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Imagine H20
http://www.imagineh2o.org/competitions/infrastructure-challenge.php
A path-to-market program to support emerging and growth-stage water businesses
ASHRAE
http://www.ashrae.org/membership–conferences/student-zone/design-competition
Scalable solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure.
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.solardecathlon.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
http://www.ciwem.org/competition-and-awards/awards-home.aspx
Each year, CIWEM’s diverse range of awards honour projects and people making outstanding contributions to environmental management, whilst the Young Members’ Award gives us a glimpse into the future of the profession. Winning a CIWEM award is one of the most effective ways for professionals and organisations to stand out from the crowd and make an impression on the environmental industry.
NEWH The Hospitality Industry Network
http://newh.org/education/sustainable-design-competition/
The NEWH Sustainable Design Competition provides students with the opportunity to showcase their design skills while utilizing the very best in sustainable design products and practices. Our sponsors have generously donated the awards – one to the winning undergraduate student and one to the winning graduate student or to the school of the undergraduate.
Studentcompetitions.com
http://studentcompetitions.com/
Hundreds of international student competitions.
The Buckminster Fuller Institute Challenge
http://bfi.org/challenge
The Fuller Challenge attracts bold, visionary, tangible initiatives focused on a well-defined need of critical importance. Winning solutions are regionally specific yet globally applicable and present a truly comprehensive, anticipatory, integrated approach to solving the world’s complex problems.
The Lifecycle Building Challenge
http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/lbc.html
The Lifecycle Building Challenge invites professionals and students to submit their ideas for buildings and products that are created for adaptation, disassembly, or dismantling for recovery.
American Institute of Steel
http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=536
Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction, this program recognizes projects where structural steel has been utilized in an innovative manner.
Wood Design Awards
http://cwc.ca/events/wood-design-building-awards/
The Wood Design Awards is the only North American program to recognize, award and publicize excellence in wood architecture – publicly acknowledging the importance of architecture in our society.
International Interior Design Association
http://www.iida.org/content.cfm/competitions
IIDA presents more than ten competitions annually, each one celebrating a different aspect of Interior Design worldwide.
AWFS Fair
http://awfsfair.org/
Every two years, thousands of serious woodworking professionals gather at AWFS®Fair to keep their businesses productive, competitive and on the cutting edge. They look to their industry’s most innovative and exciting event for products, equipment, tools and ideas that will help them work smarter, faster and better—and they find the answers they need for the challenges they face in four concentrated days at AWFS®Fair.
International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)
http://www.iisd.ca/
Linkages is provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. It is designed to be an electronic clearing-house for information on past and upcoming international meetings related to environment and development policy
Wood Design Conference
http://cwc.ca/events/wood-design-conference/
The Wood Design Luncheon Conferences are held in various locations throughout Canada taking the lecture series into the communities where the design professionals and decision makers live.
AWFS Fair
http://awfsfair.org/
Every two years, thousands of serious woodworking professionals gather at AWFS®Fair to keep their businesses productive, competitive and on the cutting edge. They look to their industry’s most innovative and exciting event for products, equipment, tools and ideas that will help them work smarter, faster and better—and they find the answers they need for the challenges they face in four concentrated days at AWFS®Fair.
Global Green Cities, Meeting of the Minds
http://globalgreencities.com/events/
Leadership summit focused on innovations in the built environment, infrastructure, transport, architecture, planning, finance and other key areas that leaders in metropolitan areas can use to grow sustainable cities.
SOLAR 2014
http://www.solar2014.ases.org/
American Solar Energy Society conference in San Francisco (2014)
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
http://igshpa.okstate.edu/conf/
The Expo will feature a wide variety of geothermal community representatives, including manufacturers, contractors, distributors, drillers and other industry resources. The Expo will also be open to the public each day at no charge.
Bioneers
http://www.bioneers.org/
“Bioneers are social and scientific innovators from all walks of life and disciplines who have peered deep into the heart of living systems to understand how nature operates, and to mimic “”nature’s operating instructions”” to serve human ends without harming the web of life. Nature’s principles—kinship, cooperation, diversity, symbiosis and cycles of continuous creation absent of waste—can also serve as metaphoric guideposts for organizing an equitable, compassionate and democratic society. ”
Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA)
http://eeba.org/conference
The Excellence in Building Conference & Expo offers countless resources, educational seminars, expert presenters and hands-on tours to help builders tap into profit-building possibilities.
American Water Works Association
http://www.awwa.org/conferences-education/conferences.aspx
Various conferences and learning opportunities hosted by the American Water Woks Association.
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