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