NATIONAL REPORT—USGBC, The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and The Hospitality Industry Network (NEWH) are sponsoring the Sustainable Suite Design Competition to help drive green design practices within the hotel industry. This competition provides a platform for student and professional teams from around the world to present their approach to green hotel room interior design.
The winning design will be built as a model guestroom to be presented as an educational display for the design industry, hotel owners and brands, and corporate travel executives. Additionally the winning team and design will be profiled in Hospitality Design, ASID ICON, and the NEWH Magazine. Entries are due by August 31, 2009, and judging will be completed by October 1, 2009. The winning design team must commit to producing construction documents within six weeks of award notification for model room fabrication. The Sustainable Suite will be unveiled at HDExpo in Las Vegas in May 2010.
The judges for the competition include Carlie Bullock-Jones, ASID, LEED AP, sustainable design consultant with Ecoworks Studio in Atlanta, Helen Jorgensen, senior director of purchasing for Host Hotels & Resorts, David Mahood, v.p. sustainability for NEWH and principal of Olive Designs, Eileen Slora, executive director, interior design for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Linda Sorrento, senior director of education for the U.S. Green Building Council, and Annette K. Stelmack, founder and principal of Inspirit-llc.
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