Call for submissions: 2026 Ontario Embodied Carbon Awards

Now in its fourth year, the Ontario Embodied Carbon Awards—presented in partnership with CLF Ottawa—return to celebrate leadership and innovation in reducing embodied carbon across the built environment. As momentum grows across the province, these awards spotlight the project teams, designers, builders, and advocates who are driving meaningful progress toward a low-carbon future.

Award Categories

• New Construction – Large Buildings
• New Construction – Midrise Buildings
• New Construction – Small Buildings
• Circularity Award
• Embodied Carbon Leadership
• Innovation in Industry

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for one of the project award categories, projects must:

1. Be located within Ontario or within a Canadian province or territory without it’s own local Embodied Carbon Awards
2. Have a minimum internal heated floor area of 50m2.
3. New builds, refurbishments, and building expansions or upgrades are all acceptable.
4. Be able to clearly demonstrate the decisions made in the pursuit of low embodied carbon construction and the impact of those decisions.
5. The LCA should be carried out on construction drawings (100% CD or IFC), but projects do not need to be completed (constructed) at the time of application.
6. Applicants are encouraged to reference the National Research Council National Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment Practitioner’s Guide for information on conducting a wbLCA.
7. If embodied carbon impacts associated with biogenic carbon are calculated, the results shall be reported separately and shall not be included in demonstration of the embodied carbon total and intensity values.

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Click “Learn More and Submit” for full submission guidelines.