David Gottfried is honored to have won the following awards and designations:

• World Green Building Council Global Green Building Entrepreneurship Award
• 2009 Achievement Award, Building Industry Conference Board
• Named one of 30 from around the world who have most influenced the building service industry, bsjonline, 2008
• Named one of the first Laureates of the U.S. Green Building Council, 2008
• Named one of 40 most influential people in the Bay Area for 2007, 7x7 Magazine
• Environmental Enterprise Award, Acterra Business Environmental Network
• 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award, San Francisco Institute of Architecture
• Named a top 25 industry newsmakers for 2005, McGraw-Hill’s ENR Magazine
• Awarded Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council
• Founding Chairman of ASTM's Green Building Committee
• Founding Member of the China Green Building & Energy Efficiency Council  - (one of 5 nominated foreign members)