Global Innovation Award
The NAHB Global Innovation Awards annually recognize the most cutting-edge, advanced, and original products, services, and homes from around the world. If you’re a company that offers products and services to the home building industry in the U.S. — and beyond — this is your opportunity to be recognized at the NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS).
Learn more about the GIA benefits and GIA categories, criteria, judging and guidelines.
The 2021 GIA Program will start taking applications in the summer, stay tuned!
Congratulations to the 2020 GIA Winners!
Exterior/Interior Product of the Year
WINNER:
- Square D Energy Center, Schneider Electric – Boston, Mass.
International Home of the Year
WINNER:
- Wen Living San Jose in San Jose del Cabo, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Read more on all the 2020 Global Innovation Award Finalists.
A special thanks to the 2020 GIA judges
Exterior/Interior Product of the Year
- Michelle Foster, Vice President, Sustainability, Home Innovation Labs – Upper Marlboro, Maryland
- Tom Halford, Retired Vice President, Premium & Builder Brands, Home IoT Solutions / Connected Living, Samsung Electronics America – Franklin, Tennessee
- Marshall Leslie, Owner & Principal, M. Leslie, Inc. – Toronto, Canada
- Nick Slevin, Publisher, Editor-In-Chief & Developer, Peninsula Publishing Inc. / ABC Green Home – Newport Beach, California
Technology/Educational Service of the Year
- Jason August, President, Gourmet Real Estate, Inc. and Vice President, North Star Synergies – Denver, Colorado
- Mohamad Gozeh, CEO and Geotechnical/Civil Engineer of RMG for Engineering Services, LTD – Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Frank Wickstead, Adjunct Professor, Georgia Tech School of Building Construction College of Design – Atlanta
International Home of the Year
- David Campbell, Builder of Custom Homes & Custom Work Environments, David Campbell Building, Ltd. – Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
- Art Danielian, Founder & Chairman, Danielian Associates – Irvine, California
- Francisco Osores, Past President of the Peruvian Chamber of Construction; Builder & Developer, La Venturosa Inmobiliaria – Lima, Peru
- Adriana Palmieri, CEO, Desarrollo Haciendas De Las Flores – Villa Nueva, Guatemala
Friends of the Global Innovation Award (GIA) Sponsors
Ammunition LLCNorth Star Synergies IncWellness Within Your Walls“Recognition by NAHB will bring credibility and acceptance of this new concept promoting global wellness in how we live, both within the walls of our homes as well as in the surrounding environment.”
“What an honor to be recognized by such a reputable organization as NAHB. Winning the Global Innovation Award will bring worldwide exposure to SWiDGET. It provides great value and credibility through the recognition by NAHB and will help us market and sell our products more successfully to the builder community.”
“Being recognized for the Square D Energy Center is bringing Schneider Electric’s global energy initiatives into the homes and hands of the North American residential market. The Energy Center has unmatched system intelligence giving homeowners digital control over how energy is used and store –even in the event of an outage – so they can power the things that matter.”
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