2008 winner
W.P. Hickman Systems Inc., Solon, Ohio, won NRCA's 2008 SpecRight Excellence
in Design Award competition for the green roof system it installed on Chicago-based
Pacific Garden Mission, the largest continuously operating homeless shelter in the
U.S. The building's 16,000-square-foot roof system features vegetative grids and
a solar-reflective membrane. The new roof system is providing the mission with a
25 percent reduction in storm water runoff. W.P. Hickman Systems donated its $2,500
prize money to Pacific Garden Mission.