Call for Applications
The International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN), the host of this award, is a global network of leading universities that are committed to sustainability on their campus and in their educational activities. The network provides a unique platform for the promotion of green campus projects by facilitating changes in planning, operations, decision making, and management systems in institutions of higher learning. The ISCN focuses particularly on promoting landmark projects that demonstrate how the environmental, social, and economic issues of our time provide opportunities for university administrations and faculty alike to improve campus infrastructures and university administration and recognize opportunities to integrate them into their research and learning activities. The ISCN sponsors a biannual symposium, conferences, and several standing committees; has developed a charter that more than twenty world-leading universities have endorsed; and is dedicated to building a gallery of outstanding projects that showcase excellence and leadership from all continents.
The Award
The ISCN is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Second Annual International Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards. These awards recognize sustainable campus projects that demonstrate leadership, creativity, effectiveness, and outstanding performance in the areas of Leadership, Construction, Impact, and Student Initiatives.
Categories
The ISCN calls for applications and nominations to the ISCN Sustainable Campus Excellence Award in four categories: University Leadership, Construction, Impact, and Student Leadership. Applications must be filed specifically for one of these four categories.
University Executive Leadership Award
The University Executive Leadership Award is given to the executive leadership of one university that has been selected for making outstanding progress in the integration of sustainability as an organizing principle of the institution. The winning university will provide a successful example of significant institutional transformation in both campus operations and teaching that has been lead or actively supported by the university executive leadership. The winning institution will provide an example of how executive leaders can make real progress toward integrating continuous sustainability improvements across a wide variety of institutional arenas.
Excellence in Construction Award
The Construction Award will recognize a campus development project—a single structure or series of new or retrofitted buildings—that showcases outstanding performance in energy efficiency, minimal CO2 emissions, or other environmental impacts and/or other sustainability-relevant aspects.
A minimal requirement for entries is that they have documented compliance with best practices such as LEED, MINERGIE, or other relevant measures (please refer to the application form). Nominees must show overall solid performance across the three sustainability criteria—Society, Economy, and Environment—with outstanding attributes in at least one specific area. Special attention in the judging process will be given to the process of planning and implementation and will also take into account financial and nonfinancial aspects of the project (such as cost efficiency, unique planning processes, or remarkable community engagement, for example) The award will be given to a specific infrastructure such as a building or a group of buildings represented by its owner and/or operator. Applications can describe a building construction or renovation project, or broader systemic initiatives such as campus master planning efforts or university-wide sustainable construction guidelines.
Excellence in Impact Award
The Excellence in Impact Award seeks entries on a single project or a broad initiative that has successfully integrated specific sustainability measures into the culture, community, and/or operations of a campus. Eligible efforts include ongoing or completed projects that show excellent achievements from the viewpoint of engaging the various stakeholders of campus sustainability. Winning projects will demonstrate how sustainable campus development and management can be used to positively impact the campus community, its research activities, and the educational mission of the institution, and increase on- or off-campus community engagement. Of particular interest to the judges will be examples of effectively using the campus as a teaching tool and living laboratory for a variety of sustainability-related teaching and research activities.
Examples of winning projects may include (but are not limited to) outstanding stakeholder engagement processes, projects that lead to increased educational and/or research opportunities, or projects that lead to greater interaction between a campus and its surrounding community. An example of a single project would be the development of an academic program or a new research initiative. An example of a broader systemic initiative would be a program to increase students’ awareness of sustainability throughout their academic careers. The award is given to an organization’s project leaders.
The oikos Student Leadership Award
This award was initiated by oikos International and is sponsored by the oikos Foundation, an international student organization with thirty chapters based at universities around the world. From students for students, the award is given to outstanding student projects or campaigns that contribute to a sustainable campus and encourage fellow students to start their own initiatives to make a difference. The award covers student-initiated and -run projects that make studying, living, and working at the university more sustainable. The projects or campaigns may be supported by external funds, but projects must have been initiated and managed by students.
Application Process:.
IInitial Application – Due April 12, 2010
Applicants can file their entries by filling in the one-page entry form found at http://hosei.ch/iscn/. For the Leadership, Impact, and Construction awards, based on this standardized questionnaire, the ISCN Awards Committee will screen entries and send out requests for supplemental information to projects that qualify by meeting the minimal requirements. For the oikos Student Leadership Award, the first round of judging will be carried out by a jury of former oikos award winners. Second-round judging will be carried out by the ISCN jury.
Any projects that have been awarded a similar, but national or regional prize are eligible for a nomination for the ISCN award.
Supplemental Information – Due May 15, 2010
Outstanding applicants may be asked to submit additional documentation about their project. These comprehensive entries will be evaluated by the ISCN Awards Committee, who may contact the applicant team. If the minimum requirements are met by the nominated application, the entry will be submitted to the Jury for the final selection.
Jury Decision – June 14, 2010
An international panel of experts will evaluate the nominated entries in the three categories. The Jury will inform the selected candidate and prepare a laudation. In addition to the awards given in the described categories, the Jury reserves the right to recognize any entry for their unique value or attributes.
Award Ceremony at the World Expo, Shanghai China – July 27-28, 2010
2010 International Sustainable Campus Network Award
Application Form
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