ARIZONA FORWARD

Buildings, Structures, & Landscape Design — Landscape Design

Civic, commercial, or institutional buildings, structures, or landscapes that represent elements that preserve environmental quality, incorporate sustainability, integrate with the natural or built environment, and create aesthetic appreciation.

• Arizona State University Green Infrastructure

• City Square

Site Development

Contributions that enhance the urban environment within large-scale commercial, industrial, and/or public work sectors and could include projects related to waste or water treatment facilities, roadways, bridges, canals, and other types of infrastructure. Completed new buildings, renovations, restorations, interior architecture, and urban/regional plans are eligible.

• Pima Dynamite Trailhead

• Phoenix Zoo Parking Lots Restoration & Expansion Project

• Crystal Gardens Wetlands & Aquaculture Program

Technology Innovation

Innovative products or processes that use technology to encourage sustainable outcomes and demonstrate an economic benefit to positively address environmental issues.

• Preventing Arsenic Exceedances Through Predictive Analytics

• Surprise Solar Biosolids Dryer Project HVAC Equipment Contributes to NetZero Goals

• REDYPER by DYPER

Sustainability Rising Star

This award recognizes the inspiring efforts and achievements of an early career sustainability/environmental professional who is driving positive change within their organization and the wider sustainability/ environmental community.

• Josie Kohlan, Goodmans Interiors

• Sarah Noll, APS

• Tony Perez, APS

• Kayla Killoren, Arizona Sustainability Alliance

• Kayla Blackstock, Gensler

WASTE NOT: Typical diapers take nearly 500 years to degrade in a landfill, but Arizona-based DYPER is confronting this problem with plant-based diapers and wipes. The company’s REDYPER service picks up soiled products for proper disposal. In 2022, DYPER launched BYOCHAR, which turns used diapers into biochar, a soil additive.