The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded 12 programs with its inaugural Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards and Incentive Grants.
The awards and grants recognize pre-K through college-level curricula that advance green-building ideals of transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built and operated. Recognition awards honor existing green building education projects, activities or programs. The Incentive Grants provide monetary support of $20,000 each for schools or organizations to develop new curricula.
Winners of the 2008 Recognition Awards include: School Building Week: School of the Future Student Design Competition, The Council of Educational Facility Planners (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools, Kentucky Environmental Education Council (Frankfort, Ky.); Residential Building Technology Program, Yavapai College (Prescott, Ariz.); “Beyond Curriculum: Cross- Campus Sustainability at Grand Valley State University,” Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Mich.); The Alley- Flat Initiative, University of Texas (Austin); and EcoMOD, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.)
There were also Incentive Grants, which were awarded to: “Architecture Handbook 2: A Student Guide to Understanding Buildings,” Chicago Architecture Foundation; “Design + Build + Live Green,” Youth Learning Academy (Charlottesville, Va.); Green Building Technologies course curriculum, Eastern Iowa Community College District (Davenport, Iowa); Green Building Off the Grid: A Net-Zero Energy Residence online course, Santa Fe Community College; Collaborative Green Building Practice course, Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.); and Sustainable Architecture that Teaches (SAT) curriculum, University of Maine Farmington (Farmington, Maine).
The recognition awards were judged on demonstrated success, ability of the work to be replicated, scope of influence, advancement of green principles within the educational community, and the fostering of a collaborative or interdisciplinary approach. Grant proposals were evaluated on originality, collaborative or interdisciplinary approach, scope of influence, feasibility, and ability to be replicated.
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