2026 Sandbox Competition: Sustainability

Sponsored by ITE's Private Sector Council

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Choose Your Competition Category

Review the challenge that applies to your team. Each category has its own competition brief and study-area map. Read the competition brief before reviewing the corresponding maps and graphics.

Professional Teams

Cities, agencies, and firms

Future-Ready Last-Mile Goods Movement Strategy

The professional challenge focuses on Calgary’s Hillhurst and Sunnyside residential communities, with particular emphasis on the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone. Teams will develop a future-ready strategy for efficient and reliable last-mile goods movement that balances the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors while maintaining mobility, accessibility, economic vitality, and quality of life.

Proposals consider planning and design strategies, delivery and curb operations, sustainability, and measurable outcomes using key performance indicators. The professional competition brief contains the complete problem statement, challenge parameters, and scoring criteria.

Category: Professional teams

Entries due: March 1, 2027

Finalists notified: March 31, 2027

Professional Competition Documents

1. Competition Brief & Problem Statement
The complete professional challenge, sustainability objectives, KPI considerations, and scoring criteria.

View Professional Competition Brief (PDF) →

2. Professional Study Area Map
The Calgary study area showing Hillhurst and Sunnyside.

View Professional Study Area Map (PDF) →

Student Teams

Full-time undergraduate and graduate students

Campus-Specific Zero-Emission Delivery Zone

The student challenge focuses on the University of Calgary’s main campus. Teams will develop a campus-specific zero-emission delivery zone that keeps goods moving reliably and efficiently while balancing the needs of students, residents, faculty, employees, and visitors.

Proposals address truck access restrictions, roadway and infrastructure improvements, and approaches that could be transferred to other universities or campuses. The student competition brief contains the complete problem statement, challenge parameters, and scoring criteria.

Eligibility: Every team member must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student.

Entries due: April 1, 2027

Student Competition Documents

1. Competition Brief & Problem Statement
The complete student challenge, zero-emission delivery-zone objectives, and scoring criteria.

View Student Competition Brief (PDF) →

2. Student Study Area Maps
Two figures showing the University of Calgary site location and campus study area.

View Student Study Area Maps (PDF) →

The professional and student challenges have different requirements. Teams should use the materials specific to their competition category. All competition PDFs open in a new tab.

Questions About the Sandbox Competition?

Contact Kathi Driggs for additional information about the 2027 Sandbox Competition.

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