Categories
Aesthetic
Exteriors, Commercial + Public Buildings
This award is given for the effective use of coatings and other decorative treatments to achieve aesthetic effects that enhance the exterior of a commercial building—such as those used for retail, hospitality, lodging or entertainment—or a public building, such as a legislative chamber, a school or a railway station.
Interiors, Commercial + Public Buildings
This award is given for the effective use of coatings and other substrate treatments to enhance the interior of a commercial or public building. Examples include buildings used for retail, hospitality, restaurant, entertainment, transportation and education.
Renovation/Retrofit
This award is given for use of coatings to enhance the appeal of a building renovation or retrofit, in terms of both aesthetics and functional value, such as energy performance. [The project may be a residential, commercial or public structure.]
Technical
Floor Coatings + Treatments
This award is given for outstanding achievement in selection and installation of a floor coating or treatment that excels in aesthetic effects, durability and maintainability. [Applications must make a persuasive case for how a project achieves durability/maintainability.]
Air Barriers + Moisture Management
This award is given for a liquid-applied air barrier system, including related taping and flashing materials, that excelled in design and installation detailing. [Applications must include photos of the project in progress, and reference to specifications/design documents.]
Roof Coatings + Systems
The Roof Coatings award will be given to a successful roof coating project that has achieved demonstrable energy savings and life extension of the roofing substrate on a building. [Projects must be judged on technical merits, with energy use measured during the past three to five years. [Applications can reference energy cost records and include an endorsement/statement from the building owner.]
Judges’ Choice
Drawing from individual category winners, judges will select an overall winner to receive the Judges’ Choice Award, which recognizes an outstanding architecture project that best exemplifies the seamless combination of compelling aesthetics and high performance in use of coatings and other substrate treatments.
