The
Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester, The Sweco Building, Bergen,
Norway, and the Hitchcock Centre for the Environment, Amherst, USA, are three
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. To book a table at the event go to: www.cibse.org/building-performance-awards
