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<strong>Registration:</strong> To compete in EPA's Campus RainWorks Challenge, student teams must first complete an online registration form posted on www.epa.gov/campusrainworks. †The intent of the registration form is to allow EPA to confirm the eligibility of each team. †Once a team has submitted a registration form, the team will receive a registration number via email. Registration opens September 1, 2015 and closes September 30, 2015. <strong>Submission Instructions:</strong> EPA will collect submissions to the Campus RainWorks Challenge via email. Participating teams must email their submissions to [email protected] by Friday, December 18 at 11:59 PM EST. Email submissions must include the registration number (###) in the email subject and in attached file names.† Email submissions must include the following components.† Note that the total size of all files must not exceed 15 MB: <ol> <li>Project Narrative (saved as ###-Project Narrative.pdf)</li> <li>Design Boards (saved as ###-Design1.pdfî and ì###-Design2.pdf)</li> <li>Letter of Support (saved as ###-Letter.pdf)</li> </ol> |
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Challenging students to design innovative stormwater management projects on campus using green infrastructure. |
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09/30/2015 12:00 AM |
09/01/2015 12:00 AM |
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EPA will award four (4) cash prizes totaling $16,000 to first- and second-place winners in the two challenge categories. Winning teams will earn both a student prize divided evenly among student team members and a faculty prize to support green infrastructure research or training. Prizes will be distributed as follows:
1st place Master Plan:
Student Prize - $2,000
Faculty Prize - $3,000
1st place Demonstration Project:
Student Prize - $2,000
Faculty Prize - $3,000
2nd place Master Plan:
Student Prize - $1,000
Faculty Prize - $2,000
2nd place Demonstration Project:
Student Prize - $1,000
Faculty Prize - $2,000 |
<strong>Eligibility:</strong> <p>To compete in the Campus RainWorks Challenge, †each student team must be affiliated with a degree-granting public or private institution of higher education located in the U.S. and†sponsored by a †faculty advisor. All team members must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program †at an eligible college or university as of August 31, 2015. </p><p><strong>Submission Categories:</strong> To encourage participating teams to assess the environmental, economic, and social benefits of green infrastructure at a range of spatial scales, EPA is accepting submissions in two design categories: a Demonstration Project category and a Master Plan category. </p><p><strong>Demonstration Project Category:</strong> For submissions in the Demonstration Project category, EPA is seeking proof-of-concept level designs that examine how green infrastructure could be integrated into a particular site on the teamís campus to meet multiple environmental, educational, and economic objectives. Entries in this category should include detailed information on the design and performance of the proposed demonstration project, and should reflect extensive consultation with the facilities planning department to assess project feasibility. </p><p><strong>Master Plan Category:</strong> For submissions in the Master Plan category, EPA is seeking conceptual designs that examine how green infrastructure could be integrated into a broad area of the teamís campus. Entries in this category should be coordinated with existing campus master plans and should describe how green infrastructure could be used to enhance the long-term sustainability of the campus. </p><p><strong>†For Both Categories:</strong> This year's competition asks student teams to incorporate climate resiliency considerations into their stormwater management designs. For both submission categories, teams should examine and describe the current and/or potential impacts of climate change on their college or university communities. Entries should qualitatively and/or quantitatively demonstrate how the predicted performance of the teamís proposed green infrastructure project can mitigate and build resiliency to those impacts while effectively managing stormwater runoff (e.g., manage localized flooding, prepare for drought, reduce or eliminate irrigation, reduce urban heat impacts, lower energy demands). </p><p><strong>Submission Requirements:</strong> To compete in EPA's Campus RainWorks Challenge, registered teams must submit the following which describe an innovative green infrastructure project for a location on their campus: <ul> <li>One (1) Project Narrative</li> <li>Two (2) Design Boards, and</li> <li>One (1) Letter of Support</li> </ul> Submissions should provide information of sufficient quality to enable the judges to evaluate the design. Submissions should describe the overall project goals, project context within the campus or watershed, existing conditions along with the problem to be solved, proposed green infrastructure approaches, and expected outcomes. </p><p><strong>Project Narrative:</strong> <ul> <li>The intent of the Project Narrative is to provide a summary of each team's approach to addressing the challenge criteria (see Judging section).</li> <li>Each team must prepare a Project Narrative not exceeding ten (10) 8.5" x 11" pages (including images, graphics, and tables; excluding cover page, abstract, and references). Note that pages in excess of ten will not be reviewed. Pages should be consecutively numbered with 1" margins, and text should be single-spaced in standard 12-point font. Headings may be larger than 12-point font; text labels for graphics or images may be smaller than 12-point font; page numbers may be outside of the 1" margin.</li> <li>The Project Narrative must include a cover page (including registration number, project title, first and last names and disciplines of team members, and name and discipline of faculty advisor) and a project abstract (250 word maximum).</li> <li>Teams must provide 1 electronic copy of the Project Narrative in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Instructions on submitting deliverables are provided below.</li> </ul> <strong>Two Design Boards</strong> <ul> <li>The intent of the Design Boards is to provide a visual explanation of the site context, design elements, and design performance.</li> <li>The design boards must focus on visual elements and limit the amount of excess text. The design boards should supplement, not duplicate, graphics within the Project Narrative.</li> <li>Each team must prepare two 24" x 36" design boards. Each board must include the teamís registration number (see Registration section) in the upper right hand corner.</li> <li>The design boards must include a site plan. Additional elements might include cross sections, conceptual drawing(s), or graphics representing anticipated benefits.</li> <li>Teams must provide electronic copies of each design board in Adobe AcrobatÆ PDF format. Instructions on submitting deliverables are provided below.</li> </ul> <strong>Letter of Support:</strong> <ul> <li>The intent of the letter of support is to demonstrate consultation with the college or university's facilities planning department to develop a feasible design.</li> <li>The letter of support does not count against the ten (10) page limit of the Project Narrative.</li> <li>Each team must submit a letter from a member of the college or university's facilities planning department demonstrating support for the proposed design. Letters of support are not to exceed two 8.5" by 11" pages. Note that pages in excess of two will not be reviewed.</li> <li>The letter of support must be on appropriate letterhead, must be signed by a member of the facilities planning department, and must include the registration number and project title.</li> <li>Letters of Support must be provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Instructions on submitting project files are provided below.</li> </ul> For complete eligibility requirements and rules, please visit the Campus RainWorks Challenge website to read the competition brief: http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/crw_challenge.cfm</p> |
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<strong>Registration:</strong>
To compete in EPA's Campus RainWorks Challenge, student teams must first complete an online registration form posted on www.epa.gov/campusrainworks.
†The intent of the registration form is to allow EPA to confirm the eligibility of each team.
†Once a team has submitted a registration form, the team will receive a registration number via email. Registration opens September 1, 2015 and closes September 30, 2015.
<br><strong>Submission Instructions:</strong>
EPA will collect submissions to the Campus RainWorks Challenge via email. Participating teams must email their submissions to [email protected] by Friday, December 18 at 11:59 PM EST.
Email submissions must include the registration number (###) in the email subject and in attached file names.† Email submissions must include the following components.† Note that the total size of all files must not exceed 15 MB:
<ol>
<li>Project Narrative (saved as ###-Project Narrative.pdf)</li>
<li>Design Boards (saved as ###-Design1.pdfî and ì###-Design2.pdf)</li>
<li>Letter of Support (saved as ###-Letter.pdf)</li>
</ol> |
will the design retain and treat stormwater runoff on-site (e.g., through infiltration, evapotranspiration, or harvest and use) to improve water quality? will the design address multiple water resource goals (e.g., water conservation, flood mitigation, groundwater recharge, water harvesting and use, water reuse)? - Is the predicted performance quantified and supported by appropriate modeling and calculations? Calculations should include the design storm managed and/or the annual reduction in runoff volume. |
25 |
PERFORMANCE (Demonstration Project) |
- Did the team examine and describe the current and/or potential short-term impacts of climate change on their college or university community? - Does the project demonstrate how the use and predicted performance of green infrastructure practices can mitigate and build resiliency to those impacts while effectively managing stormwater runoff? |
20 |
RESILIENCY (Demonstration Project) |
- Does the project demonstrate collaboration between different disciplines (e.g., landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, environmental science, biology, economics, public administration, business administration, communications)? - Does the project cohesively communicate the functionality and value of the design from both an engineering and design perspective? |
15 |
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION (Master Plan) |
- Did the team collaborate with the Facilities department in developing the design? - Does the design complement existing master plans or serve as a model for new long-term planning efforts? - Does the project include a description of how the design would be phased/implemented? |
15 |
LIKELIHOOD OF IMPLEMENTATION (Master Plan) |
- To what extent were innovative approaches developed to simultaneously address campus environmental, social, and/or economic objectives? will the design protect and improve ecosystem services (e.g., those provided by soil and vegetation)? - Does the project describe how the design will be integrated into campus life and how the design will serve to benefit the campus community (e.g., by providing educational or recreational opportunities)? - Are the predicted benefits quantified and supported by appropriate assumptions? |
INNOVATION AND VALUE TO CAMPUS (Demonstration Project) |
15 |
- Does the project demonstrate collaboration between different disciplines (e.g., landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, environmental science, biology, economics, public administration, business administration, communications)? - Does the project cohesively communicate the functionality and value of the design from both an engineering and design perspective? |
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION (Demonstration Project) |
10 |
10 |
LIKELIHOOD OF IMPLEMENTATION (Demonstration Project) |
- Did the team collaborate with the Facilities department in developing the design? - Does the design complement existing master plans or serve as a model for new long-term planning efforts? - Does the project include a reasonable timeframe and a description of how the design would be phased/implemented? - Does the team present a feasible cost estimate (i.e., did the team look into available funding options, such as grant funding or campus capital improvement funds, for implementation of the project)? |
10 |
MAINTENANCE (Demonstration Project) |
- Does the design allow for easy and effective maintenance? - Did the team develop an operations and maintenance (O&M) plan to maintain the system performance and aesthetics? - Did the team collaborate with the Facilities department in developing the O&M plan? |
DOCUMENTATION (Master Plan) |
10 |
- Are the documents well-written and free of errors? - Are the documents of sufficient quality to enable the judges to evaluate the design? - Does the project include a description of the overall project goals, project context, existing conditions along with the problem to be solved, proposed green infrastructure approaches, and expected outcomes? |
PERFORMANCE (Master Plan) |
25 |
will the design retain and treat stormwater runoff on-site (e.g., through infiltration, evapotranspiration, or harvest and use) to improve water quality? will the design address multiple water resource goals (e.g., water conservation, flood mitigation, groundwater recharge, water harvesting and use, water reuse)? - Is the predicted performance quantified and supported by appropriate modeling and calculations? Calculations should include the design storm managed and/or the annual reduction in runoff volume. |
- Did the team examine and describe the current and/or potential long-term impacts of climate change on their college or university community? - Does the project demonstrate how the use and predicted performance of green infrastructure practices can mitigate and build resiliency to those impacts while effectively managing stormwater runoff? |
20 |
RESILIENCY (Master Plan) |
- To what extent were innovative approaches developed to simultaneously address campus environmental, social, and/or economic objectives? will the design protect and improve ecosystem services (e.g., those provided by soil and vegetation)? - Does the project describe how the design will be integrated into campus life and how the design will serve to benefit the campus community and if appropriate, the community directly adjacent to the campus (e.g., by providing educational or recreational opportunities)? - Are the predicted benefits quantified and supported by appropriate assumptions? |
15 |
INNOVATION AND VALUE TO CAMPUS (Master Plan) |
The 1st place winning team in the Master Plan category will earn both a student prize of $2,000 to be divided evenly among student team members, and a faculty prize of $3,000 to support green infrastructure research or training. |
5000 |
1st place Master Plan category |
The 1st place winning team in the Demonstration Project category will earn both a student prize of $2,000 to be divided evenly among student team members, and a faculty prize of $3,000 to support green infrastructure research or training. |
5000 |
1st place Demonstration Project category |
The 2nd place winning team in the Master Plan category will earn both a student prize of $1,000 to be divided evenly among student team members, and a faculty prize of $2,000 to support green infrastructure research or training. |
2nd place Master Plan category |
3000 |
The 2nd place winning team in the Demonstration Project category will earn both a student prize of $1,000 to be divided evenly among student team members, and a faculty prize of $2,000 to support green infrastructure research or training. |
2nd place Demonstration Project category |
3000 |
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While single-purpose "gray" stormwater infrastructure (e.g., catch basins, pipes, and ponds) is largely designed to move urban stormwater away from the built environment, green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater close to where it falls. By weaving natural processes into the built environment, green infrastructure can provide not only stormwater management, but also heat island mitigation, air quality management, community amenities, and much more. EPA invites student teams to design an innovative green infrastructure project for their campus to show how managing stormwater at its source can benefit the campus community and the environment. Student teams can compete in one of two design categories: the Master Plan category or the Demonstration Project category. This year, EPA will ask student teams to incorporate climate resiliency considerations into their stormwater management designs. To compete in EPA's Campus RainWorks Challenge, registered teams must submit†one Project Narrative, two Design Boards, and one Letter of Support describing an innovative green infrastructure project for a location on their campus. Winning teams will earn a student prize to be divided evenly among student team members, as well as a faculty prize to support green infrastructure research or training. |
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