Last year, Koop Design’s Dalton Private Reserve was recognised as the most sustainable piece of architecture in the land by the AfriSam-SAIA awards. Entries are now open to find the 2011/2012 winners.
The biennial AfriSam-SAIA Award (South African Institute of Architects) for Sustainable Architecture is aimed at recognising outstanding achievements in sustainable architecture while also creating public awareness and debate on architectural issues.
And with more than 40% of the world’s primary energy consumption and 24% of the world’s CO2 emissions directly linked to buildings, this really is an influential way of recognising those who have done good to the planet.
Entries for the 2011/2012 awards are now open. There are two categories: one for built work that has been beneficially occupied since 15 March 2010 and the other for works of social importance, including research.
The adjudication panel, chaired by SAIA’s President, Fanuel Motsepe, is comprised of academic Daniel Irurah; architects Rodney Choromanski and Eric Noir; businesswoman and National President of South African Women in Construction (SAWIC) Dr Thandi Ndlovu; and AfriSam’s Mike McDonald.
Only paid-up corporate members of SAIA can enter. The closing date for entries is March 16, 2012. Award recipients will be announced at a function to be held in Johannesburg in October 2012. Qualifying projects will form part of an exhibition to be held at the SAIA Biennial Convention, AZA2012 in Cape Town in September next year.
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