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Sustainability Rising Star Rachel Brennan earns $10,000 NEWH Sustainable award S pecifying reused materials, composting, and water fi ltration systems on a design experience for “Seattle’s most sustainable restaurant,” Rachel Brennan took fi rst place honors in the 2012-13 NEWH Sustainable Design Competition for students. Brennan won the competition as a fi fth-year design student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) School of Architecture + Design in Blacksburg, Virginia. NEWH awarded Brennan a $5,000 scholarship sponsored by JLF/ lone meadow, and a $5,000 matching prize to the Virginia Tech interior design program, sponsored by Valley Forge Fabrics. Both awards were presented at the 2013 Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo) in Las Vegas on May 15th. Brennan, now working as a junior designer for a multidisciplinary Washington, DC, design fi rm, understands the potential of design to change lives and enrich experiences. Says Brennan, “I am very passionate about design and love seeing how much design truly touches every aspect of society.” Her award marks the seventh annual prize in the NEWH Sustainable Design Competition. NEWH provides students with the opportunity to showcase their design skills while utilizing the very best in sustainable design products and practices. Criteria include site selection, water efficiency, energy conservation, products/materials, and indoor environmental quality. Thanks to our 2013 NEWH Sustainable Design Competition judges: Pamela Parsons, senior vice president of operations, FORRESTPERKINS; Helen Reed, vice president of SEELogix; and Karen Angotti, founder of KO Angotti. Thanks to NEWH competition volunteers: Andrea Thomas, founder of Thomas Design Source, currently overseeing the competition as NEWH International Board of Directors vice president of education; NEWH scholarship partner Susan Burnside, principal designer at Toronto-area Burnside and Associates; NEWH Sustainable Hospitality vice president Dina Belon, sustainability specialist at the Peabody Orlando; and NEWH Sustainable Hospitality immediate past vice president David Mahood, partner, Olive Designs, Olive Hospitality Consulting. ❙❘❚ NEWH Sustainable Hospitality Silent Auction— our attitude of gratitude T hanks to the generous donors mentioned here—and to many winning bidders, NEWH Sustainable Hospitality Silent Auction at the 2013 HD Expo netted nearly $4,000. Thank you to our fabulous partners! Bertolini Hospitality & Design Corbett Contract Lighting Currey & Company D’Style Inc. Debra Centurion Design & Décor/Creative Design & Products Interlude Home Hotel Business Design Hubbardton Forge Kimball Hospitality Maxwell Rodgers Fabrics Moufelt LLC O.W. Lee Hospitality Phillips Collection Propac Images Sonneman—A Way of Light Strand Design Troy Contract Lighting Fall 2013 13

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - Fall 2013

NEWH - Fall 2013
Table of Contents
News
Who’s Who
Sustainability
Conference Roundup
Q&A: Julia Marks
Q&A: Scott Pope
Icon of Industry
Have You Seen?
Product Know How
On the Scene
Cover Story
Project: A Bar
Project: Trademark
Save the Date
New Members
Partner Profiles
Ad Index

NEWH - Fall 2013