Purpose of the Awards

The purpose of both the ZEROprize and the Re-Skinning Awards is to stimulate market-disrupting improvements in the design and development of retrofitting and re-skinning technologies. Upgrading our existing inventory of high carbon footprint and water wasting buildings will reinvent our cities by making them more livable.

Award Categories

  • large commercial
  • medium commercial/low rise
  • large/medium residential
  • small residential (less than 4 units)
  • future of re-skinning

Award Criteria

The competition will be judged on the following criteria:

  1. Quality of re-skinning
  2. Energy efficiency
  3. Design aesthetics
  4. Return on investment
  5. Scalability
  6. Use of information technologies—Is the building smart?
  7. Social benefits accruing from the retrofit