Site / 25%

1.a. environmental impacts / 5%
1.b. social impacts / 5%
1.c. economic impacts / 5%
1.d. vernacular context / 10%

Rural and town design / 25%

2.a. environmental, social and economic context / 5%
2.b. rural and town design context; aim to maximise transactions and minimise trips / 10%
2.c. ecological design / 10%

Dwelling and multi-use project design / 25%

3.a. dwelling and multi use project design / 5%
3.b. whole life cycle and recycling and use of local and durable materials / 5%
3.c. orientation, shading and use of daylight, ventilation, earth shelter, thermal inertia, and air lock entrances and use of substantial foundation and/or frame structures with light/demountable skin or modular components / 5%
3.d. minimise size (scale, footprint, cost) and insulation via passive solar; design of future alternatives / 10%

Energy, food, materials / 25%

4.a. on-site growth of food and fuel / 5%
4.b. water collection and waste disposal / 5%
4.c. on-site growth or manufacture of building materials, or minimise embodied energy / 5%
4.d. use of free flow and renewable sources, attention to location and climate conditions, solar water heating panels, photovoltaic and wind electricity generation / 10%