The 2010 LookHome Green Design Awards are now open, aiming to recognise and reward the best in sustainable, affordable and innovatively designed homes.
Judged by a panel of industry experts, there are awards in five categories including best new custom-built home, best display or demonstration home, best medium density/townhouse development, best renovation and best shed or studio.
Entrants will need to demonstrate how their project:
- is designed using materials chosen with regard to their embodied energy, and impact on energy efficiency, the health of occupants and the site on which the home is built
- addresses affordability in cost of construction and/or running and maintenance costs
- is innovative in design
- Incorporates lightweight construction
- Meets the brief of the client
The judging panel of independent industry experts includes Robert Caulfield, strategic marketing director for CKDesignworks; Sue Harris, publisher for Architecture Media; Ralph Horne, director of Centre for Design, RMIT and Noel Dyett, managing director of Curnow Dyett.
