Category 50 | Built-Green® Home of the Year
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Judged on overall exterior and interior architectural appeal, creative use of interior space and functionality of floor plan. Interior design is not part of judging criteria. Special consideration is given to homes that show special products and practices that are environmentally friendly.
Eligibility Requirements:
Homes must have been completed between August 1, 2007, and August 30, 2008. Entrants must be Built Green® Colorado Certified, earning a minimum of 75 points as outlined in the Built Green Program Checklist. All Built Green® Colorado qualified single family detached, attached or custom homes in any price range are welcomed in this category. Submit all exhibit materials in a labeled envelope with entry form stapled to the outside.
Exhibit Materials Required in Envelope:
Six separate packets, stapled, containing the following:
- One copy of the marketing statement
- One copy of floor plan (maximum size 11” x 17”)
- One 8-1/2” x 11” contact sheet printout of all images that appear on CD
- Digital submission (per requirement) showing front exterior and two interiors of your choice that best represent your home
- Three copies of entry form
Entry Questions? Call ...
Jeff Manley
303-804-4783
jmnewhomemarketing@msn.com
Eligible Entries
Products or communities built or marketed by an HBA member from August 1, 2007 to August 30, 2008 are eligible. A Home Builder or his/her Associate (for example, advertising agency, architect, supplier, interior designer, developer, display designer) may enter. Only HBA builders and associate members in good standing are eligible to receive recognition.
Candidates for Sales Person, Sales Team, Sales Rookie, Sales Manager and Marketing Director of the Year must be a member of Sales & Marketing Council (SMC)
All entries submitted must be by or on behalf of a builder/developer/associate who is an assessment-paying member and whose product/community is within the eight-county metro area of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, and Jefferson Counties. All entries must have been completed and in full use at some during the eligibility dates.
HBA MEMBERS MUST BE CURRENT ON THEIR ACCOUNT AT THE TIME BAR ENTRIES ARE SUBMITTED.
Entry Fees
$195* per entry, per category.
$165 per entry, per category when five or more entries are submitted
- Make checks payable to HBA of Metro Denver
- Reference Bar Awards
- All entry fees are non-refundable
*Platinum and gold sponsorships receive up to four complimentary entries. Complimentary entries must be redeemed on August 12, 2008 when entries are due. Complimentary entries are not refundable or transferable.
Entry Deadline & Location
All Entries (including fees and exhibit materials) must be hand-delivered and received at the
HBA 9033 E. Easter Place, Centennial.
Date: Tuesday August 12, 2008
Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
The Process from Entry to Judging
All entries are assigned an identification number and reviewed for accuracy. From there, the exhibit materials and packets are put in judging order. Judges then spend three days, reviewing entries, including exhibits, photography and floor plans. In addition, Judges tour the finalists for Detached Home of the Year, Custom Home of the Year, Town Home of the Year, Condominium of the Year, In-Fill Home of the Year, Neighborhood and Community of the Year. Homes must be available to be toured on September 17 and 18, 2008. Entrants will be contacted a day in advance if they have finalized in the above categories with their two hour time window. Due to extremely limited time and flexibility, any home not available during the two hour touring window will not be toured.
Representatives from BONDI & Co. LLC Certified Public Accountants and Management Consultants, an independent auditing firm, will observe all judging to ensure the adherence to the judging rules and to maintain the integrity of the process.
All entries are assigned an identification number and reviewed for accuracy. From there, the exhibit materials and packets are put in judging order. Out of state judges then spend three days, reviewing entries, including exhibits, photography and floorplans. In addition, Judges tour the finalists for Detached, Townhome and Condominium of the Year, Custom Home of the Year, Neighborhood and Community of the Year. Each of the judges will mark their ballots on a 10-point system, with 10 being the highest. Representatives from BONDI & Co. then directly collect and tabulate all of the judge’s ballots to calculate the finalists the BAR AWARD winners. Only the members of the BONDI auditing team and the producer of the BAR AWARDS show will know the winners prior to the announcement at the 2008 BAR AWARDS ceremony.
The selection of exceptional judges is critical to the Bar Awards. A panel that includes the current Bar Awards Chairperson and Co-Chairperson, and the Bar Awards Judging Committee selects our highly qualified judges. All judges submit a bio of qualifications that the panel reviews. All product, advertising, marketing, and interior design categories are judged by out-of-state judges who are builders, developers, architects, interior designers and marketing professionals. Judges are selected to produce the most well-rounded and geographically diverse judging group possible. A strict requirement is that no judge may have performed work of any kind in the Denver marketplace within the last 5 years..
For Rookie of the Year, Salesperson of the Year, Sales Team of the Year, Sales Manager of the Year and Marketing Director of the Year, a local panel is selected to conduct one-on-one interviews. This local panel consists of sales and marketing professionals from a variety of businesses. These professionals conduct interviews using approved questions appropriate for the building industry. Entrants will be contacted by September 19, 2008 regarding their interview schedule. Those personal interviews will take place on September 25, 2008, at the HBA office. Candidates must be available at their scheduled time.
Repeat Entries
Remember, if you don't have any new work and/or feel like what you entered last year (which is still being marketed) is award worthy, feel free to enter that work again. This applies to any category: interior design, home, etc.
Definition of Terms
Attached and Detached Homes: A series of homes built several times in the same location or multiple locations with standard elevation choices and predetermined options. The home must be built more than once in the same location from August 1, 2007 to August 30, 2008 to be eligible as a production home. If the home is not built more than once, please enter as a custom home. Attached homes include condominiums, lofts and town homes.
Custom Homes: A single home built on a custom home site with a specific elevation, floor plan and specifications unique to itself. Not duplicated in any other location in an identical form from August 1, 2007 to August 30, 2008. May be a presale or speculative home.
Community: Refers to a complete filing, Planned Building Group (PBG), Planned Unit Development (PUD) or master planned community with extensive community specific amenities.
Neighborhood: Refers to a group of homes marketed by a single builder. May be part of a master planned community, an infill site or a stand-alone location or part of a master planned community with limited community specific amenities.
Base Price: The base price of the home including all standard features on August 1, 2008.
Marketing Statements: Written marketing statements are required for ALL categories. A brief period of time is given for the judges to hear each marketing statement. Please address relevant areas for the judges to consider in reviewing your entry. Keep in mind the photos and collateral material will be viewed by the judges while hearing the marketing statement. Highlight aspects of your entry that may NOT be obvious in the photos or on tour. For example a design challenge, resolution and outcome: Nearby power lines, viewed outside the model windows, were less obvious with the use of bold crimson and yellow colors that drew one’s eyes into the room, rather than outside surroundings. Other key points might include a structural challenge, a price point consideration, flexibility of a plan targeted to audience or strict design review guidelines (Note: Builder’s name must not appear on the marketing statement or floor plans).
Sales Pavilion: A free-standing structure used as a centralized information/sales source for a master planned community or PUD (Planned Unit Development).
Sales Team: On-site Community Managers and/or Representatives who work in a new home community as a team.
Standard Features: A list of standard features is required for each production home interior design category and production home.
Entry Preparation Procedures
- Carefully review the Summary of Categories
- Assemble required exhibit materials
- Mark exhibit materials as required (Note: Builder’s name must not appear on the marketing statement or floor plans)
General Information
Product Anonymity – In the interest of fairness and impartiality, all builder identification must be removed from any exhibit materials for the categories of Interior Design, Condominium, Town home, Built Green®, Urban Infill or Active Adult Home of the Year. The Builder’s name may only be listed on the three entry forms.
Entry Forms – Entry forms are organized by groups of categories. Three copies of the entry form must be included with each entry; one stapled to the front of the envelope and two inside the envelope. Note: For People Judging Categories, please submit a total of 4 copies of the entry form. One form is for the show’s producer and the other is for the auditing representative from Bondi & Co, LLP. These forms are not shown to the judges, except for the People Judging categories.
Exhibit Materials - All marketing statements, standard features lists and floor plans must be three-hole punched. If the floor plan is oversized (maximum size is 11” x 17”), please fold the sheet and insert it in an 81/2” x 11” three-hole page protector.
Mounting Requirements:
- ALL exhibit materials and marketing statements that do not require mounting must be submitted in one labeled envelope per entry.
- One Entry form must be stapled to the outside of the envelope containing the entry materials. The remaining two Entry Forms must accompany entry material in the envelope. DO NOT USE GLUE OR TAPE.
- Video and Audio entries must be edited to sixty (60) seconds or less.
- Each exhibit that requires mounting for submission must be affixed to black gator board, 20” x 30” in size. Mounted exhibits must be labeled on the back with category name, number and builder or associate. Mount all materials vertically. Binder Clip the envelope containing the entry forms, marketing statements and digital submission to the board.
Digital Submission Requirements:
- Scan all photography to CD.
- Resolution of all files should be 72 dpi and scanned in RGB (Not CYMK) mode.
- Save all images in JPEG format.
- All images need to be scanned at two sizes;
- 320 x 240 dpi (for Judging)
- 1024 x 768 dpi (for Show)
- Each CD needs to be labeled (DIRECTLY ON THE CD) with category number, builder/company name, community/individual and model/product name if applicable.
- CD should contain two folders, one for judging photos and one for show photos and should be labeled “judging” and “show”.
- No more than one entry/category per CD.
Exhibit Materials:
- Floor plans must be labeled on the back side with the category number and model name.
- Audio or video materials must be labeled on the front side with the category number, builder name and commercial title.
- Gator boards must be labeled on the back side with the category name, number and builder/company.
- Entry envelopes must be labeled with the category name, number and builder/company name.
- Staple one of the entry forms to the outside of the envelope containing the entry materials. Place the remaining two entry forms inside the envelope.
- CDs must be identified on the face of the CD with the category number, builder/company name and model community/individual’s name.
- DO NOT seal envelopes.
IMPORTANT DATES
July 15, 2008 – Entry Prep Class at HBA
office 9-11
August 5, 2008– Entry Preview & Assistance at the HBA Office 9-11 am
August 12, 2008 – Entries Due at the HBA Office 9 am - 3 pm
September 15, 2008 Sponsorship Deadline
September 16, 17, 18, 2008– Product Judging
September 25, 2008 – People Judging
Click on Category(s) below for
More Information and Entry Forms
Categories 1 & 2
Best Brochure
Category 3
Best Color Print Ad
Category 7
Best Logo Design for a Product
or Community
Category 8
Best Special or Continuing PRINT Promotion by a Builder, Developer, Associate or Supplier
Category 10
Best Web Site by a Builder, Developer, Associate, Supplier
Category 11
Best Community Web Site by a Builder
or Developer
Category 12
Best Advertising Campaign
Category 14
Best Sales Pavilion
Categories 15 – 27
Best Interior Design Town Home, Condominium and Detached
Categories 28-30
Best Town Home
Categories 31 – 33
Best Condominium Home
Categories 34 – 39
Best Home Detached
Categories 40 – 43
Best Custom Home
Categories 44 – 46
“Rookie” Salesperson, Salesperson
& Sales Team of the Year
Categories 47
Sales Manager
of the Year
Category 48
Community Service Award
Category 50
Built-Green® Home of the Year
Category 51
Active Adult Attached Home of the Year
Category 52
Active Adult Detached Home of the Year
Category 53
Town Home of the Year
Category 54
Condominium Home of the Year
Category 55
Detached Home of the Year
Category 56
Custom Home of the Year
Category 57
Urban “In-Fill” Home of the Year
The 2008 Bar Awards Presented by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver (HBA)
