In order to promote and propagate best practices, every year HUDCO organizes “HUDCO Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment” to motivate institutes who have demonstrated outstanding initiatives to encourage innovative and sustainable projects. It also publishes a compendium on the ‘Best Practices Awards’ annually and it is released on the occasion of World Habitat Day celebrations in October.
HUDCO gives award under the following 7 themes:-
- Urban Governance
- Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure
- Urban Transport
- Environment Management, Energy Conservation and Green Building
- Sanitation
- Urban Design & Regional Planning, Inner City Revitalization & Conservation
- Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Rehabilitation
Each theme has sub-themes for defining in greater detail the multi dimensional approaches for improving the city or urban area.