[waialua359]

Judging at regionals on Fridays (1st day of real competition) in the morning does in fact ask teams in the pit about sustainability, business plan, etc.
That specific award has always been given on the 1st day of awards. The judges discuss and hopefully decide by lunch time, after which we see a majority of them either watching matches or talking to more teams.
Whether its a standard or not, several judges have spoken to us at many regionals in recent years about that specific award, one that we have won at a regional every year since 2008.
In San Diego in 2010, we were a little disappointed when two judges told us at the end of Friday that they forgot to go to our pit, and decisions were already made.

As a suggestion, i would have your pit spokesperson(s) ask judges if they would like to hear about your plan, if you have one.
Its not so much that we are trying to win that specific award, as much as we work really hard 24/7 in putting a plan in place annually and sacrificing a lot of time and effort just so that our team can compete like the rest of the mainland teams year after year. Our kids are proud of showing judges and other teams just how hard they work to achieve their team goals.