How do you create a building which is going to help the environment, not hinder it? Do you install photovoltaic panels so the building is capable of creating its own energy requirements? Do you use products which are recycled and/or recyclable? All of the above?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, we want to hear what your formula is for a sustainable building. Building on the success of the 2008 awards, this year the 2009 BPN Sustainability Awards have been expanded to include Urban Design.
Submissions will be judged on several criteria, including energy, water and resource efficiency, recycled content and materials and areas of innovation.
In 2008, winners included an architect’s first project (Warwick Mihaly Architects for Hills House); a 6 star Green Star project in Melbourne (Lend Lease for the Gauge); and a 10,000 sqm office fitout (Stockland for Stockland Head Office).
Categories in the 2009 BPN Sustainability Awards include:
• Single Dwelling (New)
• Single Dwelling (Alterations & Extensions)
• Low to Medium Density Residential
• High Density Residential
• Small Commercial
• Large Commercial
• Office Fitout
• Public Building & Urban Design
• Landscape Design
• Innovation of the Year (products and services)
Projects must have been completed in Australia in the period January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Products or services being entered in the Innovation of the Year category must have been launched in the period January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
Visit www.bpn.com.au/awards.aspx or e-mail [email protected] for a nomination kit.
The 2009 BPN Sustainability Awards are sponsored by Boral Timber, Hebel, James Hardie, Stormtech and Vergola. Association sponsors include the Australian Window Association, the Building Designers Association of Australia and the National Precast Concrete Association of Australia.
