Description: Housing isn’t just about façades; it also fosters a sense of comfort, security, and livability. While the Northeast is a leader in zero carbon standards and codes, opportunities remain for residential design to illustrate progress toward a zero carbon, equitable, and resilient built housing environment.

Eligibility: Single-family (one- to four-unit dwellings) detached residential construction projects are eligible for this award.

Projects by design professionals with practices based in New England and New York’s Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the Boroughs of New York City may be located anywhere.

Projects by others must be located in New England or New York’s Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the Boroughs of New York City.

Project submissions criteria include a robust approach to sustainability and equity, as well as addressing environmental, social, and economic factors. Projects that contain attributes which successfully reduced the carbon footprint of the architecture, construction, or usage, should make every attempt to highlight those aspects within their entry submission.

Submission fees: All submission fees are non-refundable

Massachusetts AIA firm members pay $150 for their first submission
- $100 for subsequent submissions per category

Members of the following chapters receive special pricing: AIA Massachusetts, AIA New York, AIA Brooklyn, AIA Bronx, AIA Queens, AIA Staten Island, AIA Long Island, AIA Peconic, and AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley