Green Building Award
Wood makes a significant contribution to improving the overall environmental performance of any building by reducing energy use, reducing resource use, minimizing pollution and reducing environmental impact. Nominations in the Green Building Award category demonstrate how some or all of these principles have been applied in enhancing the environmental attributes of the building's design, construction and environmental performance.
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Multi-Unit Residential Wood Design
The multi-unit residential category includes multi-family and mixed use residential buildings. Consideration is given to the variety of wood applications and products used throughout the building, both structurally and architecturally.
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Commercial Wood Design
This category recognizes the creators of commercial projects that push the limits of wood design in industrial buildings, offices, stores, malls, lodges, clubhouses and other public spaces. Nominations will be judged on the basis of showcasing special qualities of wood such as strength, beauty, versatility, and cost-effectiveness.
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Institutional Wood Design : < $10M
This award recognizes the benefits of wood in institutional applications while showcasing the special qualities of wood such as strength, durability, beauty, versatility, and cost-effectiveness. The Small Institutional category includes schools, churches, hospitals, long-term care facilities, libraries, recreational facilities and municipal buildings with construction budgets less than $10 million.
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Institutional Wood Design : > $10M
This award recognizes the benefits of wood in institutional applications while showcasing the special qualities of wood such as strength, durability, beauty, versatility, and cost-effectiveness. The Large Institutional category includes schools, churches, hospitals, long-term care facilities, libraries, recreational facilities and municipal buildings with construction budgets greater than $10 million.
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Western Red Cedar Award
This category recognizes the beauty of Western Red Cedar used in an interior or exterior application on any type of project – residential or non-residential. This could include but is not exclusive to timbers, siding, trim board, windows, doors, decking and landscape structures such as pergolas, arbours and gazebos. Projects in finished or unfinished Western Red Cedar (bright or weathered) will be accepted highlighting the richly textured grain of Western red Cedar, one of BC’s most beautiful natural products.
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Interior Beauty Design
This category recognizes the extensive use of BC wood species in the interior design of non-residential and public spaces. Consideration will be given to the nominee that best demonstrates a variety of wood uses and innovative architectural design so as to showcase the elegance and beauty of wood from BC’s vast and renewable forests.
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Architect
The Award category recognizes the decision-making individuals who regularly specify, design or build commercial, industrial, and institutional projects with wood. These awards acknowledge those individuals who contribute to the selection of wood in a project, who overcome objections related to wood use in a project, and who lead the way for future projects in wood.
The Architect Award will be presented to an individual architect or architectural firm who demonstrate excellence and innovation in wood design. Exemplary candidates present a consistent history in their use of wood as a structural design choice, or show a particular project that stands out as a landmark in wood construction.
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Engineer
The Engineer Award will be presented to an individual engineer/or engineering firm for the creation of an innovative structure, that uses new technologies or existing technology in a new way in order to create a wood solution that advances the use of wood in the project leading the way for future projects in wood.
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BC Premier’s Wood Champion
The Premier’s Wood Champion Award recognizes individuals or organizations who have been significant advocates of the use of Canadian wood in construction in B.C. or abroad; or have contributed significantly to the selection of wood in project(s) that demonstrate innovation of design with wood or the use of wood as a sustainable, climate-friendly building product.
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