Nationwide Sustainable Housing Awards

Following the success of its first student competition in 2008, Nationwide Building Society is launching the 2009/2010 Nationwide Sustainable Housing Awards.

Working in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), this is the second in a series of annual competitions open to undergraduate architecture and design students.

For 2009-2010 the theme is "Suburban Urban - secure and green" and prizes will be awarded for designs of an individual home, or group of homes, as well as the wider community in either new build or refurbishment projects.

The aim of the competition is to stimulate and reward innovative thinking about how people can live in a more sustainable way in the future - picking up key characteristics of what might be recognised today as a 'suburban' lifestyle.

Wayne Hemingway MBE of Hemingway Design will announce the winners of each category at an awards ceremony in June 2010.

As a leading provider of funds for social housing and the UK's third largest mortgage provider, Nationwide wishes to promote social, economic and environmental sustainability in housing.

By supporting the Sustainable Housing Awards, Nationwide is hoping to encourage others to think in a sustainable way.