SHLD Awards 2026

How to Enter

The SHLD Award is the hospitality industry's only award that recognizes sustainability in design. SHLD—now hosted at AHLA’s Responsible Stay Summit with judges convening at ALIS DESIGN+—is the industry’s benchmark for sustainable hospitality design. Entries are open now.


KEY DATES

Submissions Open: September 17, 2025

Early Bird Submission Deadline: 11:59PM PST, November 1, 2025,

Regular Submission Deadline: 11:59PM PST, November 21, 2025


CATEGORIES

Guest Room

Guest Room designs completed January 1, 2025 - November 21, 2025.

Public Space

Public space designs completed between January 1, 2025 - November 21, 2025.

Guest Room + Public Space

Designs for entire hotel completed between January 1, 2025 - November 21, 2025.

ENTRY FEES

Early Bird Deadline: $295 USD

Regular Deadline: $350 USD


SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

🔲 Entrant Information: including name, address, email and phone

🔲 Project Category: is your project a guest room, public space or both?

🔲 Project Name

🔲 Construction Documents: full set of construction documents in PDF format. This should be aggregated into a single PDF file and compressed or zipped to a maximum file size of 100 mb per file.

🔲 Specifications: a complete copy of the design specifications package, aggregated into a single PDF file and compressed or zipped to a maximum file size of 100mb.

🔲 Purchase Orders (preferred): aggregated purchase orders, saved as a CSV file (100 mb limit)

- OR -

🔲 Project Matrix: a complete matrix, saved as a CSV file (100 mb limit)

If you would like to submit both a project matrix and purchase orders, please add as separate tabs to one CSV file.

🔲 Project Budget: budgeted/target cost/sf

🔲 Design Narrative: 300 word minimum project description. Please include the property’s official name, project location (city and country), relevant dates (opening date/date of completion), room count for hotels, % of budget that went to sustainability story products, and a brief summary of the principal features, i.e. design intent, challenges, resources, and which aspects of the project demonstrates excellence and thought leadership in the concept and execution.

🔲 Images: Minimum of 5, maximum of 25 **compressed or zipped (100 mb limit)

🔲 Review the Photo Release Form

🔲 Review the NDA

🔲 Payment: Upon completion of your submission, you will be redirected automatically to an external payment processing page.


CONTACT INFO

For questions about SHLD Awards contact:

Kaylee Morris, MindClick
shldawards@mindclick.com

For information about AHLA:

Robert Stuckey, AHLA
rstuckey@ahla.com