Green Buildings

Sept 04, 2007 (LBO) – Cement manufacturer Holcim™s Sri Lanka unit Monday announced that it had begun receiving entries for the company's second sustainable construction awards competition in which the top prize is 100,000 US dollars. Entries in the competition, designed to promote environmentally friendly construction, can be submitted until February 2008, Edward Schwarz, general manager of the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.

"The awards are meant to encourage green architecture," he told a news conference. "Projects can be of any size."

The main Holcim Awards competition is open to participants of every age for projects at an advanced stage of design with a high probability of execution.

To be eligible for entry, the project must not have commenced execution prior to June 1, 2007, Schwarz said.

The awards are open to anyone involved with projects in the area of sustainable construction architects, planners, engineers or project owners

The competition is comprised of five regional awards, based on the regions of Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa Middle East, and Asia Pacific, and the global Holcim Awards.

The total prize money of the regional and global award