CTGBC Awards Program l Online Application

The First Annual CTGBC Awards program will cover a very basic overview of current work that has been completed, ideally in CT, but not limited to that if the design firm is from CT. The prizes will be a plaque for the Winners and certificates for Citations.

Four Basic Categories will be Judged (new construction or renovation):

Most Intriguing Residence (No limit to the size or complexity of this submission as long as it is an exclusively residential project)

Most Intriguing Commercial Structure (Any form of commercial use, office, retail, manufacturing, etc.)

Most Intriguing Public Building (This could be a school, Town or City
structure, a State structure or even an College building)

Most Appealing Submission (to encourage innovation and will be a judgment call by the judges)

Criteria
These awards will be based on the best overall sustainable design. Generally, the following categories provide a basis for the judging:

Energy usage of project
Water conservation
Materials use
Site design
Indoor air quality/elements

All submissions must be filed online. Online Application No binders please. Each submission must provide the following:

A brief one page (minimum font 11) written description of the approach to obtain the most sustainable structure, including the elements that provide the unique criteria that you believe achieved this for your project. THis should be provided in MS Word, RTF, or PDF format.

One year’s energy usage (BTUs and/or Kwhs) of the fuel and electricity expended for the structure as well as the gross square footage of the building. If a building has been operating for less than a year, please submit any available energy useage/heating data for the committee to review.

One 8 x 10 photo (pdf or jpg format) of the exterior of the building,
one 8 x 10 photo of the interior of the building and
one 8 x 10 photo of the element that represents the most outstanding sustainable element of your design (this can be a construction picture of the installation of the system, an interior showing the effectiveness of the use of natural light, the skin system, any unique design element, etc).

The submissions will include the one page description and a credit page of the design team, the owner, the contractor, suppliers, etc. All reference to the team or owner will be removed during the judging.

Your submission will also include your permission for the CTGBC to publish the submissions. We will honor any request for confidentiality of any owner if requested.

The judges are:
Steven Winter, Steven Winter Associates
Robert Wall, CT Clean Energy Fund
Greg Bergmiller, S/L/A/M Collaborative
Mark Loeffler, The RETEC Group

The competition will be monitored by Bruce Bockstael, Chief Architect, CT Dept. of Public Works.

The awards will be presented at a CTGBC luncheon on June 5th. The location will be the Peabody Museum at Yale University in New Haven.

All submissions are due on ore before May 12, 2008.

Online Application

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