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NZi3 building - award nominations/winners (January)

The NZi3 National ICT Innovation Institute building at the University of Canterbury has been officially recognised as a multiple award winner.
- New Zealand Green Building Council: 5 star education design award
- Designers Institute of NZ Best Awards: Gold award for interior design
- New Zealand Institute of Architects: Canterbury Architecture award
- New Zealand Institute of Architects / Resene: colour award
- Illumination Engineering Society (IES) Australia and New Zealand: EECA low energy lighting award
- Illumination Engineering Society (IES) Australia and New Zealand: 'National Lighting Design award
The building is also currently being judged for other awards (results pending) and was also shortlisted for the World architecture awards which were judged at the end of 2009 in Barcelona.
NZi3's founding partners are Hewlett-Packard New Zealand, IBM, Jade Software Corporation, Tait Electronics and the University of Canterbury.