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Awards of Excellence

The Green Roof Awards of Excellence program recognizes distinction in three the areas

Green Roof Design
Research
Policy Development

In 2009, the awards of Excellence were presented on Friday, June 5th 2009 - at the Seventh Annual Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference Awarda and Trade Show at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

We would like to thank our judges for 2009:

Jeffrey L. Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company (Awards of Excellence Winner)

Michael Gibbons, Architectural Systems Inc., Chair, ASTM Green Roof Task Group

Monica Kuhn, Architect

Ed Snodgrass, Green Roof Plants

Paul Yocca, Conservation Design Forum

Linda Velazquez, greenroofs.com

You can learn more about the selection process for all awards at the bottom of this page.

The submission deadline for the 2009 Research and Policy awards of Excellence has now passed - thank you to all who submitted. The 2009 Design Awards contest is also closed - thank you to all submittors!

If you are interested in participating in the 2010 awards, in November 2010, please check back to this site in the summer of 2010

The Research Awards honour individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the green roof industry in research.

The Civic Awards - Government and Non-Government honour individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the green roof industry in policy development.

The Design Awards acknowledge excellence in innovative and integrative green roof design and raise awareness of the multiple benefits that green roofs can provide clients and the general public.

This year there are seven design award categories. Three for extensive green roofs (with six inches or less of growing medium throughout; and three for intensive green roofs (with more than six inches of growing medium). The intensive categories include semi-intensive green roofs as well, i.e., those with a mix of more and less that six inches of growing medium. Three different categories of buildings will be awarded. New and existing or retrofit projects will not be differentiated. Residential buildings can be single family and/or multi-unit. Applicants may submit more than one project for the same, or different award categories. The award categories are:

Intensive Industrial/Commercial
Extensive Industrial/Commercial

Intensive Institutional
Extensive Institutional

Intensive Residential
Extensive Residential

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The Selection Process

All award winners are selected by committee.

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 Research Award is selected by GRHC’s Research Committee, Chaired by Brad Bass of Environment Canada at the University of Toronto.

The Civic Award is selected by GRHC’s Policy Committee.

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