Students Leading Sustainability:

Criteria -
Student project should (but is not limited to):

• Be an idea for a building, any component of a building, a green product, or any part of the construction process.
• Clearly convey the fundamentals of sustainability by using innovative strategies and realistic solutions.
• Present a creative vision for the future of green buildings and neighbourhoods.
• Articulate the project's key features and their environmental and human health benefits.
• Demonstrate the value and the importance of integrated/synergistic system design.

The Award

• $2,000 cash award.
• Free full access to Building Lasting Change 2020 Online - Ready, Set, Recover including two symposiums PLUS one complimentary registration for your lead professor. 
• Featured article in CaGBC’s special Ask the Expert Award Series, interviewed by CaGBC and eblast distributed to 20,000 industry professionals.
• Award recognition:
  • Media Release in August
  • Profile shared during BLC Online 2020
  • Profile and Project video hosted on CaGBC Website and BLC Event Platform

Eligibility

Must be a full-time, undergraduate student,enrolled during the academic year of 2019/2020, involved directly or indirectly in the built environment. Some examples include programs related to: Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Interior Design, Community Planning, Sustainability Management, Supply Chain Management, Construction, Trades, etc.

Project groups must select one group representative. A project award can only be awarded to one group member.

Submission Requirements:

ALL APPLICANTS:

All project requirements must be submitted online.

• Personal Profile Form
• Proof of full time enrollment in a post-secondary institution
  Please provide a registration receipt, a current transcript, or a letter from your department.
• Maximum 2000-word essay about your project
  Your essay must demonstrate and describe:
  • How your project satisfies the objective and criteria of this award (listed above).
  • Key project features and intended positive environmental and social impacts.
  • Your design approach (process, goals and objectives) and any lessons learned.
  • Your project’s feasibility and applicability to a real world need.
• A maximum of four project posters
  Posters must be submitted as an electronic PDF or JPEG and formatted to a print quality resolution on an A0 panel (841x1189 mm; horizontal or vertical format). In the event that the project is selected, a poster should be prepared in order to be printed for display at CaGBC’s national conference.
• Green building community involvement reference letter
  This should be a signed PDF written by a third party that demonstrates a commitment to sustainability outside the classroom.

FINALISTS:

• Top two finalists will notified on May 1 to submit a video.
• If your project makes the Top Two, you will be required to submit an informal video of five minutes or less where you verbalize the merits of your idea, speak about the inspiration behind it and provide the judges with some insight into your personal contributions and aspirations in terms of green building. Once selected, you will be provided with an outline that further articulates the terms of this video component.

Application Process:

The application and review process is done entirely online. The link to apply will be available on September 15, 2019.

If at any time you require assistance, please contact CaGBC Education.

Timeline:

• Competition opens: September 15, 2019
• Deadline for submissions: June 22, 2020 - the competition is now closed.
• Top two finalists will be notified to submit video: July 17
• Video submissions due: July 29
  
• Winner will be notified by: August 12
• Building Lasting Change 2020 Online - Ready Set Recover 5  half day events from September 22 to October 20

Full contact information

CaGBC Education
Canada Green Building Council
100 Murray Street, Suite 400
Ottawa, K1N 0A1
Phone : 866.941.1184 ext. 1023
Email: education@cagbc.org