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Entries Sought for Sustainable Building Awards
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) is seeking submissions for its annual awards program to recognize building industry professionals in the Best Sustainable Practice and Exemplary Sustainable Building categories. Commercial, institutional and residential buildings are all eligible.
Entries must be submitted by Oct. 27.
For the call for entries, submission guidelines and applications, click here. Winners will be announced on Dec. 6 at the SBIC Awards Reception at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, the culmination of the council’s day-long “Super Thursday” events, held in conjunction with the Ecobuild Federal conference.
To be considered for the Exemplary Sustainable Building category, projects must have been built within the last five years, occupied for at least one year, and either built within the United States, or built on foreign soil with funding from U.S. companies or government agencies.
Entries will be evaluated on the following criteria: whole building design objectives, unity, building benefits and innovation. Winning projects will be published as case studies on the SBIC Web site (www.sbicouncil.org) and possibly on the Whole Building Design Guide Web site (www.WBDG.org).
To be considered for the Best Sustainable Practice category, entrants must be SBIC members. Non-members are encouraged to first consider joining SBIC (visit www.sbicouncil.org for membership details). The judging for this category will consider sustainable policy/program initiatives; sustainable research, development, construction process and demonstration activities; educational initiatives; and stimulating demand through increased consumer awareness.
Entry Period Underway for Green Building Awards
Entries are now being sought for NAHB’s National Green Building Awards, which recognize individuals, companies and organizations for helping to move green into the mainstream of the housing industry through their designs and construction practices.
The annual awards will be presented during ceremonies at the association’s National Green Building Conference, which will be held in St. Louis on March 25 to 27.
The awards honor achievements in seven categories:
- Advocate of the Year
- Green Building Program of the Year
- Outstanding Green Marketing Program
- Green Project of the Year — Single-Family
- Green Project of the Year — Multifamily
- Green Project of the Year — Land Development
- Green Project of the Year — Remodeling
Members are invited to submit a completed application package by Dec. 29, 2006. For project awards, construction must have been started by June 2005 and substantially completed by December 2006.
To enter by mail, send a hard copy and a disk of the completed application. For an application form and instructions on how to send logos, project photos and other artwork, click here.
For more information, e-mail Emily English at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8366.
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