Dr. Elizabeth Hausler is recognized for building safer housing around the world, alongside 49 incredible women fighting against gun violence, gender inequality, book bans, and more.

Lizzie Blaisdell Collins was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the University of California, Berkeley.

Build Change received the Runner Up/Intervention of Distinction honor in 2022 for our work in the Philippines advancing successful disaster mitigation interventions.

Climate-resilient second stories in Honduras listed as a Ten Social Innovation Initiatives for 2022 by the Latin American Development Bank Read the Announcement (En Espanol)

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler was honored with the inaugural Global Engineering Professional Award from the Mortenson Center for Global Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Build Change’s PD3R team was the global runner-up in the IBM Call for Code.

The University of California, Berkeley honored alumna Dr. Elizabeth Hausler with the Campanile Excellence in Achievement Award.

Build Change was selected as one of the Social Design Circle honorees by Curry Stone Design Prize.

Build Change received a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, represented by Founder and CEO Elizabeth Hausler.

Build Change’s Chief of Engineering, Lizzie Blaisdell Collins, was recipient of the 2016 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s Shah Family Innovation Prize.

Build Change was the 2016 OpenIDEO Urban Resilience Challenge Winner for our slum retrofitting project in Metro Manila.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler was inducted into the CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the University of California, Berkeley.

Build Change received the Autodesk Tech Impact Award.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler was awarded the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award.

Build Change received the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) Award of Excellence for Study/Research/Guidelines.

In partnership with Degenkolb Engineers and MTPTC, Build Change received the 2013 Award of Excellence in Structural Engineering from SEAONC.

Build Change was a finalist for post-earthquake housing reconstruction in West Sumatra; the work improved technical assistance and education throughout Indonesia.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler was named as the 2011 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Schwab Foundation.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler received the 2011 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler was named as a 2009 Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow.

Ashoka identifies and supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs.

Build Change is a 2008 Tech Awards Laureate, and winner of the Katherine M. Swanson Foundation Equality Category Cash Prize.

Build Change was in the 2007 Cohort of the Global Social Benefit Incubator Program at Santa Clara University.

In 2006, Build Change was named “Best in Aceh,” recognized by Indonesian academics and senior engineers.

In partnership with volunteer structural engineering firms, Build Change received the 2006 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from the Structural SEAONC.

Build Change was awarded the 2006 Certificate of Merit from the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC).

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler is a 2006 Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow.  Build Change is part of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation portfolio of social entrepreneurs.

Build Change was seed funded by Echoing Green. Echoing Green identifies, invests in and supports the world’s most exceptional emerging leaders and the organizations they launch.