Students Leading Sustainability

The Andy Kesteloo Memorial Project Award

The Andy Kesteloo Memorial Student Project Award is named in memory of Andy Kesteloo, a visionary green building advocate who shared his commitment to sustainability with humour, insight, and passion. The award is open to either a current undergraduate or graduate student or student who has completed their project within two calendar years from Award submission deadline.

This award recognizes a student project that demonstrates leadership, innovation and inspiration with a creative vision for the future of sustainable design in the field of green building and communities.

The 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.

Submission Requirements

All project requirements must be submitted online. Students can reuse course materials where applicable but should do their best to adjust these items so that requirements are met.

• Personal profile form
• Proof of full time, undergraduate or graduate 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 which may be modified from coursework:
  • 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.
• 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.
• A maximum of four project posters which may be modified from coursework
  Posters must be submitted as an electronic PDF or JPEG.