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Call for entries: Gulf Coast Green 2011 - Leading in a Challenging Climate
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Do you have a studio project in-progress or completed in the last 18 months that has sustainable design features?
Gulf Coast Green Symposium seeks to exhibit the work of students and recent graduates in the region, showcasing the latest ideas in sustainable design. Each project entry must explore an issue in the Gulf Coast region and incorporate sustainable strategies in its solution. Projects will be digitally displayed at Gulf Coast Green 2011 to inform and inspire symposium attendees.
The focus of each project can be an architectural approach, an engineering system, an innovative interior solution or a product design. Project entries will be judged by a group of esteemed jurors and numerous awards will be given.
Submission: Electronic Entries Only Entries must be received in .pdf format on a maximum of 10 pages. One of the 10 pages is to be a summary page, with two or three iconic images of your project and a brief descriptive title, no identifying text is permitted on presentation pages.
Sustainable strategies utilized should be highlighted on the competition boards and communicate how the solution realizes the largest impact based on the categories in the judging criteria. Contestants are encouraged to form interdisciplinary teams with members from other disciplines related to the building industry and strive to develop a holistic proposal. Minimum information required:
1. Human Health Impact
2. Water Use
3. Material Use/Assembly Longevity
4. Aesthetic Merit
5. Energy Consumption
Scoring: A panel of industry and design judges will evaluate the projects based on the above criteria to determine the top prize as well as honors for proposals relevant to specific categories. Each entry will be awarded up to two points for each category based on the juried evaluation of the project.
0 - being “not addressed”
1 - being “moderate improvement”
2 - being “significant impact”
“Best in Show” will be awarded to the project displaying the most potential for positive impact in the Gulf Coast Region. The winner(s) can expect to receive a team trip to a major city (flight and hotel included) to either meet with a major "green leader" or attend a major sustainable exhibit/event. Past prizes have included a trip to New York City for the ICFF, and another year a trip to Virginia to meet with William McDonough.
In addition, symposium attendees will be invited to vote during the day, and the winner of this “People’s Choice” ballot will receive a $100 prize. SCHEDULE
Registration Now Open May 16 Entries Due May 25 Summary slides will be shown on screen before each speaker presentation and voting for People’s Choice award will take place during the course of the day.
2:00pm Winners Announced
Finalists will be notified in advance of the symposium, please arrange to have at least one team member present. TEAMS
Teams may have between 1-4 participants.
All team participants must be students or recent graduates (within the past 18 months) enrolled at a college or university in any region bordering the Gulf Coast. Students from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Mexico are eligible.
REGISTRATION
Teams must register online at www.gulfcoastgreen.org; there is no fee for entering the competition. Please make the appropriate selections in the online form to indicate that you are a student entering the student competition. Discounted admission to the symposium will be offered to those entering the competition and wishing to attend. All competition entries will be displayed at the symposium.
CONTACT
Contact [email protected] for more information
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