TEMPLATE INSTRUCTIONS

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TEMPLATE INSTRUCTIONS

• Template Use
• For Advocacy and sustainable company use template
  pages 2 6.
• For Sustainability Award, Native Plant Design
  Award, Water Conservation/LID Award and Edible
  Landscape Awards use pages 7 - 15.
• Use PowerPoint command Reduce File Size via the
  File menu. Choose Best for viewing on screen
  (150 dpi).
• File must be saved as Powerpoint 97-2004
  Presentation (.ppt)
• Upload Requirements
• Project images must be submitted in a single
  Microsoft PowerPoint or PDF file not to exceed 30
  MB and 30 pages.
• It is your responsibility to make sure the
  designers name and/or firm name is not revealed
  on any of the images, plans, or narratives.
• All submittals should include site plan.
  Conceptual diagrams, elevations, sections,
  details are optional. Indicate the scale used on
  any drawings or plans.
• Composite image pages are acceptable.
• Text/notes on images/drawings are allowed.
• File less than 10MB can be emailed to
  chris.dacus_at_gmail.com
• Files larger than 10 MB require a
  www.yousendit.com free account. Use Yousendit.com
  and send your Powerpoint File to
  chris.dacus_at_gmail.com. Every file received will
  trigger an email confirmation. Resend if you do
  not receive a confirmation within 4 hours.
• Payment should be made online at
  www.hawaiiscape.com/awards
• LICH Award Contact
• Chris Dacus Phone [phone] Email
  Chris.Dacus_at_gmail.com

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Name of PERSON/COMPANYAward category____________
________________
Entry for Native Plant Advocacy, Invasive Species
Advocacy Award and Sustainable Company Award

• List one of the following Award Categories
• Native Plant Advocacy Award
• Plant Pono Invasive Species Advocacy Award
• Sustainable Company Award

Nominator Name Contact Info. with phone
email Peggy Smith 123 Lokelani Avenue Honolulu,
HI 96815 Daytime Phone [phone] Email
Joe.Smith
Nominee Name Contact Info. with phone
email Joe Smith 123 Lokelani Avenue Honolulu, HI
96815 Daytime Phone [phone] Email
Joe.Smith
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Award Submittal
Name of PERSON/COMPANYAward category____________
________________
Headshot(person) Logo (organization)
Action photo(s)
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Award Submittal

• Name of Company/Nonprofit Organization/Institution
  ____________________________________________
• Sustainable Company Award
• Sustainable companies or organizations strive to
  protect and conserve resources, reduce waste, and
  prevent pollution, and that promote an ethic of
  environmental sustainability, community service,
  stewardship, alternative energy and improvement
  within their workplace.
• Describe activities that conserve our resources
  at your company including but not limited to
• Promote an ethic of environmental sustainability
  and improvement within their workplace.
• Mission statement prioritizing sustainable
  operations. Sustainability goals with ongoing
  measurement systems.
• Volunteer for community environmental activities.
• Integration and adoption of renewable energy
• Implement a construction waste management and
  recycling plan.
• Reduce diesel emissions from construction
  equipment through using cleaner alternatives to
  traditional diesel fuel.
• Use Environmentally Preferable Materials. Use
  sustainably harvested/certified woods. Utilize
  recycled materials (recovered content plastic,
  aluminum, concrete, glass, steel, rubber, etc.)
  Use low-emission, non-toxic and/or bio-based
  products. Examples include water-based coatings,
  arsenic-free pressure-treated wood, and naturally
  rot-resistant hardwoods. Use products that are
  locally manufactured or extracted. Use products
  that offer lifecycle benefits over conventional
  products. Minimize levels of volatile organic
  compounds (VOCs) and overall toxicity.
• Utilize integrated pest management techniques to
  minimize the use of synthetic chemicals for
  control of disease, invasives and pests.

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Award Submittal

• Name of Person___________________________________
  __
• Plant Pono
• Invasive Species Advocacy Award
• Individuals that talks the talk and walks the
  walk of leading by example in the advocacy of
  reducing existing invasive pests, promotes the
  use of noninvasive alternatives, submits plants
  to the Weed Risk Assessment and strive to
  actively volunteers in invasive species removal.
• Describe the persons contribution of time,
  talent, vision, or finances including but not
  limited to
• Removal of plants on the LICH Invasive Plant list
  and WRA assessment
• Promotion of non-invasive alternatives
• Screening plants by WRA
• Submittals of new plants to the WRA
• LICH Invasive Plant Initiative participation
• Outreach beyond the call

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Award Submittal

• Name of Person___________________________________
  _____
• Native Plant Advocacy
• Research Award
• Individuals that talks the talk and walks the
  walk of leading by example in the advocacy of
  promoting native plants, role model for the
  industry, conducts important research and
  conducts outreach beyond the call.
• Describe the persons contribution of time,
  talent, vision, or finances including but not
  limited to
• Promotion of native species
• A leader/role model for the industry
• Produce industry standards, guidelines, best
  management practices and native plant
  horticulture books resources
• Volunteers and/or leads habitat restoration
• Native plant research
• Outreach beyond the call

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Name OF PROJECTcategory/Subcategory_____________
_______________
Entry for Sustainability Award, Native Plant
Design Award, Water Conservation/LID Award and
Edible Landscape Award.

• List one of the following Award Categories
• Sustainability Award (subcategories for
  Sustainability Award only)
• Residential Category
• Government/Institutions Category
• Commercial Category
• Native Plant Design Award
• Water Conservation/LID Award
• Edible Landscape Award
• (If entering multiple categories then submit one
  Powerpoint per entry)

Firm or Individual(s) Name Contact Info with
phone email (Only slide with firm or
individuals name)
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Award Submittal
Award Category/Subcategory_______________________
____ Project Name, Location______________________
___________ TABLE OF CONTENTS (if
necessary) At the discretion of the entrant, one
page total of text may be submitted to describe
the slides included in the presentation. This is
up to the entrant to decide whether to include
text on the presentation along with images or to
include the description on the presentation
itself. If slide descriptions are included, they
should be printed and included with the project
narrative described below. In this text, do not
mention the firm or individuals name submitting
the project.
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Award Submittal

• Award Category/Subcategory_______________________
  ____
• Project Name, Location____________________________
  _____
• Project Description
• Provide a project narrative for the submittal.
  The narrative will be used to present your
  project to the jury and at the awards ceremony,
  in the event that it wins an award. The Project
  Narrative is limited to one (1) Single-Sided
  Page, Minimum Font Size 12pt. The description
  should cover the following
• PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION
• PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT Describe the projects
  requirements, scope, planning or design
  philosophy and design intent.
• ROLE OF THE ENTRANT Describe the entrants role
  of leadership and involvement, roles of the
  client, public, consultants, and/or
  subcontractors.
• SIGNIFICANCE Explain the relationship of the
  project to its context or surroundings,
  particularly in regard to the entrants
  stewardship responsibilities.
• SPECIAL FACTORS Explain why the project is
  unique or special, plus any unusual problems, new
  techniques, or budgetary constraints you
  encountered. Briefly describe the projects
  effect on the publics perception of the
  profession.
• PLANT LIST Include a simple list of plants
  (Latin names are not required) featured in the
  project.

Landscaped Area (sf) ___________________ Date
of Completion ________________ Project
Address _________________________________________
___ Category ______________________ Subcategory
______________________
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• List the sustainability performance measures and
  how they are employed from the following three
  pages and delete the measures not utilized by
  your project. In addition, list measures
  illustrated on the various project pages.
• Ecological
• Encourage ecological connectivity and habitat
  function.
• Maintain and enhance biodiversity and ecological
  goods and services.
• Planting-based carbon sequestration and air
  quality improvements
• Stormwater (Water Conservation/LID award list
  measures employed)
• Design and construct landscapes that are capable
  of high rates of stormwater absorption,
  infiltration, and treatment.\
• _______________Percent () precipitation managed
  on site
• _______________Percent () waste water reused on
  site
• _______________Percent () regulated potable
  water reduction from baseline
• Reduce water consumption and protect water
  quality by designing a water-efficient landscape.
• Use pervious pavements and reduce impervious
  surfaces, where appropriate, to increase on-site
  infiltration, reduce stormwater runoff and water
  pollution, and reduce urban heat island effect.
• Minimizing stormwater impacts to the extent
  practicable by employing low impact development
  strategies that reduce, control and treat
  stormwater runoff as close to the source as
  possible.
• Techniques include reducing imperviousness,
  conserving natural resources and ecosystems,
  maintaining natural drainage courses, reducing
  use of pipes, and minimizing clearing and
  grading.
• Providing runoff storage measures dispersed
  uniformly throughout a site's landscape with the
  use of detention, retention, and runoff
  practices.
• Implement construction plans for pollution
  prevention, chemical source control,
  sedimentation and erosion control, and interim
  stormwater management.
• Use of green infrastructure techniques enabling
  infiltration, evapotranspiration, bioremediation,
  and permaculture.
• Use surface and underground infiltration
  structures including trenches,
  vaults/galleries, injection wells, dry wells,
  leaching fields, rain barrels, etc. on site to
  reduce stormwater runoff volumes and peak flows,
  improve water quality, and promote groundwater
  recharge.
• Design bioretention shallow swales and basins
  with diverse landscaping in an engineered soil
  medium to reduce, detain, and treat stormwater
  runoff.

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• Soils
• Use structural soils an engineered mix of
  load-bearing rock and organic soil in
  trafficked planted areas or under pavements where
  planting will occur.
• Use of existing on-site soil for planting rather
  than importing topsoil and exporting waste soil.
• Prevent erosion, soil/bank stabilization
• Vegetation
• Projects that incorporate a minimum 30 of the
  total project area with native species.
• Native species designs that result in increased
  ecological productivity including nutrient cycle,
  native habitat for insects, aquatic fauna,
  hydrological cycle, water quality, air quality,
  reduced use of irrigation water.
• Projects incorporating regional native plants
  and/or collected nearby and propagated
  specifically for the project.
• Native plantings incorporating diverse genetics
  of locally collected plants. (i.e., no
  monocultures)
• Restablishing native plants in their original
  range of distribution.
• Native plantings designed as native seedbanks.
• Increase density of tree canopy using multiple
  species of native or non-invasive naturalized
  trees.
• Plant trees to maximize shading of pavement and
  buildings to reduce cooling and energy costs.
• Reduced use of turfgrass
• Select low-maintenance native plants that are
  tolerant of urban conditions, require less
  fertilizer, pest and disease control measures,
  and require less supplemental water.
• Develop a plan for protecting existing plant
  material to preserve habitat, minimize site
  disturbance, and reduce capital costs for
  reinstallation of new plants.
• Develop, implement, and enforce a site
  construction protection plan to protect existing
  and future planted areas from soil compaction and
  disturbance, chemical pollution, damage from
  construction equipment, and invasive species.
• Determine opportunities for transplanting
  existing planting material. Eliminate invasive
  species to minimize long-term maintenance costs
  and protect preferred planting material.

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• Cultural
• The host culture playing an active role in
  sustainable development planning and an integral
  part of the development.
• Incorporation of indigenous knowledge systems and
  environmental management practices.
• Sustainability of cultural diversity, practices
  and methods.
• Promoting cultural tourism.
• Enhance the intrinsic values of culture and the
  ecological connections
• Wise use of resources (all award categories
  should include these measures)
• Integration and adoption of renewable energy
  and/or biomass production.
• Implement a construction waste management and
  recycling plan.
• Reduce diesel emissions from construction
  equipment through using cleaner alternatives to
  traditional diesel fuel.
• Use Environmentally Preferable Materials. Use
  sustainably harvested / certified woods. Utilize
  recycled materials (recovered content plastic,
  aluminum, concrete, glass, steel, rubber, etc.)
  Use low-emission, non-toxic and/or bio-based
  products. Examples include water-based coatings,
  arsenic-free pressure-treated wood, and naturally
  rot-resistant hardwoods. Use products that are
  locally manufactured or extracted. Use products
  that offer lifecycle benefits over conventional
  products. Minimize levels of volatile organic
  compounds (VOCs) and overall toxicity.
• Utilize integrated pest management techniques to
  minimize the use of synthetic chemicals for
  control of disease, invasives and pests.
• Food Security (Edible Landscaping award should
  address these measures)
• Incorporate urban agricultural concepts and
  edible landscapes - vegetable gardens, fruit
  trees, productive landscapes, green roofs, green
  walls, aquaponic systems, native edible
  landscapes, composting, etc.
• Owners post project continuation of edible
  landscaping
• Organic or minimal chemicals (fertilizers,
  herbicides, insecticides)
• Seasonality of edible landscapes seasonal or
  annual
• Annual food yield

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Award Category/Subcategory_______________________
____ Project Name, Location______________________
___________ Site Plan
NEW ANNEX
EXISTING FACULTY BUILDING
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Pervious Surfaces

• Used surface and underground infiltration
  structures including trenches, vaults/galleries,
  injection wells, dry wells, leaching fields, rain
  barrels, etc. on site to reduce stormwater runoff
  volumes and peak flows, improve water quality,
  and promote groundwater recharge.
• Designed bioretention shallow swales and basins
  with diverse native plant landscaping in an
  engineered soil medium to reduce, detain, and
  treat stormwater runoff.
• Used constructed wetlands for bathrooms.

Majority of slides should be image pages with
sustainability measures described.
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DIY Do It Yourself (This is required for all
project submittals)

• DIY should include instructions for the signature
  sustainability element of the project. Submittal
  should include hand drawn or CAD drawings
  showing cross section with dimensions and
  material information and Step by step process
  (specifications).