Awards Nomination Form


Enter our 2026 Denver Chapter of IFMA Awards Nomination Form - You & Your Colleagues Deserve the Recognition!

Deadline: September 21st!

Thank you for your submission. For nearly 45 years, the Denver Chapter of IFMA has taken great pleasure in recognizing the outstanding achievements of individual members and our partners. Our Holiday Gala is a time our chapter comes together to celebrate the prior year’s accomplishments and successes, and support a local nonprofit in the process with our silent auction. Our Gala ensures award-winners are recognized in front of their peers for their extraordinary accomplishments. The Diamond Awards Program recognizes the finest advancements and contributions in facility management within the Denver A/E/C community. Be among the elite who recognize excellence in an individual, a project, a service, or an improved process or system.

1. Collect contact information for the nominator (the company/individual submitting the nomination) and the nominee (the company/individual where the project was completed). The company that is nominating, must have at least one IFMA Denver member in good standing.

2. Prepare your written material and supporting documentation. Each project category (Best Practices, Operational Innovation and Individual) have specific questions to answer with a 500 word maximum per answer.

3. Gather any supporting media files (PNG or jpg photos, or videos) to help visualize your nomination better.

Please verify that you have checked the “I'm not a robot” checkbox.

Who do you nominate for New Member of the Year? (Less than 3 years of membership is required to be nominated) Review the New Members List to Nominate.

Why should this person be nominated?

Associate Member of the Year Award: This person has demonstrated exceptional participation and contributions to the facility management profession.

Why should this person be nominated?

Pillar Award: This person has gone above and beyond for the chapter and the FM community worldwide for many years. They are pillars in our Denver Chapter of IFMA due to their experience, participation, and contributions to the facility management profession. The Pillar Award is the highest honor a member can receive and is not given out lightly. The nominee must demonstrate that businesses go beyond the world of commerce and are truly invested in our FM community, as neighbors helping neighbors, they are creating ties that bind us together. They help make FM a part of their mission, vision or culture.

Why should this person be nominated?

Lou Doyle Outstanding Achievement Award: Lou Doyle Distinguished Member Award is for exceptional service as a Denver Chapter of IFMA member while providing sustainable, outstanding leadership to the Denver Chapter of IFMA, an IFMA council, or community, in Denver. This individual is highly valued by his or her company, IFMA and the facility management profession. Who keeps current on changes in the facility management profession and educates other IFMA members and peers. Recipients demonstrate the best in leadership and ethics.

Why should this person be nominated?

Industry Impact Award: The Industry Impact Award is presented to a company that has made a positive impact through its community service support in the FM industry. The company is an active leader within the chapter and shows initiative in both their work and professional settings. They go above and beyond in their efforts with skilled execution, follow through, and motivate others to participate. This company helps serve as the resource and representative for facility management in the greater Denver Metropolitan area and beyond.

Why should this Company be nominated?

Who do you nominate for the Facility Manager of the Year, and why should this person be nominated?

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Facility Management Achievement Award? (List name and company below, in the next line.)

Why should this person/company be nominated?

New Sustainable Facility Innovation Award: Who do you nominate for the New Sustainable Facility Innovation Award? This award is for a Facility Management achievement through an outstanding project placed in service during calendar years 2025 or 2026.

This award is presented to the individual or team whose facility management, new construction or renovation project has had a substantial, positive effect on the success of their organization. They will demonstrate how their project impacted business objectives and contributed to improved success by going “above and beyond” the normal project scope, as it relates to sustainability in the built environment.

For each question below, please describe the projects and measures completed, and include metrics on report impacts/reductions to energy, waste, and water.

1. Does the project involve implementation of energy conservation measures? How?

2. Did the project include the installation or upgrading/maintenance/repair to renewable energy systems, either on-site or off-site?  How?

3. Does the project contribute to principles of circularity and waste reduction? How?

4. Does the project incorporate advancement in smart building systems? How?

5. Does the project incorporate water conservation measures? How?

6. Discuss stakeholder engagement surrounding the project.

7. Discuss how the project balances the Triple Bottom Line?

8. What strategies were used for improved IAQ, Occupant Health, and Wellness?

9. Please provide photos of the project.

Include any files, videos, or photos. Gather supporting documents (optional) that illustrate the accomplishments on the project, i.e. benchmark data, schedules, cost savings details, etc. Do not submit marketing materials.

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