Environmental Excellence Awards

The Loudoun County Environmental Commission oversees the annual Environmental Excellence Awards, honoring individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and educators for their leadership on environmental issues.

The deadline for nominations for the 2024 awards was March 1, 2024. Winners will be notified in March with presentation of the awards scheduled for April. The names of the winners will also be posted here.

Award Categories

Nominations are accepted in these categories: 

  • Business
  • Citizen or Community Group (Examples: Nonprofit organization, club, faith-based group, etc.). 
  • Educator – Teacher or School employee.
  • Government Employee or Program/Team
  • Lifetime Achievement – Individual who has served the Loudoun community for at least 10 years in an area of environmental stewardship and has had a significant impact with sustained activities in Loudoun in fields such as education, park development or other resource protection. 
  • Student – Individual or Group (For a student-initiated project).

Judging Criteria

Nominations are evaluated and scored in the following areas:

50 Points – Environmental Impact: What are the tangible environmental benefits of the initiative or activities? How have they been measured? Provide specific metrics that support and are relevant to the initiative.

30 Points – Innovation / Uniqueness of the Initiative: What makes this initiative innovative? What is the person/organization doing to solve this environmental problem and why is this initiative unique? How viable and sustainable is this initiative?

20 Points – Transferability, Sharing of Insights and Best Practices: What are the best practices learned from the initiative? How are the best practices being shared? How far reaching is the scope of the initiative? Can these activities be shared with other groups across the county to multiply the positive outcomes achieved?

Past Winners

More Information

Questions about the Environmental Excellence Awards may be directed to the Department of General Services by email or by calling 571-258-3443.