Call for Nominations is now open for the 2026 Austin Green Awards. 

Nominations for buildings, landscapes, and infrastructure in the five-county Central Texas region will be accepted through September 23, 2026
at 11:59 pm CDT. Use the link at the top of the page or below to access the Submittal Platform.

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2026 Key Dates
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CALL FOR ENTRIES

JULY
​15th
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SUBMISSIONS DUE

SEPT.
​23rd
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AWARDS NIGHT

NOV.
​11th

2026 Judges.
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Anthony Kane, ENV SP
Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
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Sarah Talkington 
Consulting Engineer
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Varun Kohli, FAIA LEED AP 
Corgan
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Jim Walker, AICP 
The University of Texas at Austin

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About.
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To recognize and promote sustainability and design innovation in Austin.

The Austin Green Awards is Austin's first recognition program to specifically highlight the outstanding accomplishments in the broad arena of sustainable design and innovation. The Austin Green Awards focuses on buildings and sites, including landscapes and green infrastructure.

Projects must be located within the Five County Austin Metropolitan Area (Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties). Residential and non-residential projects of any type that have completed construction are accepted for submission.
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​Framework.
Measures of
​Sustainability.

​Site Ecosystem Services
Water
Energy
Materials
Health & Wellness
Operational Strategy
Economic Performance
Equity & Engagement
Community & Place
Resilience

​United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
https://sdgs.un.org/goals
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AIA Framework for Design Excellence
https://www.aia.org/resources/6077668-framework-for-design-excellence
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congratulations to the awardees and thank you to all the teams that have submitted to tHE awards!
The Austin Green Awards is conceived and convened as an independent initiative of Travis Albrecht, AIA of Gensler; Dirk Kestner, P.E. of Walter P Moore; Bungane Mehlomakulu, P.E. of ICON Technologies; Lisa Storer LEED AP BD+C, and Gail Vittori and Pliny Fisk of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems; with support from Kyle Dunning, P.E. and Kristine Walker, LEED AP. The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems serves as fiscal sponsor.