FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2013

The FuturArc Green Leadership Award (formerly known as the BCI Green Design Award) recognises the team behind a completed project: the developer, consultants and contractors who have collectively pushed the limits and definition of what a Green building is in Asia. The competition seeks to award teams that have demonstrated the best in innovation and environmental stewardship in architecture. The competition was held from September 2012 to 17 December 2012. 

The projects must be located within Asia or Australia, and must have been completed before 31 December 2012. The jury looks for how materials, strategies, systems and technologies are integrated in an imaginative manner, resulting in a climate-responsive, usercentric architecture that is both functional and a delight to the senses. 

There are five competition categories for the entries:
• Residential Architecture – Individual Houses
• Residential Architecture – Multiple Houses
• Commercial Architecture
• Institutional Architecture
• Interior Architecture 

Specially designed FuturArc Green Leadership Award trophies will be given out to the winners at BCI Asia Awards ceremonies held across the region in May and June 2013.

Jury | FuturArc Prize 2013

	Nirmal Kishnani, PhD, is Chief Editor of the FuturArc Journal and resident Jury Chair of FuturArc competitions. He is an advocate, educator and practitioner in the field of Green building design, presently with the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore where he holds the appointment of Senior Lecturer and Programme Director. He has lectured and written widely on the subject of Greening process. Since 2002—when he founded one of the first dedicated Green design consultancy operating in Asia—he has been involved in landmark projects in the region including the Asian Development Bank, Manila, and Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. Dr Kishnani sits on several advisory panels in Southeast Asia; he is active in the development of policy instruments and capacity building in the Green building sector. Dr Kishnani is author of the 2012 FuturArc publication, Greening Asia: Emerging Principles for Sustainable Architecture.
	Deo Prasad, PhD, is Professor and the Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia’s first solar village, scientific validation of computer simulation tools for energy performance prediction of buildings and related Green building assessment tools, advanced performance simulation of buildings using complex modelling software and the Green Olympics projects. He has won an Australian National Research Innovation Award, the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award and the Australian Institute of Architects 2006 National Award for research, design and education in sustainability.
	Kevin Hydes is the CEO of Integral Group, a global building engineering firm with an industry-leading 7 LEED Platinum completed projects focused on deep Green solutions. He served as Chair of the USGBC from 2005–2006, Chair of WGBC from 2007–2008 and is a founder and director of CanadaGBC. Hailing from Leeds in the UK, Kevin has focused on Green design for the past 15 years. His vision led to the first LEED Gold-certified project in Canada, the first LEED-EB Gold-certified project in North America, and the successful completion of dozens of projects worldwide. He is an Honorary Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, and an adjunct professor at McGill University School of Architecture. He is an advisor to both the Clinton Carbon Positive Communities programme and One Planet Living. He is a member of the Singapore government’s international panel of advisors.
	Kazuo Iwamura, M.E. is a Professor in the Faculty of Urban Life studies at the Tokyo City University in Tokyo, Japan and CEO of IWAMURA Atelier, Inc. He is also vice president of UIA, representing Region IV (Asia & Oceania), Director of the UIA Work Programme Architecture for a Sustainable Future Region IV, Chair of ARCASIA’s Committee for Green & Sustainable Architecture, and a member of the board of the WGBC.Kazuo Iwamura, M.E. is a Professor in the Faculty of Urban Life studies at the Tokyo City University in Tokyo, Japan and CEO of IWAMURA Atelier, Inc. He is also vice president of UIA, representing Region IV (Asia & Oceania), Director of the UIA Work Programme Architecture for a Sustainable Future Region IV, Chair of ARCASIA’s Committee for Green & Sustainable Architecture, and a member of the board of the WGBC.