Excellence in Sustainability Awards
7th Annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability
The American Planning Association's Sustainable Communities Division (SCD) is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Awards for Excellence in Sustainability. The awards honor projects, plans, policies, individuals, and organizations whose work is dedicated to supporting sustainable communities.
2020 Winners
The winners represent extraordinary achievements in eight Sustainable Planning categories. The categories and winners are:
Community Plan
EcoInnovation District Plan
City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Municipal, State, or Regional Plan
Sustainable DC 2.0
Department of Energy & Environment and the DC Office of Planning
Washington, District of Columbia
Policy, Law, or Tool
Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines
Utile
Boston, Massachusetts
Energy Plan or Project
GeoMicroDistrict Feasibility Study
BuroHappold Engineering & HEET
Massachusetts
Green Infrastructure Plan or Project
Heartwood Greenway System
Meyer Studio Land Architects
Omaha, Nebraska
Park, Recreation, or Open Space Plan or Project
Our Parks, Our Future: Austin Parks & Recreation Long Range Plan
Parks and Recreation Department
Austin, Texas
Urban Design Plan or Development Project
Hazelwood Green Preliminary Land Development Plan
ReMake Group
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Leadership in Sustainability
City of West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California
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Previous Winners
2019 Winners
Community Sustainability or Resilience Plan
2018 Cleveland Climate Action Plan: Building Thriving and Resilient Neighborhoods for All
City of Cleveland, Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Cleveland, Ohio
Sustainable Urban Design Plan or Development Project
Breathe Easy: Millvale Air Quality Planning
evolve environment::architecture
Millvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Plan or Project
Los Angeles County Master Plan for Sustainable Parks and Recreation: Phase I
Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
Los Angeles, California
Sustainable Green Infrastructure Plan or Project
Envision Shooks Run
City of Colorado Springs and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sustainable Policy, Law, or Tool
Building a Better Norfolk: A Zoning Ordinance for the 21st Century
City of Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Leadership in Sustainability
Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Program
Center for Communities by Design
American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC
2018 Winners
Community Sustainability or Resilience Plan
PLAN Hermosa — The City of Hermosa Beach's Integrated General Plan and Local Coastal Program
City of Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach, California
State or Regional Sustainability or Resilience Plan
Thurston Climate Adaptation Plan: Climate Resilience Actions for Thurston County and South Puget Sound
Thurston Regional Planning Council
Olympia, Washington
Sustainable Policy, Law, or Tool
Better Roofs Ordinance
San Francisco Planning Department & San Francisco Department of the Environment
San Francisco, California
Sustainable Urban Design Plan or Development Project
Meriden 2020: A Comprehensive Plan for Downtown Meriden
City of Meriden
Meriden, Connecticut
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Project
Miramar Fruit & Vegetable Garden
City of Miramar
Miramar, Florida
Sustainable Transportation Project
Metro Expo Line Phase 2
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County, California
Sustainable Green Infrastructure Project
Community Greening Plan: A Green Stormwater Infrastructure Plan for Harrisburg
Capital Region Water
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
New Government House
Buenos Aires City Government
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sustainable Park, Recreation, or Open Space Project Award
Emerald Necklace Plan Phase 2
Amigos de los Rios
Los Angeles, California
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 Union Station
Denver Regional Transit District
Denver Colorado
Green Infrastructure or Transportation Project
Tualatin River Greenway Shared Use Path
City of Tualatin/Cardno
Tualatin, Oregon
Sustainable Urban Design, or Preservation Plan or Project
Eisenhower West
City of Alexandria/Smith Group JJR
Alexandria, Virginia
Leadership in Sustainability
Sustainable Jersey
New Jersey
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
Cascade Design Collaborative
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Leadership in Sustainability Award
City of Austin Neighborhood Partnering Program
City of Austin
Austin, Texas
Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Open Space Project Award
Crystal Springs Creek Habitat Restoration Project
City of Portland - Bureau of Environmental Services
Portland Oregon
Sustainable Building Project Award
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock Environmental Center
Smith Group JJR
Annapolis Maryland
Sustainable Development Project Award
Devens Sustainable Housing Pilot Project
MassDevelopment Finance Agency
Devens, Massachusetts
Sustainable Law, Policy or Plan Award
Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan
Memphis and Shelby County
Memphis, Tennessee
Sustainable Urban Design or Preservation Plan or Project Award
Scotts Run South Master Plan
Steve Hahn, Smith Group JJR
Tysons Corner, Virginia
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.