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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AT BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS
• Two Boards 30”x40” presentation boards including, at minimum, the following information:
o Site plan providing context (scale at the discretion of the entrant)
o Building Section
o Floor plan
o Illustration of key elements of sustainable infrastructure and building systems
o Wall section OR detail illustrating special environmental features
o Do not include names or the name of your team on the board

• All entries must remain anonymous at all levels. You will receive a registration number after registering.

• Each entry must also provide a digital file of the image as a JPEG or TIFF format at 300dpi, 11X17

• Failure to follow the submission requirements could result in disqualification. This will be left up the judges’ discretion.

• A one-page written design analysis in PDF form to provide the judges with further insight into the submissions.

• All entries need to be submitted in English.


Deadline for submissions is June 6, 2008. No submissions will be accepted after this date and time.

Other important notes:
• LEED™ is a design guideline only. It is understood that this will not portray an accurate LEED™ score.

• No LEED credit interpretation rulings will be provided.

• Designs do not need to be engineered for construction. You should be mindful of conventional design practices, although no other codes other than ADA need to be explicitly met (i.e. local building code, IBC or UBC, fire code, etc.).

FINALISTS
Finalists at the local level will be given additional time to develop and detail their designs. Finalists will be permitted two 30”x40” presentation boards for final presentation at Greenbuild in Boston. The finalists may be given specific LEED credits to consider, including material samples and details.

An electronic copy of the two boards for entry will be due to the National EGB Competition Committee October 1, 2008. These electronic copies should be PDF files formatted to fit on an 11x17 sheet. Entrants are responsible for ensuring both boards are physically present at the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Boston, MA, for display and final judging. This will be coordinated with the National EGB Committee toward the end of September. Finalists are strongly encouraged to attend Greenbuild but are not required to. All projects in the final round of judging will also be posted to the Emerging Green Builders Website.

As earlier stated, final presentations can be further developed and modified from the original project submission, although not redesigned. There must be a clear relation to the original submission. The Competition Committees at both levels reserve the right to disqualify any entry perceived to be redesigned.



DISCLAIMER
The National EGB Committee reserves the right to refuse any entry. The USGBC is not liable for lost or misdirected, late or substantially incomplete entries, as well as any entries containing text/images that identify the designer to jurors. The decisions and opinions of the jurors represent their professional viewpoints, not the opinion of USGBC. All prizes will be awarded at the discretion of USGBC and all decisions are final.

All drawings, photographs, photocopies and other physical materials submitted to the competition become the property of the USGBC and will not be returned. It should be emphasized that this competition is purely conceptual, and the selection of finalists or prize-winners in no way indicates intent of the property owners to implement the proposed schemes. Upon registering for this competition, all competitors agree to waive any and all claims against the USGBC as a result of the competition. Also, by registering, the entrants transfer unlimited use for publication, exhibition and electronic posting of all entries to the USGBC. All images must either be created by the team or sufficiently cited. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. Fill out and return the Image Use Form found on the national EGB website prior to submitting for your local competition.

This competition, headed by the USGBC Emerging Green Builders Committee, has no intention to award or grant any building contracts for the designs submitted in this competition.