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Since 1983, IFMA’s Awards of Excellence celebrates the outstanding achievements across the global facility management community. These awards recognize individuals, IFMA’s chapters, councils and communities and partners whose work powers the profession.
Awards are presented each year at World Workplace. Recipients are selected based on measurable impact, leadership and contributions to the global FM community.
All categories require the nominator to be an IFMA member in good standing. Volunteer leaders and administrators may submit nominations on behalf of their networking groups. Some categories do not allow self-nominations.
Additional requirements are listed below. All applications and nominations are due 10 July.
Judging panels include IFMA past winners, component leaders, IFMA Fellows and staff. Volunteers are assigned based on expertise and category alignment. Learn more about the judging process.
These awards recognize leadership, service, education, and meaningful individual contributions to the facility management profession.
Honors an outstanding IFMA volunteer whose dedication and leadership have significantly strengthened a chapter, council, or community over the past 24 months.
Key Details
Recognizes Associate member companies or representatives for voluntary contributions that support IFMA at local, regional, national, or international levels.
IFMA’s second-highest individual honor, recognizing sustained leadership and service that advances IFMA and the facility management profession at the international level.
Honors excellence in facility management education through curriculum development, teaching, mentoring, publishing, and student engagement.
Recognizes early-career FM professionals who demonstrate leadership, initiative, and measurable contributions to IFMA and their organizations.
These awards recognize published work that advances knowledge, education, and professional practice in facility management.
Honors impactful facility management–related articles or research papers that contribute to industry knowledge and best practices.
Recognizes books that address current or emerging topics relevant to facility management professionals.
Honors instructional, digital, or social media content that supports learning and professional development in facility management.
These awards honor IFMA chapters, councils, and communities for excellence in communication, engagement, education, and leadership.
Recognizes chapters that consistently deliver high-quality professional development programming and promote IFMA credentials.
Honors chapters that advance recognition of the FM profession through sustained engagement with government entities.
Recognizes chapters that demonstrate excellence in membership engagement, governance, communications, and programming.
Honors student chapters that demonstrate commitment to developing future FM professionals.
Recognizes chapters that deliver effective, high-quality digital communication to members.
Honors councils or communities that maintain consistent, effective communication with members.
Recognizes councils or communities that provide exceptional professional development opportunities.
Honors a council or community that excels in communication, education, membership engagement, and fiscal responsibility.
These awards recognize programs, projects, and initiatives that demonstrate measurable impact, innovation, and advancement in facility management practice.
Recognizes an individual or team whose facility management program or idea has had a substantial positive impact on the success of their organization
Recognizes an individual or team that demonstrates excellence in sustainable facility operations and management through strategic initiatives and measurable performance improvements.
Recognizes innovative, cost-efficient, and replicable projects that advance facility management beyond standard practices and help lead the profession into the future.
Phase 1: Executive Summary
Phase 2: In-Depth Proposal
Learn about the award categories, view past winners or submit a nomination for this year’s program.
