Submissions for the 2024 Jeffrey L. Bruce Awards of Excellence Program Now Open

Submissions accepted through August 15, 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 2023 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 2024.

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.

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

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.

2022 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2022 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight design categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy, research, and board recognition. The Awards ceremony took place in person during CitiesAlive Philadelphia on October 18, 2022.

2021 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2021 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight design categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy, research, and board recognition. The Awards ceremony took place online in a dedicated webinar on January 19, 2022.

2020 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2020 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight design categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy, research, and board recognition. The Awards ceremony took place online during CitiesAlive Virtual 2020 from October 20-23, 2020.

2019 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2019 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in six design categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy, research, board recognition, and advertising. The Awards ceremony took place on October 29th, 2019, at Grey to Green: Metro DC in Silver Spring, MD.

2018 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2018 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight different categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy development, research, and finally Corporate excellence through advertising and corporate leadership. The Awards ceremony took place on September 27th, 2018, at CitiesAlive: 16th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Brooklyn, NY.

2017 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2017 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight different categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy development, research, and finally Corporate excellence through advertising and corporate leadership. The Awards ceremony took place on September 20th, 2017, at CitiesAlive: 15th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Seattle, WA.

2016 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2016 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight different categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy development, research, and finally Corporate excellence through advertising and corporate leadership. The Awards ceremony took place on November 3rd, 2016, at CitiesAlive: 14th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Washington, DC.

2015 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2015 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognized outstanding Design projects in eight different categories, as well as Individual accomplishments in policy development, research, and finally Corporate excellence through advertising and corporate leadership. The 2015 Awards ceremony took place on October 7th, 2015, at CitiesAlive: 13th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Brooklyn, NY.

2014 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2014 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognize outstanding projects in seven different design categories, as well as accomplishments in research, policy development, and corporate support. The Awards ceremony took place on November 13th, 2014, at CitiesAlive, the 12th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Nashville, TN.

2013 Awards of Excellence Winners

The 2013 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence recognize outstanding projects in seven different design categories, as well as accomplishments in research, policy development, and corporate support. The Awards ceremony took place on October 25th, 2013, at CitiesAlive, the 11th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in San Francisco, CA.