Τα βραβεία για φυτεμένα δώματα και τοίχους για το 2013

Awards of Excellence

The 2013 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence are now open to submissions!  The Design Awardssubmission deadline has been extended to Monday, June 24 at 10am Pacific Time.

2010 Extensive Institutional Green Roof Award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre Award Recipient: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.

Each year we recognize integrated design and installation excellence with the Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence. We also recognize outstanding contributions to the industry in research and policy. This year's awards will be officially presented October 25, 2013 at CitiesAlive: 11th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in San Francisco, CA.

The Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence program recognizes distinction in three areas:

• The Design Awards acknowledge excellence in innovative and integrative green roof and wall design and raise awareness of the multiple benefits that green infrastructure can provide clients and the general public.
• The Research Award honour individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the green roof industry in research.
• The Civic Award honour individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the green roof industry in policy development.

The Design Awards

This year there are nine design award categories for outstanding green roof and wall projects in North America. Applicants may submit more than one project for the same, or different award categories.

The Design Awards are selected by a seven-member, multi-disciplinary judging team that includes Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers and Horticulturists. Submissions are evaluated according to a broad range of weighted criteria including aesthetic, economic, functional and ecological components.

The award categories have been reconfigured this year. The categories are:

2012 Extensive Institutional Award-winning Center for Urban Waters Award Recipient: Swift Company

Intensive Industrial/Commercial
Extensive Industrial/Commercial

Intensive Institutional
Extensive Institutional

Intensive Residential
Extensive Residential
Small-Scale Residential

Interior Green Walls
Exterior Green Walls

To submit, download an entry form for either a green roof or green wall project, then upload it to the online registration site. Remember that after the first two pages of the entry form, submissions must beanonymous!  The deadline for submissions to the 2013 Design Awards is June 20th, 2013.

The Research Award

The Green Roof & Wall Reseach Award honors a person or team that has published a significant green roof or green wall article in a peer-reviewed journal. The nomination process is open to any person or organization that has had an article published in a peer-reviewed journal in the past six years (2007 - 2013).

The Research Award is selected by members of GRHC’s Research Committee, Chaired by Bill Retzlaff, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE).

To nominate either yourself or a collegue for the Research Award, download an entry form and email it to awards@greenroofs.org. The deadline for submissions to the 2013 Research Award is July 24, 2013.

The Civic Award

2010 Intensive Institutional Green Roof Award-winning ASLA Headquarters Awards Recipient: Conservation Design Forum

The Green Roof & Wall Civic Award honors individuals or groups that have made a significant contribution to the green roof industry in policy development. Nomination is open to any individual, agency, non-governmental organization, or corporation who has advanced public policy debate on green roofs and walls in North America.

The Civic Award is selected by by members of GRHC’s Policy Committee, Chaired by Hamid Karimi, Ph.D., Government of the District of Columbia.

To nominate either yourself or a collegue for the Civic Award,download an entry form and email it toawards@greenroofs.org. The deadline for submissions to the 2013 Civic Award is July 24, 2013.

If you have any questions about the Awards of Excellence submission process, email Paul Erlichman atawards@greenroofs.org.