features in buildings, from the inside out, is increasingly innovative and cost-effective, and the submissions were each more inspiring than the next.  We are so proud of this community, and all that they are doing to improve the places where we live, work, learn, play and heal."

See the full list of award winners on the next page.