Financial Times

Holcim's $2m prize money for sustainable projects
The recently established Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been created to promote sustainable construction worldwide with prize money for the five regional competitions and the global awards totaling $2 million.

Sustainable construction projects can be submitted for the awards via the Internet until March 31, 2005, according to a statement from the company. The Holcim Foundation was established in Switzerland in December 2003 aimed at promoting sustainable construction worldwide. "An important instrument for this is the Holcim Awards, a competition in which anyone who pursues projects in the area of the sustainable construction can participate - architects, planners, engineers, or project owners," the statement said.

Three regional awards and additional recognition and encouragement prizes will be awarded in each of five geographic regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa Middle East, and Asia Pacific. The regional award winners will automatically qualify for the global competition to be held in 2006. At the awards ceremony, an independent jury will announce the three worldwide best projects, exemplary works that are genuine milestones in the advancement of sustainable construction.

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