Awards of Excellence

2024 Jeffrey L. Bruce Awards of Excellence Ceremony November 8

Join us in Toronto at CitiesAlive 2024!

Award winners will be profiled in front of hundreds of industry professionals online, in the Living Architecture Monitor, and in numerous other publications.

To submit a project, you must fill out the submission form, save it into .doc or .pdf format, and create a 5-10 slide photo presentation (in powerpoint or .pdf format). Then you will be ready to submit! You may also provide an additional plant list for your project if you so choose.

The submission portal for the 2024 Jeffrey L. Bruce Awards of Excellence Program is now closed, but we encourage you to download one of the forms below to prepare your submission for 2025.

Download a Green Roof/Wall Design Submission Form

Download a Green Roof/Wall Research Submission Form

Download a Green Roof/Wall Civic Submission Form

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, policy, and corporate contribution. Award winners will be profiled in front of hundreds of industry professionals at CitiesAlive, in the Living Architecture Monitor, and in numerous other publications.

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

Design Awards acknowledging excellence in innovative and integrative green roof and wall design.
Research Award honoring outstanding research contributions to the green roof industry.
Civic Award honoring outstanding contributions to green roof policy development.
Living Architecture Monitor Advertising Award honoring supporters of the Living Architecture Monitor.
President's Corporate Award honoring individuals and companies that have made a significant contribution to the industry.

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For questions about the Awards of Excellence submission process, contact awards@greenroofs.org.

2024 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2024 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence celebrated innovative design and implementation of green roofs and walls and recognized the achievements in our collective industry, and celebrate the people and organizations pushing the envelope of innovative, dynamic, and resilient design, exploring what can be achieved when we think holistically about living architecture and the environment. This year’s Awards ceremony took place in Toronto, Ontario on November 8, 2024 at the CitiesAlive Conference.

Extensive Commercial/ Industrial/ Institutional

Belt Line Center

Inhabitect

Intensive Commercial/
INdustrial/Institutional

800 Fulton St

Omni Ecosystems

Multi-Unit Residential

The Wharf Phase 2

Prospect Waterproofing

Urban Agriculture

Henry Street Farm

Recover Green Roofs

Civic

Jane Welsh

Small Scale Residential

Dune Dwelling

New York Green Roofs

Research

Dr. Jennifer Bousselot

Special REcognition

Skylawn at POST Houston

Hoerr Schaudt

Lifetime Achievement Award

Joe DiNorscia

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis

Michelle Hesek

Outstanding Master Thesis

Amanda Salerno

Outstanding Master Thesis

Armando Villa-Ignacio

Corporate Legacy Award

Carlisle SynTec

Corporate Legacy Award

Living Roofs Inc

Board Chair Award

Christian Mahlstedt, President & Founder |
Ginkgo Sustainability

2023 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2023 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in four design categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy, research, and lifetime achievement. The Awards ceremony took place Virtually on January 9, 2024.