CIBSE recognises performance in practice
UK – CIBSE has announced the winners of the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2026, which took place at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London.
Hosted by comedian Maisie Adam, the annual flagship CIBSE event 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, said: “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.
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.
DR Julie Godefroy, Chair of the Judges and Head of Net Zero at CIBSE
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
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
Learning and Development
Winner: Data Academy Apprenticeship – Hoare Lea
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
Project of the Year – Workplace – International
Winner: B201 Redevelopment – Beca
Project of the Year – Workplace – Existing & Retrofit
Winner: Decarbonisation of York House – British Land
Project of the Year – Education
Winner: Riverside Primary School – Architype
Project of the Year – Workplace
Winner: 11&12 Wellington Place – Ove Arup
Project of the Year – Residential
Winner: Bluebird Project, Southend-on-Sea – Max Fordham
Project of the Year – Portfolio
Winner: Bourn Quarter – SRE
Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees)
Winner: RCDC
Building Performance Consultancy (51 – 300 employees)
Winner: XCO2
Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)
Winner: Buro Happold
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
