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Design & Build with FSC Application 2011

FSC US and FSC Canada invite you to submit candidate projects for the 7th Annual Design & Build with FSC Awards. These distinguished Awards honor designers and builders who are committed to using FSC-certified wood and creating a marketplace that promotes environmentally, socially and economically beneficial forest management.

Awards are open to homeowners, architects, interior designers, general contractors, builders, consultants and other professionals committed to using FSC-certified wood.

Eligible projects:

  • Commercial, institutional, mixed-use, or residential
  • At least 50% of new wood used (by cost) is FSC-certified
  • Must be located in the United States or Canada
  • Must have been completed during or after 2009

Selection criteria include:

  • The amount of FSC-certified wood used (by cost) in the project
  • The appropriateness of wood use, creative expression and innovation
  • Efforts to advance FSC market transformation (e.g., new FSC certificates issued, project replicability and affordability, relationships formed along the supply chain)

These are the only building awards FSC US and FSC Canada give each year—recognizing excellence in the use of FSC materials in both residential and commercial/industrial design and construction. A testament to the magnitude of the Award, are the winners of last year’s Awards. Each showed an extraordinary commitment to FSC. The 2010 Commercial Award went to the FondAction Building in Quebec City, Quebec, a 6-story all wood superstructure which is the tallest building of its kind in North America. The 2010 Residential Award went to The Vermont Street Project, a single family timber-framed home in Portland, Ore. Both projects exceeded 98 percent FSC-certified or reclaimed wood use.

View all the Design & Build with FSC Awards 2010 Winners.

Winning projects, chosen by an independent committee of recognized professionals and last year’s winners, will be announced during a Stakeholder Reception with FSC on October 5, 2011, in Toronto, in conjunction with Greenbuild 2011. The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2011. The Award application can be downloaded here.

Questions:
Andrea Carlson,
Membership & Project Manager, FSC-US
Email: acarlson@fscus.org
Phone: (218) 208-9693