Architecture At Zero. (Courtesy of AIASF and PG&E)

Brief description: ARCHITECTURE AT ZERO is an international open ideas competition with a focus on the specific challenges of creating urban zero net energy (ZNE) buildings. The competition seeks creative and feasible approaches to urban ZNE building to broaden the conversation around how a site zero net energy project will be approached now and in the future. Further, it seeks to raise the profile of ZNE building among built-environment professionals, students, and the general public in California and beyond.
Open to architects, designers, urban planners, landscape architects, engineers, and interns and students of these disciplines.
Entry Fee: $185/ $85 for students
Jury: Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis Magazine
Bob Berkebile, FAIA, BNIM
Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, Brooks + Scarpa Architecture
Allison Williams, FAIA, Perkins + Will
Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Awards: Up to $25,000 in total prize money will be awarded.  There will be at least two awards given, one for a student entry and one for a professional entry.  Final decisions and prize money distribution will be made solely by the jury.

For more information: AIA SF