Each year, BOMA, the Building Owners and Managers Association International, honors the best of the best in commercial buildings through awards known as TOBY® for The Outstanding Building of the Year.

In submitting applications for these awards, the owners have the opportunity to identify products integral to the buildings performance, including energy management and control systems. Four buildings recognized as Regional award winners the 2009-2010 TOBY awards were noted as having KMC control systems:

BAC Colonnade

Location: Coral Gables, Florida Description: A historical (built 1926) 11-story Class A office building of 207,000 square feet Owner: Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.

Robert Lopez and his team at Digital Control Systems (Miami) were responsible for the KMC system installation which manages AHUs, FCUs, VAV boxes, and cooling towers at this historical building.

Bridgepoint Square One

Location: Austin, Texas Description: First of 5 buildings built on 27 acres of natural landscape; 5 stories; 85,000 square feet Owner: Reit Management & Research LLC

William Kenzo Nakamura Courthouse

Location: Seattle, Washington Description: First building in the West designed exclusively as a Federal Court House; 13 stories; built 1940, renovated 2007-2009, rededicated June 2009 Owner: General Services Administration

Control Contractors, Inc., a KMC Authorized Installing Contractor, was responsible for the DDC system installation during this historic building’s recent renovation. Nearly 200 KMC BACnet controllers were installed with the TotalControl operator workstation. This building was also recognized for excellence by the Northwest/Arctic Region of the GSA.

The Avallon

Location: Austin, Texas Description: A suburban, Class A office park of 5, 3-story buildings and 2, 4-level parking garages; 318,217 square feet Owner: Grubb & Ellis Management Services