Submission Dates:

The submission deadline is March 31, 2025.

Submission Fees:

• Submission Fee: $220 USD/ entry | payable by credit card | must accompany the online submission

Award Submission Title:

• Provide a descriptive, not a creative, title. For example: “Call Center Headquarters for XYZ Organization in Dallas, Texas, USA”, not “Daring to be Different.” Please use the name that will be listed on the award should you win this category.

Background:

• Describe the nature of your organization and the context in which it operates. The judges want to know the professional sector (e.g. healthcare, tourism, etc.) in which your client operates, and the context (what are the sustainability drivers? What are the challenges?)

Initiative:

• Describe the initiative and why you created it. Emphasize key objectives and how these objectives contributed to the overall organizational objectives and strategies.

Collaboration: (if applicable)

• Describe why your project represents a collaborative effort between two or more companies and what processes you developed to ensure all participants fully participated.

Implementation:

• Describe the implementation. Emphasize leadership challenges and choices. See descriptions provided in previous award winners’ case studies. ( Example 1;  Example 2,  Example 3)

Lessons Learned:

• Describe challenges, things you could have done differently, unexpected successes, etc.

Outcome:

• Describe the outcome and impact on reaching your objectives.

Best Practices (if applicable):

• Describe best practices as a result of this initiative.

• Explain how sustainable practices have been integrated into the project’s operations and maintenance.

• Project location (city, state, country)
• Date of completion
• Budget (final) hard costs (actual construction costs). Fee need not be included.
• Type of project (e.g. office, hospital, library, etc.)
• Client (company/project authority)
• Design firm (project manager/design team manager)
• Contact name, phone number, and email
• Photos (jpeg format; 72 dpi)

This is the section where you’d also include anything else you’d like the judges to know about this project. Remember to type in at least 12-point type, with 1.5 line spacing.

How many projects may be submitted?

• For the design categories, you may enter each completed building project, as long as they meet the entry criteria.
• For development categories, the judges suggest that you enter only once by “bundling” your initiatives as part of the organization’s overall sustainability mission and strategies.

NOTE: Please do not include press clippings or other promotional materials. And, although you may draw upon information contained in these materials, please do not include the materials.