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Performance in practice took centre stage at CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2026

Friday 6 March, 2026

CIBSE has announced the winners of the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2026, which took place on 5 March 2026 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London.


Hosted by comedian Maisie Adam, the annual flagship CIBSE event has once more brought together leaders from across the built environment to recognise projects, products and professionals delivering measurable building performance outcomes and advancing excellence in building services engineering.


The CIBSE Building Performance Awards celebrate evidence-based performance, rewarding those who demonstrate a commitment to closing the performance gap and delivering buildings that work in practice, for people and for the planet.


Dr Julie Godefroy, Chair of the Judges and Head of Net Zero at CIBSE, commented:


The CIBSE Building Performance Awards have long promoted a focus on how buildings actually work, for people and for the environment. I'm delighted that they have kept growing, with a record number of entries to the 2026 edition. This year saw the introduction of dedicated categories to reward Building Performance Evaluation, which attracted huge interest, reflecting the range of products and services now on offer in this field. Across all categories we've seen a wide spread of entries, from individuals to large organisations, from small projects to portfolios, new builds to retrofits and FM projects, and from across the world. Thank you and well done to everyone for their continued work in driving engineering excellence.”


The awards ceremony concluded with a renewed call for the industry to continue prioritising building performance as a central pillar in achieving net zero and creating healthier, more resilient buildings.


Full list of winners:


Best Digital Innovation - Organisational Strategy


Winner: Engentica - EMSD, Government of Hong Kong


Best Digital Innovation - Project Delivery


Winner: CarbonMe - Hilson Moran


Building Performance Evaluation – Practice


Winner: Willmott Dixon


CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Products and Systems: for Manufacturers and Suppliers


Winner: Swegon


CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Services and Projects: for Consultants


Winner: Buro Happold


Sponsor: CMR


Client of the Year


Winner: BBC Workplace


Leadership


Winner: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation


Collaboration


Winner: One Creative environments


Engineer of the Year


Winner: Miriam Ozanne, Regional Director, Head of Building Performance – AECOM


Sponsor: Ideal Heating – Commercial Products


Learning and Development


Winner: Data Academy Apprenticeship - Hoare Lea


Sponsor: CIBSE Patrons


Facilities Management


Winner: Hong Kong Children’s Hospital - Hospital Authority


Product or Innovation of the Year - Air Quality


Winner: AirDoor – VES


Product or Innovation of the Year - Thermal Comfort


Winner: Cosysense


Product or Innovation of the Year – Building Performance Evaluation


Winner: WISE – Swegon


Product or Innovation of the Year – Wellbeing


Winner: AirDoor – VES


Project of the Year – Public


Winner: Locomotion New Hall - Buro Happold


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year - Workplace – International


Winner: B201 Redevelopment – Beca


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year - Workplace - Existing & Retrofit


Winner: Decarbonisation of York House - British Land


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year – Education


Winner: Riverside Primary School – Architype


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year - Workplace


Winner: 11&12 Wellington Place - Ove Arup


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year – Residential


Winner: Bluebird Project, Southend-on-Sea - Max Fordham


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Project of the Year – Portfolio


Winner: Bourn Quarter – SRE


Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems


Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees)


Winner: RCDC


Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric


Building Performance Consultancy (51 - 300 employees)


Winner: XCO2


Sponsor: Airflow


Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)


Winner: Buro Happold


Sponsor: ABB


CIBSE Next Generation of Building Performance Award


Winner: Willmott Dixon


Building Performance Champion


Winner: B201 Redevelopment - Beca


Full list of highly commended:


CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Products and Systems: for Manufacturers and Suppliers


Highly Commended: GlasCurtain


CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Services and Projects: for Consultants


Highly Commended: SCS & Introba Consulting


Leadership


Highly Commended: Shade the UK


Engineer of the Year


Highly Commended: Sean Harlow, Head of Engineering – Savills & Jessica Glynn, Associate - Atelier Ten


Facilities Management


Highly Commended: Landsec - BGIS Global Integrated Solutions


Product or Innovation of the Year – Building Performance Evaluation


Highly Commended: IES Live 2025 – IES


Project of the Year - Workplace


Highly Commended: Project Featherstone - Buro Happold


Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees)


Highly Commended: Lawler Group



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