Low Carbon Awards Winners
CIBSE Awards
And the
winners are...
Best Carbon Saving
Programme
Winner: Simons Design
Runners-up: BDP London;
MPS; Natural History
Museum; Royal Household;
TfL; UBM
Best Carbon Saving
Programme – SME
Winner: BDP Belfast
Runners-up: HLM Architects;
Wilo UK
Champion of Carbon Saving
Champions
Winner: Quinten Babcock, > client to go beyond doing what they are forced to by the
The Client of the Year category
TfL
legislation to actually use the EPC and see if they could
Runners-up: Glynnan
showed that the penny has dropped
Barham, Natural History
improve their building.
Museum; Brian Spires, HLM This head office housing 170 people scored D on its with many building owners
Architects
EPC – fairly typical for that type of building – but Hipkiss
and operators, and that energy
New Build Project of
explained that the challenge wasn’t the design intent, but
the Year certificates have helped
Winner: Faber Maunsell,
the energy management in operation. He was able to
ZEBRA Project convince the occupier to look at the recommendations
Runners-up: BDP, Leigh
for improvements that come with the EPC, and to have
Academy; NG Bailey, Solais
House
a voluntary DEC carried out, which brought the ‘actual was judged to be the Low Carbon Innovation of the Year –
Refurbishment Project
performance’ message over very clearly and prompted a Design or Technical because it significantly simplified and
of the Year
number of improvements – many focused on occupant eased the process of information collection, so making
Winner: Sigrid Stagl and
energy consumption behaviour. the energy assessor producing the DEC up to 50 per cent
Peter Kaufmann, Brighton
House Project
Hipkiss also received a special commendation in the more productive.
Runner-up: Faber
DEC category because of his promotion of voluntary DECs The Low Carbon Innovation Award – Product went to
Maunsell, BBC
as a way of highlighting real energy performance. the Heritage Solar Slate developed by PV Systems because,
Broadcasting House
Quinten Babcock of Transport for London won the again, this is aimed at making it easier for engineers to
Innovation of the Year –
DEC of the Year Award as well being named Champion of integrate low carbon technology into an existing building.
design or technical
Winner: i-prophets,
Carbon Saving Champions – see the Big Interview feature The solar slate looks identical to conventional slate, and
digitalenergy
on page 34 of this issue for more details of his impressive so can blend into the roof, but it also produces valuable,
Runner-up: HLM, HLM
portfolio of work in this area. low carbon solar energy – a perfect marriage of old look
Space
The Client of the Year category showed that the penny and new process to deliver carbon savings to a wider range
Product Innovation of
the Year
has dropped with many building owners and operators, of buildings. Its ‘fit and forget’ approach also chimes
Winner: PV Systems and that energy certificates have helped to highlight issues well with the desire of the industry to make renewable
Runner-up: Venture Lighting,
in a way that resonates with occupants. This year’s winner technologies simple and accessible.
Natural White
is Leisure Connection, which operates a portfolio of 80 Despite all this focus on existing buildings, there were
Client of the Year
Winner: Leisure Connections
properties for various public sector clients including a still some marvellous things being done in the world of new
Runner-up: Somerfield number of major sports centres. build. Faber Maunsell took the accolades this time with its
Low Carbon Energy Assessor:
Head of property services Paul Bailey implemented a ZEBRA Project that won New Build Project of the Year.
EPC of the Year
number of small-scale projects, but secured maximum ZEBRA stands for Zero Emissions Building Renewing
Winner: i-prophets,
Alexandra House
return by replicating them across as many properties as Alnwick, which was designed by Faber’s Leeds office. It
Runner-up: Faber Maunsell,
possible. Initiatives included the installation of swimming achieved the highest-ever BREEAM rating at design stage
ZEBRA project
pool covers to reduce heat loss from the water; fitting of 80.72 per cent and an A+ for its EPC (-14). Appropriately,
Low Carbon Energy Assessor:
variable speed drive controls to air handling equipment; it houses part of the Department for Environment, Food
DEC of the Year
recommissioning the BMS; and the installation of sub- and Rural Affairs, and showcases natural and passive
Winner: TfL
Runner-up: i-prophets,
metering. design measures that offset the carbon emissions from its
Alexandra House
He also set up an education programme to ensure that electricity, gas and biomass, making it one of the first zero-
Low Carbon Operator / energy “forms a part of every employee’s role”. Many carbon office buildings in the country.
Manager of the Year
of the staff now enthusiastically explain energy issues These prize winners and the many other entrants give
Winner: Philip Belton,
Medway Hospital
to visitors. All of these initiatives paid dividends as the us just a flavour of the energetic work going on in the
Runner-up: Quinten organisation is subject to mandatory DECs. field to tackle emissions from existing buildings, deliver
Babcock, TfL
The importance of DECs in taking buildings on energy certificates and ensure that the building services
Low Carbon Consultant
to the next level of carbon reduction was a theme that industry is spearheading the drive for a low carbon built
of the Year
Winner: Andrew Gardner
ran throughout this year’s awards. The online wizard environment. And they give us considerable hope for the
developed by i-prophets to help with the roll-out of DECs future. l
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