April 18, 2025
Get Ready to Enter the 2025 Planet Positive Awards
The METROPOLIS Planet Positive Awards are the biggest awards program for sustainability, health, and wellbeing in the built environment.
With 58 categories across projects, innovation, products, and people, the 2025 Planet Positive Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the progress you are making toward design for a better future.
And submitting for this year’s award will be simpler than ever before.
Entries open June 2, 2025
We’ll notify you when entries open, provide tips on application materials, and support you throughout your application process.
Read on to discover what’s new with this year’s awards, and sign up to receive notifications, regular updates, and support with your application.
Simpler Application Process
Project award applications do not have to be certified by LEED, WELL, LBC, or any other building certification in order to enter.
Innovation award applications can simply provide already existing documentation, like a press release, a report, or any write-up.
Editors will vet every application, and expert jurors will assess every qualified entry.
Additional Categories
Projects: Infrastructure, Landscape, Pavilion/Installation, Retrofit/Repositioning, Workplace Interiors
Innovation: Adaptive Reuse, Historical Preservation, Research & Development, Circularity Initiatives
People: Sustainability Leader of the Year, Sustainability Consultant of the Year
Click here for a full list of categories in the 2025 Planet Positive Awards.
More Product Awards
Product manufacturers can enter in 20+ categories and also be recognized for three special awards: Best Innovation in Material Use, Circularity Initiative, and Corporate Sustainability Initiative
More Exposure
2025 Planet Positive Award Winners will be celebrated at an in-person awards ceremony in New York that will also be livestreamed to tens of thousands of digital viewers. Click here for a full list of print, digital, and social benefits for winners.
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2025 Planet Positive Awards Categories
PROJECTS
Workplace
K-12 Education
Higher Education
Hospitality
Cultural
Infrastructure
Civic
Mixed-Use
Single Family
Multifamily
Showroom and Retail
Unbuilt Project
Landscape
Pavilion or Installation
Retrofit or Repositioning
Workplace Interiors
INNOVATION
Community Engagement
Design for Resilience
Embodied Carbon Reduction
Impact on Health and Wellness
Social Impact
Overall Decarbonization
Social Impact
Unbuilt Project
Adaptive Reuse
Historical Preservation
Use of Biobased or Biogenic Materials
Research & Development
…
Innovation in Material Use in Products
Circularity Initiative in Products
Corporate Sustainability Initiative
PEOPLE
Firm of the Year
Sustainability Leader
Rising Star
Sustainability Educator
Sustainability Consultant
PRODUCTS
Acoustics
Architectural Lighting
Architectural Systems
Ceilings
Decorative Lighting
Facade Systems
Hard Flooring
Kitchen and Bath
Office Furniture
Other Furniture
Outdoor Furniture
Outdoor Lighting
Paint
Residential Furniture
Soft Flooring
Surfaces, Tiles, Materials
Textiles
Timber
Wallcoverings
Walls
Windows and Doors
Let Us Celebrate Your Achievements!
Planet Positive Award winners are feted across Metropolis’s channels and receive unparalleled editorial and event opportunities:
01: Winners will be published in the Winter 2025 edition of Metropolis, reaching an engaged readership of over 52,000.
02: Winners will be celebrated at an exclusive awards ceremony hosted by Editor in Chief Avinash Rajagopal in New York City and broadcast virtually on DESIGNTV by SANDOW, with 110,000 impressions and 30,000 views projected for the broadcast
03: Metropolis will amplify the winners’ achievements across its expansive digital network and social media platforms, reaching over 165,000 followers.
04: Winners receive exclusive invitations to Metropolis events across the United States and online.
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