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 PLUS one complimentary registration for your lead professor. 
• Featured article in CaGBC’s special Ask the Expert Award Series, interviewed by CaGBC and distributed to 25,000 industry professionals.
• Award recognition:
  • Media Release in August
  • Profile shared during BLC conference
  • Profile and Project video hosted on CaGBC's website and the BLC event platform

Eligibility

Must be a full-time, undergraduate student, enrolled during the academic year of 2020/2021, 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:

• If your project makes the top two submissions, you will be required to submit in June 2021 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 January 11, 2021.

If you require assistance, please contact CaGBC Education.

Timeline:

• Competition opens: January 11, 2021
• Deadline for submissions: May 27, 2021 
• Top two finalists will be notified to submit video: June, 2021
• Video submissions due: July, 2021
  
• Winner will be notified by: August, 2021
• Building Lasting Change - dates to be confirmed

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