Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2014

The application will be judged by a panel of expert judges and a shortlist selected by the end of August. The shortlisted applicants will then be visited by the panel of judges on Tuesday 9th September in order to select three finalists.

The winners of the Sustainable Development of the Year Awards will be decided by the panel of expert judges.

The development will be judged on the following criteria:

• Efficient Use and Conservation of Resources – including energy, CO2, water, timber, other materials
• Voluntary Adoption of Recognised Advanced Standards – such as BREEAM, Passivhaus and Code for Sustainable Homes, Considerate Constructors and Forestry Certification Scheme
• Biodiversity – natural landscape and species conservation and enhancement measures
• Contribution to a sustainable local community and community well-being – including both physical building measures and the quality and diversity of services enabled by the building
• Overall sustainability – a discretionary evaluation based upon overall social, economic and environmental achievements in the round, or exceptional or innovative effort, especially on limited budgets.