The Green Construction Award

This award recognises the organisation working in Ireland’s construction industry that can best demonstrate a commitment to sustainability. This can be through a reduced carbon footprint, a change process within the organisation, a new partnership that demonstrates tangible evidence of environmental benefit or the use of energy saving products and methods. This can be on a single project, across a series of projects, or through a change process within an organisation. Entry is by a 5-page A4 PDF submission; the judges will be looking for a clear plan and evidence that it is delivering on core objectives, paying particular attention to the criteria listed below.

• Green Initiatives and Activities: Describe the sustainability efforts in place within your organisation. Do you have any accreditation, benchmarking, or external validation?
• Commitment: What commitment has been made to staff training and communication of the green initiative(s)? What is the level of senior management buy-in? Does it form a central part of the culture?
• Sustainable Materials: Describe the efforts your organisation has made to source local, Irish and sustainable products and services.
• Energy: Describe the steps your organisation has taken to improve energy efficiency, increase use of renewables and/or reduce emissions (direct and indirect).
• Waste: Describe the steps taken to reduce waste (including water) within your organisation.
• Outcomes & Results: What have been the practical benefits of the green initiative(s)? Include all achievements made to date. Show measurable outcomes, with comparisons to previous years where possible.