by Brianna Crandall — February 24, 2014—The U.K.-based Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) revealed the winners of its prestigious Building Performance Awards at a ceremony February 11 in London. Full details of the winners can be found in a special supplement of the CIBSE Journal. The awards were sponsored by headline sponsor Imtech and numerous other companies.
Attendees saw Sustainable Design Solutions and Marks & Spencer awarded the overall accolade of Carbon Champion of the Year, for their commitment to improving building performance and reduction of energy consumption at the retailer’s Cheshire Oaks store, which also won in the category of New Build Project of the Year (value over £10 million). The Carbon Champion is chosen from among the winners in each category for the most outstanding contribution to achieving improved building performance. The judges said the store’s accomplishments demonstrate what the private sector can achieve on a voluntary basis.
CIBSE notes that these two significant awards for one of the leading retail businesses in the U.K. come in the wake of the retail sector as a whole recognizing the critical nature of reducing carbon emissions through energy efficiency and systems design. The week before the awards, the British Retail Consortium announced ambitious targets to cut energy-related emissions from buildings by 50% by 2020, targets set under its A Better Retailing Climate: Driving Resource Efficiency initiative.
New for the 2014 Building Performance Awards, CIBSE introduced the International Project of the Year category with new build and refurbishment projects shortlisted in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Italy and Singapore. The winner was Atelier Ten for its “stunning and innovative” designs for Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, which the Judges described as an ambitious project given a well thought through, holistic engineering solution.
The CIBSE Judges also recognized a “one of a kind project” by awarding a Judges’ Special Engineering Award to ChapmanBDSP for the Velodrome London 2012 Olympics, which showcased the world-renowned attributes of British engineering and British cycling.
Building Performance Awards 2014 winners:
- Building Operation Award: Exchange House, Broadgate, City of London – British Land / Broadgate Estates
- Building Services Consultancy of the Year (over 100 employees): Max Fordham
- Building Services Consultancy of the Year (up to 100 employees): Beverley Clifton Morris
- Client Energy Management Award: British Land (Portfolio) – British Land
- Client of the Year: BBC, nominated by Arup
- Collaborative Working Award: Norland and EE
- Energy-Saving Product of the Year: XBOXER XBC Heat Recovery Range – Nuaire
- International Project of the Year: Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay, Singapore – Atelier Ten
- New Build Project of the Year (value over £10 million): Marks & Spencer, Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port – Sustainable Design Solutions / Marks & Spencer
- New Build Project of the Year (up to £10 million): Montgomery Primary School, Exeter – HamsonJPA
- Refurbishment Project of the Year (over £5 million): HVAC Roof Infrastructure, Harrods, Knightsbridge, London – Harrods
- Refurbishment Project of the Year (up to £5 million): Hollywood House, Woking – M&G Real Estate
- Training for Building Performance Award: BREEAM Accredited Professional – BRE Group Training
- Judges Special Engineering Award: Velodrome London 2012 Olympics – ChapmanBDSP
- CIBSE Carbon Champion of the Year: Marks & Spencer, Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port – Sustainable Design Solutions / Marks & Spencer
CIBSE President George Adams commented that all of this year’s Building Performance Award winners and nominees should be celebrated for their outstanding accomplishments, and for showing how the industry can reach out to achieve beyond best practice.
