Registration:
The Competitors are required to register for the competition prior to submitting their entries. In order to complete registration, competitors must submit a registration fee. The registration fee is $50 USD for professionals and students prior to December 31st 2009. The registration fee increses to $100 on January 1st 2010 and is open until Feburary 15th 2010. The registration period for this competition is from October 15, 2009 to December 31, 2009, while the submission deadline is March 1, 2010. When you register you will need to indicate which profile you will be designing for.
Registration fees can be paid ONLY on line by credit or debit card. All payments are final; registered Competitors who do not submit an entry will not be refunded.
Payment will occur through FreeGreen.com (processed by PayPal). Upon completion of online registration and payment, Competitors will receive a Confirmation E-mail with directions on how to upload their entry (automatically generated by the payment system). See the Submission details below for additional information.
If you do not have access to the internet and would like to participate or if you have any questions, please contact the Design Competition Committee at whosnext@freegreen.com. The Design Competition Committee will make every reasonable effort, in its sole discretion to accommodate you.
Judging Process:
All Competitors entries will be judged by a combination of public votes (received via the competition public voting site) and a jury made up of FreeGreen staff. Initial public voting will occur on March 2, 2010 to March 17, 2010. Post this period there will be an initial round of judging by the FreeGreen Jury Team. This judging will be done 50% on the number of public votes obtain by an entry and 50% by the FreeGreen Jury. This initial round will limit the entries to a final round of 12 entries. From March 20, 2010 to April 5, 2010 there will be a final round of public voting (votes will be wiped clean). Then on April 6, 2010 to April 7, 2010 the FreeGreen Jury Team will decide on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners again using 50% public votes and 50% FreeGreen Jury Team voting.
ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE CONDITIONED SPACE OF 1,800 SQ FT or LESS
FreeGreen Jury Team Judging Criteria is as follows:
- Livability: Does the design fit the chosen profile
- Adaptability: How the home could work in different regions or solar orientations with only minor alterations to the design
- Affordability: Could the design actually be built in a reasonably affordable manner
- Clarity: Are the ideas clearly represented and explained
- Ingenuity: Unique and innovative ideas for integrating green concepts
Eligibility:
The competition is open to all interested parties throughout the world, regardless of age (although you must be at least 18 years old), discipline, and professional status. Students are welcome and encouraged to enter. Entrants may submit work independently or as a group or through the instructor.
The following are exceptions to eligibility: The firms, professional partners and immediate family members of the Competition jurors.
Submission Deadline:
All submissions must be received via email by 5:00 pm EST Tuesday, March 1, 2010.
Anonymity:
There will be no anonymity in this contest. You will actually be encouraged to associate your name, firm, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and other properties with your entry. Our goal is to introduce you to our audience and to help you get work. This contest is about you.
Ownership:
Any and all materials and ideas submitted as part of a competition entry, including but not limited to drawings, renderings, photographs, photocopies, digital files, ideas and derivative works, shall remain in your property after the competition is over. The only exception to this rule is that you agree to give FreeGreen the right to post your house plan (if you are a winner) to our Open Source environment. You will retain rights to all house plan documents created by FreeGreen Inc. and may use them in any way that you wish.
Deliverables:
Competitors will be required to submit (via the competition web form) 9 images of their design. Competitors will have the ability to write up to 500 characters of text to describe each of their images. Competitors will also be encouraged to list their related contact information, websites, and other properties to represent themselves with their entries. All images must be submitted in a .jpg format and must by 660X440 (pixels) in size.
Entry Submission:
All information and files must be submitted via the contests online form. The web address for this contest's online upload form will given to each competitor in their Registration Confirmation E-mail. You may add files and text as necessary prior to the submission deadline; however, all entries must be submitted (via the online entry form) by the final deadline. Any files submitted after this deadline will be disqualified and deleted without being viewed. Submissions may not be delivered in person, by mail, or by e-mail.
Disputes:
Disputes or questions of interpretation arising out of the Competition Rules and Regulations or Registration will be considered by FreeGreen Inc., who will render a final determination.
The jury, by a majority vote, possesses the sole authority and responsibility to recommend winners at the end of the Competition. Any disputes will be resolved by FreeGreen Inc.
By registering to enter the Competition, entrants affirm that they have read and accepted these Rules and Regulations.