2011 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence winners were announced on October 25, 2011. For project profiles and pictures please see our 2011 Awards page.

2010 Extensive Institutional Green Roof Award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre Award Recipient: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.

Each year we recognize integrated design and installation excellence with the Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence.  We also recognize outstanding contributions to the industry in research and policy. This year's awards will be officially presented December 2nd, 2011 at CitiesAlive: the 9th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in Philadelphia, PA

The Green Roof & Wall Awards of Excellence program recognizes distinction in three areas:

The Design Awards

This year there are seven design award categories for outstanding green roof and wall projects in North America. Three different categories of buildings will be awarded. New and existing or retrofit projects will not be differentiated. Residential buildings can be single family and/or multi-unit. Applicants may submit more than one project for the same, or different award categories.

The submission deadline was July 6, 2011.

The Design Awards are selected by a seven-member, multi-disciplinary judging team that includes Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers and Horticulturists. Submissions are evaluated according to a broad range of weighted criteria including aesthetic, economic, functional and ecological components

The award categories are:

2010 Extensive Commercial  Green Roof Award-winning ESRI Canada Award Recipient: Scott Torrance Landscape Architects Inc.

Intensive Industrial/Commercial
Extensive Industrial/Commercial

Intensive Institutional
Extensive Institutional

Intensive Residential
Extensive Residential

Green Walls

To submit, download an entry form for either a green roof or green wall project, then upload it to the online registration site.

The Research Award

The Green Roof & Wall Reseach Award honors a person or team that has published a significant green roof or green wall article in a peer-reviewed journal. The nomination process is open to any person or organization that has had an article published in a peer-reviewed journal in the past six years (2005 - 2011).

The Research Award is selected by members of GRHC’s Research Committee, Chaired by Bill Retzlaff, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE).

To nominate either yourself or a collegue for the Research Award, download an entry form and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

The Civic Award

2010 Intensive Institutional Green Roof Award-winning ASLA Headquarters Awards Recipient: Conservation Design Forum

The Green Roof & Wall Civic Award honors individuals or groups that have made a significant contribution to the green roof industry in policy development. Nomination is open to any individual, agency, non-governmental organization, or corportation who has advanced public policy debate on green roofs and walls in North America.

 

The Civic Award is selected by by members of GRHC’s Policy Committee, Chaired by Hamid Karimi, Ph.D., Government of the District of Columbia.

To nominate either yourself or a collegue for the Civic Award, download an entry form and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you have any questions about the Awards of Excellence submission process, email Paul Erlichman at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .