Period
1999-2002

Background
At the end of the 90’s, ecological building was not very popular. The euregional building prize was designed to raise public awareness for sustainable ecological building. The prize money was designed to finance further ecological measures.

Target Group
Building owners and architects

Description
The prize was endowed with 10,000 Euro. It was advertised 4 times dealing with the following topics:

1999: energy-saving reconstruction
2000: surface-saving construction
2001: timber construction
2002: sustainable construction of business facilities

Partners
Aachen Foundation (organization)
casa (idea, conception, expert advice)

Status
The euregional environment prize has been thematically opened and thus involves building. The foundation has decided not to advertise an extra award for building. Instead it cooperates with the NABU, German Federation for Nature Conservation in a nationwide construction award.