EARTH Award

New Office Building: occupancy permit obtained within the last two years of entry deadline. All office buildings with at least 50% office area are eligible. Please note that BOMA Canada does not have an awards category for new buildings.

Existing Office Building: occupancy permit obtained two years or longer of entry deadline. All office buildings with at least 50% office area are eligible. Additional eligibility criteria:

• Industrial Building:
  All buildings, comprising a total project, to include any single building industrial properties, one to two stories in height, with more than 5% and less than 50% office area. Building(s) must have a loading dock, roll-up or sliding rear door(s) for loading, with no common lobby or corridors except for restroom vestibules and utility or fire equipment access. * Net rentable as measured by BOMA Standards.
• Shopping Centre:
  Typical configuration is an enclosed mall with on-site parking, one to multiple levels in height. The Centre must have a minimum annual assembly of 5,000 patrons and be a minimum of 50% occupied.

In order to be eligible for the EARTH award:

• Entrants must be BOMA BC members.
• Buildings must be located in BC.
• Buildings must have BOMA BESt certification (any level).
• The building may not have won in the same category at the local level during the last three years.
• There are no limitations to the number of buildings a property management firm or owner may enter.
• Each building may enter in only one category.
• At least 50% of a building's space must be used as office space to be considered for all categories except the Industrial category which must have more than 5% and less than 50% office area.
• An entrant may choose whether to enter multiple buildings as a single entry or as multiple entries only if the buildings are owned by the same company, managed by the same company, and the buildings are managed as a single entity. All entries must disclose on their application if their entry is for multiple buildings.