Excellence in Sustainability Awards
Annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability
The Awards for Excellence in Sustainability is an annual program that honors projects, plans, policies, individuals, and organizations dedicated to supporting sustainable communities. Each year, the award winners are announced during the annual National Planning Conference.
We are excited to announce that the nomination period for the Sixth Annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability is now open.
- DEADLINE: Entries will be accepted November 2, 2018, through 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, January 11, 2019.
- INFORMATION PACKET: Please download and review the information packet and the nomination requirements carefully, as the submission format and several requirements have changed from previous years.
- WEB FORM: Unlike previous years, all entry nominations shall be submitted via web form.
- You must fill out the form all at once (i.e., you cannot save and come back).
- We suggest you utilize this Word document to prepare the text that you will need to provide prior to starting the form.
- If you submit the form once and would like to re-submit before the end of the nomination period, please feel free to do so. We will review only the most recently-completed form.
- QUESTIONS AND UPDATES: We will keep track of any FAQs and process updates on this page. If you would like to be directly notified of any substantial updates, please send an email to the awards coordinator at jenniferk@rhodeside-harwell.com, with the subject line "SCD Award Updates". You may also subscribe to the SCD e-bulletin to receive periodic reminders and updates about the awards program.
- We will provide an overview of the 2019 awards program process on an 11/14 webinar. Additional speakers on the webinar will discuss four of the 2018 award-winning projects and programs.
Previous Winners
2018 Winners
Community Sustainability or Resilience Plan
City of Hermosa Beach, PLAN Hermosa — The City of Hermosa Beach's Integrated General Plan and Local Coastal Program
City of Hermosa Beach, California
State or Regional Sustainability or Resilience Plan
Thurston Regional Planning Council, Thurston Climate Adaptation Plan: Climate Resilience Actions for Thurston County and South Puget Sound
Olympia, Washington
Sustainable Policy, Law, or Tool
San Francisco Planning Department & San Francisco Department of the Environment, Better Roofs Ordinance
San Francisco
Sustainable Urban Design Plan or Development Project
City of Meriden, Meriden 2020: A Comprehensive Plan for Downtown Meriden
Meriden, Connecticut
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Project
City of Miramar, Miramar Fruit & Vegetable Garden
Miramar, Florida
Sustainable Transportation Project
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro Expo Line Phase 2
Los Angeles County, California
Sustainable Green Infrastructure Project
Capital Region Water, Community Greening Plan: A Green Stormwater Infrastructure Plan for Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Leadership in Sustainability
Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Department, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County, California
2017 Winners
Sustainability or Resilience Plan or Project
Millvale EcoDistrict Pivot Plan — evolveEA
Millvale, Pennsylvania
Sustainable Urban Design Plan or Development Project
South Central Waterfront Vision Framework Plan — City of Austin Planning and Zoning Department Urban Design Division
Austin, Texas
Sustainable Transportation Project
Kansas City Downtown Streetcar — HDR
Kansas City, Missouri
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Project
Lindsay Street Park — The Conservation Fund
Atlanta, Georgia
Leadership in Sustainability
Maryland Sustainable Communities Program — Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Division of Neighborhood Revitalization
Baltimore, Maryland
2016 Winners
Sustainable Building Project Award
Buenos Aires City Government, New Government House
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Project Award
Amigos de los Rios, Emerald Necklace Plan Phase 2
Los Angeles, California United States
Sustainable Policy, Law or Plan Award
Measuring the Sustainability Performance of New Development in Brampton, Richmond Hill, and Vaughn
Cities of Brampton, Vaughan, and Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Sustainable Development Project
Denver Regional Transit District, Denver Union Station
Denver Colorado, United States
Green Infrastructure or Transportation Project
City of Tualatin/Cardno, Tualatin River Greenway Shared Use Path
Tualatin, Oregon, United States
Sustainable Urban Design, or Preservation Plan or Project
City of Alexandria/Smith GroupJJR, Eisenhower West
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Leadership in Sustainability
Sustainable Jersey
New Jersey, United States
2015 Winners
Emerging Leaders' Sustainable Plan or Project Award
Urban and Economic Transformation of Residential Areas Case Studies: Queens, New York City and Donja Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia author: Andrea Maria Jandricek, University of Zagreb. Academic Advisers for the thesis included: Prof. Nenad Lipovac and Prof. Ljubomir Miščević from the Faculty of Architecture; Prof. Ljubo Jurčić and Prof. Josip Tica of the Faculty of Economics and Business; and Prof. Emeritus Gary Hack of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania and Prof. Yu-Hung Hong of MIT as independent consultants.
Green Infrastructure Project Award
Pendleton Multi-Way Boulevard and Green Infrastructure Project; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Cascade Design Collaborative
Leadership in Sustainability Award
City of Austin Neighborhood Partnering Program; Austin, Texas. City of Austin
Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Open Space Project Award
Crystal Springs Creek Habitat Restoration Project; Portland Oregon. City of Portland - Bureau of Environmental Services
Sustainable Building Project Award
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock Environmental Center, Annapolis Maryland. Smith Group JJR
Sustainable Development Project Award
Devens Sustainable Housing Pilot Project; Devens, Massachusetts. MassDevelopment Finance Agency
Sustainable Law, Policy or Plan Award
Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan; Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis and Shelby County
Sustainable Urban Design or Preservation Plan or Project Award
Scotts Run South Master Plan; Tysons Corner, Virginia. Steve Hahn, Smith Group JJR
2014 Winners
Sustainable Development Project
City of Lakewood, Colorado, for the Sustainable Neighborhoods Program + Network
Sustainable Building Project
Lemle & Wolff, Inc. in partnership with Design AIDD Architecture, Di Bari Engineering + The Daylight Savings Company for 812 E. 231ST Street, Bronx, NY
Sustainable Parks, Recreation + Open Space Project
21st Century Parks in partnership with Metro Parks, Future Fund Land Trust + Wallace, Roberts and Todd for The Parklands of Floyds Fork, Louisville Kentucky
Green Infrastructure Project
Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority in partnership with the City of Camden, Camden Redevelopment Agency, Heart of Camden + Center for Environmental Transformation for the Waterfront South Rain Gardens, Camden, New Jersey
Sustainable Plan Award
City of Austin, Texas, in partnership with Wallace, Roberts and Todd for Imagine Austin
Emerging Leaders' Sustainable Plan Award
University of Michigan — Yohan Chang, Ashlee Grace, Diego Horna Munoz, Katie Knapp, Megan McPhilimiy, Christian Rodman, Katy Ryan and Katie Wholey; students under the advisement of Larissa Larsen and Eric Dueweke for the Revising Toledo's Stormwater Credits Program.