The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester, The Sweco Building, Bergen, Norway, and the Hitchcock Centre for the Environment, Amherst, USA, are just three of the innovative schemes that have made the shortlist for the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards 2020
Now in their thirteenth year, these prestigious annual awards recognise the projects, teams, individuals, products, innovations and initiatives that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment.
Fundamental to the project categories is evidence of performance in operation: these are the only built environment awards to focus on the actual, in-use measured performance of completed projects rather than just on design intent.
The fourteen highly contested Awards include two new categories for emerging priorities in the sector: Project of the Year – Retrofit; and Product or Innovation – Wellbeing. These reflect the importance of improving the safety, comfort and overall performance of existing buildings and also acknowledge the growing interest in the impact buildings can have on occupants’ physical and mental wellbeing.
The awards are judged by a diverse panel of experts and industry leaders from within the built environment. The quality of entries submitted this year made the judges’ task of arriving at a shortlist particularly challenging for some categories.
Alongside acknowledged market leaders, the judges were particularly pleased to see so many new names on the shortlists this year, including Noel Lawler Green Energy Solutions and Hysopt.
Hywel Davies, technical director at CIBSE chaired the judging. He said: “There were many excellent submissions this year; all of those who made the shortlist, either as individuals or as part of a team, should be justly proud of their contribution to improving building performance.”
The winners will be announced on Tuesday 11 February at an awards event taking place at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London.
The full 2020 CIBSE Building Performance Awards shortlist is:
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BUILDING PERFORMANCE CONSULTANCY (UP TO 50 EMPLOYEES)
- Banyards anna
- Box Twenty Consulting Engineers
- Energy Efficiency Consultancy
- FairHeat
- Noel Lawler Green Energy Solutions
- S I Sealy & Associates
BUILDING PERFORMANCE CONSULTANCY (51–300 EMPLOYEES)
Sponsored by Imtech
- AESG
- Elementa Consulting
- Harley Haddow
- IES
- RED
BUILDING PERFORMANCE CONSULTANCY (OVER 300 EMPLOYEES)
Sponsored by ABB
- Atkins
- BuroHappold Engineering
- Cundall
COLLABORATION
Sponsored by Lochinvar
- Chobham Farm – FairHeat
- ESFA School Building Framework Project – Bowmer + Kirkland/Integrated Environmental Solutions
- Park View Student Village – Desco
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Ideal Commercial Boiler
- David Cheshire, Regional Director, Sustainability – AECOM
- Tom Hopton, Associate – BuroHappold Engineering
- Tom Naughton, Associate – FairHeat
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Sponsored by Gratte Brothers
- Ascendas International Tech Park Pune – CapitaLand
- Belgrave House – BNP Paribas Real Estate
- Yale – NUS College
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Book ‘Building Performance Analysis’ – University of Plymouth
- Energy Behavioural Change – Marks and Spencer
- HVAC Centre of Excellence – Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors’ Association
- The Biophilic Classroom, Putney High School, GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust), The Value of Nature in a Learning Environment – RCZM Sustainable Design, Performance + Analysis and Reading University
- The ‘Future Offices: Next-Generation Workplace Design’ book – AECOM
PRODUCT OR INNOVATION – THERMAL COMFORT
- Air Induction Unit – Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong
- Atamate Building Control System – Atamate
- Hysopt HVAC Design and Optimisation Software – Hysopt
- OPA2100 ECO ULTRA – Temperzone Australia Pty
PRODUCT OR INNOVATION – WELLBEING
Sponsored by Tamlite Lighting
- arbn well – arbnco
- BUS Wellbeing Survey – Arup
- Concept Analysis Tool (CAT) – Atkins
- Neuron Smart Building Digital Platform – Empowering Building Sustainability and Wellbeing through AI & Digital Technology – Arup
- Wise – Swegon
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
Sponsored by Hattersley
- Brodick Ferry Terminal – Max Fordham
- Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre – Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick – Building Services South
- Institute of Physics – AECOM
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – INTERNATIONAL
- AUT – Mana Hauora (MH) Building, Auckland, New Zealand – Beca
- Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst, USA – BuroHappold Engineering
- Mason Bros., Auckland, New Zealand – Mott MacDonald
- The Sweco Building, Bergen, Norway – Sweco Norway
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC USE
- Bartlett School of Architecture, 22 Gordon Street – BuroHappold Engineering Maggie’s at the Robert Parfett Building, Manchester – Foster + Partners
- The Engine Shed, Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre – Max Fordham Ysgol Rhyd y Llan – Atkins
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – RESIDENTIAL
- Agar Grove Estate Regeneration, Phase 1A – Max Fordham
- Park View Student Village – Desco
- Quayside, Totnes – FairHeat
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – RETROFIT
- Appleton Tower Recladding – BuroHappold Engineering
- Bartlett School of Architecture, 22 Gordon Street – BuroHappold Engineering Discovery
- Gardens Retrofit – Griffin Consultants
- Two Pacific Place Retro-fit and Sustainable Development – Swire Properties Wilkins
- Lower Refectory – Burwell Architects
