Conceptual Design: Academic Section

Gold Award (1 Place) A trophy and HK$10,000 cash prize	Silver Award (1 Place) A trophy and HK$5,000 cash prize	Bronze Award (1 Place) A trophy and HK$3,000 cash prize
Merit Award (5 Places) A certificate and HK$1,000 cash prize
"Certificate of Participation" will be awarded to all participants for encouragement

Conceptual designs of Gold, Silver and Bronze Award winners will be produced as prototypes by the Organiser, and stand a chance of displaying in the product exhibitions to recognise winners’ outstanding performance and promote innovative water saving devices. The prototypes will be gifted to winners upon the completion of exhibitions as reward and encouragement.

Original Product: Professional Section

Gold Award (1 Place) A trophy and Gold Award logo*	Silver Award (1 Place) A trophy and Silver Award logo*	Bronze Award (1 Place) A trophy and Bronze Award logo*
Merit Award (3 Places) A trophy and Merit Award logo*
Best Innovation Award (1 Place) A trophy and Best Innovation Award logo*
Best Affordable Award (1 Place) A trophy and Best Affordable Award logo*
"Certificate of Participation" will be awarded to all participating individuals and corporates for encouragement

*The Organiser authorises the use of winner logo on all items relevant to the winning product for promotion and commercial use, including product packaging, promotional materials and websites, etc.

Original product of Gold Award winner may be presented as prizes of “Water Saving Competition” to promote the use of water saving devices. The “Water Saving Competition” will be organised by the Organsier tentatively scheduled in End-2020, which targets all households in Hong Kong and participants will compete on the volume of water conserved, with an aim to strengthen their understanding on the importance of water conservation.

Depending on the quality of entries, the adjudication panel reserves right to revise the awards and places of each award.

All winning entries may be exhibited in the following means to promote their innovative eco-friendly design concepts, thereby enhancing the reputation and status of the winning designers and even the winning brands in the society:

• The Organiser will publish an “Innovative Water-Efficient Showerhead Design Competition” promotion booklet with details of all winning entries. Publications will be distributed to the public and practitioners in Award Ceremony, exhibitions and other designated venues. Digital version of the publication will also be accessible for all from the official website and websites of other relevant parties.
• Winning entries will also be published in “Industrialists”, a publication of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) for distribution to FHKI’s members from various sectors.
• Media will be invited to report on the Competition and winning entries. Media interview will be arranged for the Gold Award winners.
• The winning entries will be showcased in local roving exhibitions, as well as in large-scale household exhibitions.

Assessment Criteria

The entry with the highest score in “Innovation” and “Marketability” will receive the “Best Innovation Award” and “Best Affordable Award” respectively.

Entrants are required to follow the decisions from the adjudication panel. In case of any disputes of the Competition, the Organiser and adjudication panel reserve the final decision and entrants shall raise no objection.

Assessment Mechanism

• There will be two phases of assessment, including preliminary selection and the final.

Preliminary Selection

• The Organiser and Co-organiser will conduct a preliminary selection for all qualified entries.
• 15 entries will be selected from Academic and Professional Sections respectively to enter the final.
• The Organiser will announce the results of preliminary selection in Late June on the official competition website and invite the finalists to the final presentation by email.

The Final

Adjudication Panel

The Organiser reserves the right to change the list of the jury without prior notice.

Final Presentation

• Finalists will be notified by email and invited to the final presentation. Details and requirements of the final presentation will be stated in the email.
• Finalists shall make a live presentation to the adjudication panel on the entry’s designs, functions, features, environmental elements, etc. Adjudication panel will rate the entries according to the assessment criteria on their design ideas, design layout, and live presentation to select the winners.
• All finalists are required to send at least one representative for the final presentation.
• The format of the presentation is open for creativity of the finalists. The presentation should complete within 5 minutes.
• Entrants may present with Powerpoint slides or video recording. There is no limit on the number of Powerpoint slides, but oral explanatory is required. Video must not be longer than 3 minutes.
• If finalists would like to present with Powerpoint slides or video, they are required to send the related documents to designated mailbox 3 days prior to the presentation, in order to ensure the files work properly for the presentation.
• Adjudication panel has the opportunity to raise enquiries based on the entrants’ entries and presentation.
• The Organiser reserves the right to amend the arrangement for final presentation. All information will subject to the email sent to the finalists.

Result Announcement  

Award ceremony will tentatively be held on 17 Oct 2020 and the Competition result will be announced in the ceremony. The 30 finalists are required to attend the award ceremony.