CIBSE Awards Winners 2012

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RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN MAKING BUILDINGS WORK

Wednesday 8 February Grosvenor House London

WINNERS’ BROCHURE

Imtech’s Pan European Operation Over the last few years, Imtech have completed

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hundreds of energy efficient and environmental

technology partner for the solar powered

Planet Solar - Imtech Marine Germany is a

projects throughout Europe, ranging from solar

catamaran, Planet Solar.

powered boats to power stations to “the greenest office in Europe”

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Greenest office in Europe - The head office of

Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt is recognised as one of With the changing demand for more environmental

the greenest office in Europe achieving the highest

and low carbon buildings, increased legislation on

standard (platina) of LEED certification.

Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) and changes in building Regulations for conservation of fuel and

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power (Part L), Ventilation (Part F) and Heat

with Welsh Water, Thames Water and Anglian Water

Sewage Treatment - Imtech Process are working

Producing Appliances (Part J) the built

to produce and operate green treatment plants

environment is becoming more and more under

utilising the methane from the effluent to create

pressure to deliver.

heat and power from CHP Engines.

New technologies in building material have helped

But what of the existing building stock? Old

but over a lifespan of a building, the services have

insulation, poor controls, inefficient equipment

the biggest demand on energy use and costs,

and insufficient maintenance can cost thousands in

particularly in high usage sites like process and data

energy usage and waste tonnes of Carbon. Many

centres.

buildings have evolved over the years with repairs, upgrades and extensions, but many have never been

For the new build market, this can be fairly

reviewed as a whole and fail to see the overall

easily achieved with efficient plant, new

consequence of these changes. Much of the old

technologies and modern controls technology.

systems remain operating at extremely low

The design and installation of these can be planned

efficiencies and many with hybrid repairs due to

and developed in unison at the outset to achieve

obsolete components.

the zero carbon objectives.

Imtech M&E divisions specialise in all areas of MEP Imtech group are very active in all aspects of

and ICT services, supporting the Groups own

environmental design and the built environment.

businesses and its many clients. Imtech Technical Services is a £500m business in the UK and is part of

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Data Centres - Thanks to smart solutions such as

innovative cooling systems, Imtech is turning energy

Imtech NV, a €5.3b business in Europe with a wealth of support services.

guzzling data centres green. This not only creates considerable savings, it also ensures that CO²

With this support, Imtech is not only able to assume

emissions can be reduced by up to 40%

full responsibility in the long term for the delivery, maintenance and management of all energy

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Solar Energy - In Spain, Imtech is responsible

supplies; it also analyses and optimises all the

for a part of the mechanical solutions in three solar

operational systems and processes. This is what

power plants and in the UK, Imtech Aqua are a

Imtech call energy contracting and results in

provider of solar panels to a number of housing

efficiency improvements and considerable cost and

associations.

energy savings. Imtech has entered into such energy management contracts with Caterpillar Industrial Park in Kiel, the new head office of the German Federal Intelligence Service in Berlin, the campus of Infineon Technologies in Munich and Vodafone Exchange in Dusseldorf. On average 20 to 30% carbon is saved.

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WELCOME

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TRAINING FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARD

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BUILDING SERVICES CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR

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ENERGY-USING PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

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PASSIVE (ENERGY-RELATED) PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

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COMMISSIONING PROJECT OF THE YEAR

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LOW CARBON CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

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NEW BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC SECTOR)

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REFURBISHMENT PROJECT AWARD

COLLABORATIVE WORKING AWARD

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CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

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CLIENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT AWARD

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BUILDING OPERATION AWARD

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NEW BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE SECTOR)

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CLIENT OF THE YEAR

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CARBON CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

THE JUDGES

»Thank you to this year’s judging panel Chair of judges

Bukky Bird

Paddy Conaghan

Hywel Davies

Andy Ford

David Hughes

Head of Engineering

Consultant

Technical Director

CIBSE President & Technical

Consultant and Past President

Tesco

Hoare Lea

CIBSE

Director, Mott Macdonald

CIBSE

Prof Doug King

Iain Macrae Graham Manly

Richard Partingon

Peter Rickaby

Head of Global

Founder

Lighting Applications Management

Business Development Director

Director

Director

King Shaw Associates

Thorn Lighting

Gratte Brothers

Richards Partington Architects

Rickaby Thompson Associates

Welcome to the CIBSE Building Performance Awards »The future is a resource and carbon constrained world so

CIBSE is placing the role of performance engineering delivered by our buildings engineers at the heart of what it does. This evening we celebrated excellence in the state of the art represented here by the buildings and people contesting the awards.

It is sobering to realise that we must all be able to achieve at this level of performance consistently in the not far distant future. This is why CIBSE has launched the knowledge portal, making all our knowledge available to all our members.

Simultaneously we have simplified membership to allow everyone interested in building performance to join and access our accumulated knowledge and contribute to it.

CIBSE will use its historic place in the industry to drive understanding and respect between the adjacent professions through the entire supply chain, from our universities at one end to site operatives at the other. We will work together to bring knowledge to where it is needed from where it already exists. Collaborating to take the exemplars represented here and make them the norm. Assisting all to share what they have learned and drive our industry to the next level.

We seek to bring together all those involved in our future built environment to ensure it will be as delightful as it must be efficient. Working closely with other institutions we aim, with them, to make our knowledge the best in the world. We must make construction an attractive and exciting sector to work in to attract the best. I believe that to achieve this requires a step change in the respect we show each other and a new understanding that to accelerate our learning we must share knowledge not hide. Of course we must compete, but we must compete in what matters - the quality of delivery.

Tonight we have seen the best-to-date. Let’s celebrate.

Andy Ford CIBSE PRESIDENT

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TRAINING FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARD

WINNER Norland Managed Services »Norland Managed Services, a building

services and facilities management company, developed Energy Matters, a comprehensive energy supply and management solution designed to reduce customers' carbon footprints, and Energy Matters Training (EMT), a programme to increase energy awareness among its own engineers.

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While engineers usually arrive at a lighting. It uses a 3D, web-based site to repair or maintain a specific computer platform that enables staff piece of equipment, EMT enables to take the training when their work them to consider schedules suit, “Norland demonstrated energy or at home. The commitment to training implications of training covers across the broad spectrum other equipment of the workforce and a good office, at the same time. example of how building warehouse and performance can be improved Schedules have industrial on site on a day-to-day.” been altered to buildings and JUDGES’ COMMENTS give engineers focuses on a time to ‘walk’ the series of 3D sites; this can images with a result in simple, no-cost actions that number of ‘hotspots’ on which can provide immediate savings, as users click to view information, read well as identifying the more case studies or navigate to other significant and complex efficiency levels. Each module includes a video steps. As an example, Norland’s and examination to test the user’s energy engineers at Morgan Stanley understanding. Once the course has have reduced base load by 25%, been completed, and the tests saving over £450k, equivalent to passed, it provides an Energy 2,500 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Institute certificate.

EMT consists of a series of six modules covering boilers, air handling, compressed air, variable speed drives, refrigeration and

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An additional module, still at the pilot stage, has been developed specifically for customers' staff; this enables wider energy engagement,

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» CCL Consulting Limited » Nuaire » TACE » University of Bradford

encouraging changes in attitudes towards sustainability in the workplace, from switching printers off overnight to not over-filling kettles. Early successes include an expo attended by more than 1,400 staff at Citibank in Canary Wharf.

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BUILDING SERVICES CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR

WINNER AECOM » Key cornerstones of AECOM's philosophy

are robust environmental management and the implementation of sound sustainability principles, and the company has held the Environmental Management standard ISO 14001 since 1995.

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AECOM contributes to a number of ‘go-to’ reference books and to CIBSE publications and other guides, including the industry recognised Faber & Kell, as well as writing many guidance documents that actively seek to exceed the minimum acceptable design standards, and project-specific design guides for inclusion in contractor tender packages.

technology, AECOM has developed industry-standard design applications, including the Apache, Indus, Pisces and Taps software packages, as well as pioneering building information modelling (BIM).

ADAPT, AECOM's design and productivity toolkit, includes a carbon assessment tool, an automated design software programme and a standard calculations suite. This approach has enabled landmark projects such The company has carried out a as Greenwatt Way, using the latest range of government-led initiatives construction methods and including advising government on technologies to deliver zero-carbon Part L of the Building Regulations housing, and the Air Chairs ‘seats of (Conservation of Fuel and Power) cool' displacement ventilation and on the solution for the new implementation of the San José European Energy “The judges felt that AECOM demonstrated International Airport Performance of many of the terminal building in Buildings Directive characteristics being California. in the UK. It sought in the CIBSE Building Services Its evolving co-developed the Consultancy of environmental original BREEAM the Year.” management scheme in the early JUDGES’ COMMENTS system has recently 1990s and is a included the founding member of benchmarking of the original Soft carbon emissions and an Landings Task Group. improvement programme that Always at the forefront of new

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SHORTLISTED

» Hoare Lea » Hurleypalmerflatt » Max Fordham » Mott MacDonald » URS » WSP Group

includes initiatives to reduce the impacts of travel. AECOM provides extensive support in the delivery of successful carbon management programmes, and low-carbon and low-energy buildings, including the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg – the first BREEAM excellent project outside of the UK – and KPMG, London (BCO Award for Best Corporate Workplace).

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ENERGY-USING PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

WINNER COOL-PHASE® low-energy cooling and ventilation system, monodraught »Cool-phase is a low-energy alternative to

air-conditioning that reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 90%. The natural cooling, ventilation and heat recovery system uses ‘thermal batteries’ to capture free energy and release it when needed, with clean, fresh air.

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»In addition, Cool-phase does not use coolant gases. The main materials inside the unit are ‘upcycled’ from waste byproducts of other industries, reducing land fill.

The reduced running costs provide a financial incentive and rapid payback to the investment. With very low running, servicing and maintenance costs and an expected working life of up to 20 years, the system has been designed to be easy to retrofit, as well as being suitable for new build.

power is provided by the intelligent combination of ventilation, precooling the room and through active cooling using the thermal batteries.

During winter the system works in reverse, removing warm, stuffy air and transferring it to cool, fresh air.

Typical office applications see temperature rising throughout the day; the Cool-phase system stores this heat and uses it to preheat fresh air coming in. In addition, the system can trap waste heat from the day and release it as needed.

At night the Cool-phase unit draws in cool outside air and passes it over the thermal batteries to charge them. During daytime it will monitor both air quality and temperature, as either of these “COOL-PHASE is a novel, low changes will energy cooling system which reduces energy supply fresh air consumption for building and/or cooling to ventilation.” the space. The JUDGES’ COMMENTS total cooling

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Engineering a sustainable built environment

The CIBSE Benevolent Fund

Members helping members, and their dependants, in need

The CIBSE Benfund was established in 1933 and has now been providing practical support to the Institution’s members and their dependents for 75 years.

In 2010 the CIBSE Benfund received a 10% increase in requests for help.

We are helping more Building Services Engineers than ever before.

Help us to help them – tonight’s charity casino is in aid of the CIBSE Benevolent Fund

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PASSIVE (ENERGY-RELATED) PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

WINNER RACUS® Ceiling Tile, DATUm phase change »RACUS® – Reducing Air Conditioning Units

& Systems – is a passive suspended ceiling tile incorporating a bio-based phase change material (bio-PCM) made from the oil from the soya plant and fatty acids. This is the world’s first bio-based PCM ceiling tile that absorbs, stores and releases excessive latent heat gains to promote indoor comfort for occupants and also reduce the energy demand of HVAC systems.

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Phase change materials store energy in a latent form, undergoing an endothermic process to store heat energy when ambient temperature rises and an exothermic process to release this energy when the temperature drops. In building applications, these processes occur within a narrow temperature range close to the human comfort temperature with large amounts of heat being absorbed and released.

During the transition phases, the core of the microcapsule will melt as the room temperature reaches the transition temperature and in doing so will absorb latent heat where it will be stored until such time that the room temperature cools to around 20°C. The RACUS ceiling tile was developed for new and retrofit building projects and is manufactured in two formats: a preformed mineral tile incorporating

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various abundant minerals which encapsulate the bio-PCM microcapsules; and a metal ceiling tile which is predominantly used in commercial buildings and is a composite panel assembly comprising of a solid or acoustic metal tile with an insert. It uses an organic microencapsulated phase change material that has twice the heat storage capacity of alternatives, and is the only bio-PCM available that biodegrades within 12 months.

The tile has been installed at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where the product has contributed to significant energy savings, as well as at Ofcom's head office and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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“RACUS ceiling tiles have been used on several recent projects, including one listed building where the passive system could be used to reduce overheating in spaces that could not accommodate mechanical ventilation or cooling for heritage reasons.”

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COMMISSIONING PROJECT OF THE YEAR

WINNER The Darling Quarter project, Sydney (Norman Disney & Young) »Commissioning is often squeezed out in

the dash to practical completion. The result is that projects often fail to fulfil their promise because they are not set up to succeed.

Norman Disney & Young’s work on the Darling Quarter project in Sydney, Australia, demonstrated how commissioning should be planned and managed to deliver buildings that perform to expectations.

»Norman Disney & Young’s submission set out how they had undertaken the commissioning management of the entire 1.5 hectare Darling Quarter project site.

It set out the organisation, scheduling, resource and quality planning and the delivery of documents for the project, following the industry best practice guidance set out in the CIBSE Commissioning Management Code and the system specific Codes.

Norman Disney & Young worked with all the parties involved to update the plan as work progressed in line with changes made during delivery of the project, and to take into account field conditions and the actual products, components and systems installed on the project.

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deliver to the client comfortable, sustainable and energy-efficient buildings that meet client and occupant expectations fully.

In addition to their role as commissioning manager for the base buildings on the development, Norman Disney & Young also acted as the commissioning agent for the fit out phases of the project, including the two data centres that were contained within the buildings.

This entailed developing specific commissioning, performance testing and verification of the data centres and their critical systems.

“The judges considered the Norman Disney & Young entry an excellent example of commissioning on a largescale development, and a worthy winner of the CIBSE Commissioning Project of the Year Award.”

JUDGES’ COMMENTS

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» One New Change, London (Dome Consulting Ltd)

» John Hope Gateway, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Max Fordham)

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LOW CARBON CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

WINNER Andrew Gardner »This Award recognises an outstanding

contribution to low carbon performance and the winner has been selected based on carbon return forms submitted by CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants.

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The Register of Low Carbon Consultants was developed by CIBSE, supported by the Carbon Trust, to provide the market with a supply of professionals whose competence in low carbon design and operation has been tested and is registered. Registered consultants advise on both design and operation of commercial buildings to the highest energy efficiency standard and ensure compliance with Part L. By driving down carbon emissions within the built environment CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants, and Low Carbon Energy Assessors, offer more than compliance, providing recommendations to achieve a greater sustainable environment.

The Low Carbon Consultant of the Year Award recognises measured energy performance and carbon

reduction achievements by CIBSEregistered Low Carbon Consultants.

Each consultant is invited to submit a list of the projects that they have worked on and the carbon savings that they have achieved on each project, and to explain the measures that they have used to deliver the savings.

This year’s winner has worked for several large and prestigious clients on a number of their buildings, looking for ways to reduce the energy they use and reduce their carbon emissions and carbon reduction commitment liabilities.

He specialises in the installation of combined heat and power systems in larger retail buildings, and through his work he has designed a number of installations for larger retail premises.

“Andrew Gardner’s carbon returns show that over the year he helped his clients to save approximately 61 tonnes of carbon dioxide through his work as a CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant.”

JUDGES’ COMMENTS

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COLLABORATIVE WORKING AWARD

WINNER Harrods »With a world-famous food hall comprising

hundreds of cold rooms and display cases, the department store sought a new refrigeration system that was safe, energy efficient, environmentally friendly, robust and resilient. It therefore collaborated with a seven-partner team over an 18-month period to find a solution.

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It became apparent that the commonly used HFC refrigerants would come under increasing pressure due to their high global warming potential. A carbon dioxide refrigerant operating as a transcritical installation was a proven alternative, with examples of successful installations in operation elsewhere in Europe. Field visits to sites were undertaken to establish the viability of the system.

boilers. Plant room cooling is provided by DX evaporators coupled to each of the packs, to ensure the maximum amount of heat is recovered to the domestic hot water system. Because the new system provides refrigeration for more than just the cold rooms, it has enabled the introduction of CO2 cooling into additional areas of the business.

Successful delivery required the creation of a multi-disciplinary team This is believed to be the first and close co-operation throughout application in the UK to employ all stages, to achieve the switch to parallel compression technology in the new technology while the store conjunction with full heat recovery continued to operate normally. The resulting in high levels successful outcome of energy efficiency. required the “The judges were Waste heat generated impressed with the expertise of Harrods entry, which by the packs is used several different demonstrated how the to generate hot water challenges of a difficult companies, logistical project at the for the store, with a located in a heart of one of the most heat exchanger number of famous department stores in the world could countries. The coupled to the cold be met by team working water supply to design and and collaboration.” pre-heat water prior manufacturing JUDGES’ COMMENTS to passing to the gas expertise was

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SHORTLISTED

» Buro Happold » Imtech Aqua Ltd

spread between participants in the UK, Finland and Italy, requiring a high level of organisation and communication across national frontiers, time-zones and languages.

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CLIENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT AWARD

WINNER BRITISH LAND » British Land manages, owns, finances and

develops prime commercial property. The company has set challenging targets that include reducing energy intensity across its entire managed portfolio by 20% per square metre by 2011/12, compared to a 2008/09 baseline.

» Following an award-winning pilot at British Land's multi-occupied head office, a new advanced metering system and optimisation process – the first of its kind for a UK property company – has been rolled out at nine office buildings and two shopping centres. The process, provided by EP&T Global, delivers continuous measurement, monitoring, management and priority grading. It gives access to granular data through extensive sub-metering; electricity, gas and water data is uploaded automatically to a central system online every 15 minutes; and a remote diagnostic service provides regular alerts and reports.

Already, savings are being seen ahead of schedule in most buildings, with a total reduction of 9% in base-building consumption (common areas and shared

services) for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 compared to the year before. Across the seven existing buildings, this has saved 3 million kWh, more than 1,300 tonnes of carbon and almost £250,000.

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British Land has received the Better Buildings Partnership's (BBP) Owner-Occupier Partnership Award for the last two years. Initiatives include: green building groups with occupiers and building management teams; providing office occupiers with six-monthly building environmental statements; and offers to fund energy reviews.

» Harrods

British Land's overall 2010/11 performance included: 15% less energy use “The Judges were impressed across its with the monitoring and optimisation process that like-for-like supports greater managed collaboration with occupiers portfolio, and building management team, enabling greater focus compared to a on energy management 2008/09 results”. baseline, JUDGES’ COMMENTS saving 13.2

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» Climate Change Capital (nominated by ABS consulting)

» Co-operative Insurance Society Limited

» Debut Services (South West) Limited

million kWh, 6,675 tonnes of carbon and £900,000 on occupiers’ energy bills; BREEAM Excellent sustainability ratings for all office developments and two retail developments, with on average 30% lower carbon emissions, compared to relevant Building Regulations; and obtaining The Carbon Trust Standard for achievements in reducing carbon emissions from energy.

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NEW BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR PRIVATE SECTOR

WINNER Max Fordham »Brockholes Visitor Centre is a 67-hectare

nature reserve in Preston, Lancashire.

Located in a designated flood zone, which is ideal for wading birds but a challenge to build on, the Centre is built on a 2,400m² concrete pontoon that floats on a lake.

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Throughout design and construction Lancashire Wildlife Trust's ecologist was consulted on its potential impact. Key aspects of the scheme are the open vaulted buildings with no ceilings or wall voids and concealed services, with primary distribution routes following a system of floor trenches with only localised access points.

Heating demand is minimised by using exceptional standards of insulation. The main solid elements are structural insulated panels (SIP), made from A-rated polyurethane insulation and FSC-certified sheet timber. Wherever possible, the design has used bare light sources without diffusers in order to maximise the light output.

The shallow plan The kitchen is an exemplar depths, opening of low-carbon “The unique nature of roof-lights and tall catering where this floating visitor centre demanded a space heights work design-stage carbon design which together so that all emissions analysis responded to the environment in every the main spaces have led to the inclusion way. The integration exceptional of LPG fuel and a of the services and daylighting and are mixed mode the floor design and the innovation in naturally ventilated. ventilation system kitchen servicing and Shading is carefully that can operate sewage management particularly designed using a without fans when attracted the combination of fixed hob cooking is not attention of the building elements, taking place. Heat is judges.” deciduous vegetation, provided by a JUDGES’ COMMENTS internal blinds and high-efficiency low external awnings that NOx emission can be retracted in biomass boiler winter allowing the spaces to fully supplied with wood fuel from locally benefit from daylight and passive grown sources. solar heating.

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Photo: Ioana Marinescu

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KPMG, 15 Canada Square, London (AECOM) PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7 More London Riverside, London (BDP and Grontmij) Solar House, Kings Langley (Green Structures) One New Change, London (Hoare Lea)

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The building includes extensive and detailed temperature, energy, carbon and water metering systems.

Water consumption is minimised by using low-use fittings and the development also includes a constructed wetland sewage treatment system that coordinates with the site ecology.

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NEW BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR

WINNER Max Fordham »The brief for the new John Hope Gateway project at Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh was to create a building that could both tell the story of the garden and educate people about the harm we are doing to plants and biodiversity.

The approach involved close collaboration between the architect (Edward Cullinan Architects), building services engineer (Max Fordham) and structural engineer (Buro Happold). The result was an energy-efficient building that has achieved an ‘A’ rated EPC.

A combination of stack and cross driven ventilation is used, and the building has improved levels of insulation by around 25% compared to current Building Regulations. The primary source of heat is a lowcarbon biomass boiler which is fuelled by wood, while all toilets and urinals use rainwater.

At a very early design stage, Max Fordham worked alongside the A 6kW vertical axis wind turbine can architect to engineer optimum levels potentially generate around 8,500 of light for both people and the kWh of electricity per year. The plants within the building. ETFE roof building has 11m² of PV panels lights, which have a very high light mounted on the roof that will reduce and UV light transmission, were the amount of energy required from used in the entrance lobby and the the national grid by around 1,400 central atrium to maximise daylight kWh per year, as well as 15m² of and minimise energy for lighting. evacuated tube solar thermal panels Overhangs and to provide enough energy to heat vertical fins were hot water for “This entry showed designed to help around 100,000 clearly how the design reduce peak solar visitors’ hand delivered a building with significantly reduced heat gains in washes or 1,500 energy and carbon summer, while staff showers. emissions.” allowing heat to enter the building JUDGES’ COMMENTS from low winter sun.

Outside, ponds form natural light shelves reflecting low winter light deeper into the exhibition space.

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Photo: Matt lavers

SHORTLISTED

» Pool Innovation Centre, Redruth

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(Aedas) The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (AECOM) Whittington Park Sports Pavilion, London (Architects Network Limited) Castlewood Primary School, Coventry (Couch Perry & Wilkes LLP) Maelor Sports Hall, Penley, North Wales (URS)

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WINNER Norman Disney & Young »The Angel Building was an unloved early-

1980s commercial building in Islington, north London. It provided the perfect opportunity for Norman Disney &Young and Derwent London to build on their combined experience of delivering contemporary design, integrated with modern technologies.

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Energy reduction was at the heart that included a balanced of the services development. A proportion of glazing to solid low-energy displacement ventilation elements, high-performance system provides ‘free’ cooling for a glazing and fritting. large proportion of the year resulting in the high-efficiency water-cooled Two biomass boilers provide a chillers being used for less time and significant part of the heating load enabling heat recovery of up to (representing 15% overall energy 65%. This gives a 44% reduction in use). Variable speed pumping is CO2 emissions. To allow the system used on both the chilled and heating to overcome the loads associated water to reduce energy with a modern-day office, solar consumption to a minimum. gains needed to be minimised.

Rainwater is harvested and used for Laboratory tests carried out by flushing WCs and landscape Norman Disney & Young give a clear irrigation, while water reduction indication of cooling loads measures include low-flow achievable with washroom fittings and waterless the correct urinals. In “The Angel Building building design. addition, DALI demonstrates what can be Working closely lighting systems achieved in a 1980s building with architects which can served by modern energyefficient services. This is a Allford Hall respond to scheme that others can Monaghan daylight and observe and learn from as we seek to refurbish our stock Morris, a occupancy of such buildings.” high-performance levels reduce facade solution electrical energy.

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» Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon (BuroHappold) The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, Gloucester (Debut Services (South West) Limited) The Student Centre, University of Bath (Hoare Lea) The Percy Gee Building, University of Leicester (Shepheard Epstein Hunter)

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WINNER IMTECH Aqua Ltd »A major redevelopment project at Anglia Ruskin University, located within Cambridge City Centre, split the campus in two and was carried out while the university remained fully operational.

» This was the most ambitious project ever undertaken by the university and the team was highly commended for demonstrating a positive and proactive approach to successfully meeting all of the challenges presented.

VolkerFitzpatrick was the main contractor and Cunnington Clark the building services consultant. Imtech Aqua was appointed as the design-and-build mechanical and electrical services contractor following a robust, single-stage tender process that included a comprehensive value engineering process which generated in excess of £400,000 of potential savings.

Planning requirements dictated that 10% of the building’s energy should be generated through renewable technologies and this formed a key element of the ongoing design philosophy, which provided a continuing focus throughout the selection and procurement process.

Technologies integrated into the design include: combined heat and power; solar PV; LED lighting; and Passivent, interlinked with the BMS to provide nighttime cooling.

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As a result, the project achieved a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating, in line with the client’s aspirations. As part of the team’s enhanced offering to the client it identified and offered fully costed proposals for the building to attain a BREEAM 'excellent' rating.

Key collaborative initiatives used included: a collaborative 3D coordination model which identified pinch points in coordination and builders' work planning; the presentation of value engineering options using a ‘traffic light’ system to highlight areas of opportunity; the co-location of the main contractor and key trade contractors in the same project office; and early involvement and integration of the supply chain.

“The judges were impressed by the way in which Imtech had delivered a complex project that was critical to the functioning of the client’s business and had enormous potential to disrupt the operation of the university.”

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BUILDING OPERATION AWARD

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Facilities (TfL GP&F) manages 50 head office buildings that house around 12,000 staff throughout central London. Its approach is based on the Mayor’s Climate Change Action Plan reduction strategy which aims to achieve a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025.

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Twenty-six sites have voluntary display energy certificates (DECs).

Investment in regional server room metering in 2010 has also led to an increase in the use of DEC separables and rating improvements. From 2008-11, the 21 comparable sites have reduced annual utility bills by £270,000.

Three solar PV installations output around 48,000kWh of electricity per year, with ground source heat pumps included at Pier Walk and five solar thermal installations due for 2011. At the Palestra building in Southwark in 2008 an 845kWe gas combined heat and power (CHP) and a 200kWe fuel cell CHP connected to a thermal store and absorption chiller system were installed, designed to form part of a future local district heating network.

TfL GP&F has been involved in CIBSE Carbon Off campaigns since 2006, using the Destination Green intranet tool to engage with TfL GP&F’s occupants and a “The judges were impressed by investment network of around the extremely detailed programme analysis of the performance 250 volunteer has been of each site, including Display Energy Certificates for all environmental externally buildings and the energy use champions to help profiles along with details of accredited roll out campaigns, the investment and savings since 2003, made.” with monthly achieving the updates detailing Carbon Trust JUDGES’ COMMENTS how each building Standard in is performing May 2009. TfL against energy and is also one of water targets, overnight usage and the seven founding members of the waste recycling.

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» British Land » Cavendish Engineers » MITIE » The Building Centre

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WINNER University of Bradford »Creating a low-carbon estate at the

University of Bradford has been a pivotal part of its “ecoversity” sustainability programme since 2005. So far, overall carbon footprint has reduced by 8% and has reversed a rising trend; the target is to achieve 50% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2020 against a 2005 baseline.

Major new building projects building stock has been achieved by undertaken since 2005 include a making more effective use of the new 1,000-bed student hall and the BMS, leading to a significant drop in creation of an indoor circulation the DEC ratings across the estate space by enclosing an old car park. (http://www.brad.ac.uk/ One project was used environment/ to develop a performance/“The campus-wide sustainable building buildingdata/). strategy shows specification which is A CHP unit has the clients' commitment to move now used on all been installed on the forward towards construction projects main campus, their carbon reduction target of on the campus. resulting in a 19% 50% by 2020.” cut in carbon emissions. Current Recent major JUDGES’ COMMENTS renewable refurbishment works technologies include include a sports centre biomass boilers, – previously the solar PV, solar water heating and university's largest carbon-emitting rainwater harvesting, with plans for building per meter. The main student the use of ground source heating social space has been completely and wind power. A travel plan and reconstructed within the shell of the working group support the reduction building. The refurbishment of the of carbon of both commuting and main campus building involved business travel, while biodiversity recladding to enhance the visual projects support conservation. impact of the building and also to improve the thermal performance, reducing heating demand.

Users have been involved through Increasing the efficiency of the behavioural initiatives such as an

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SHORTLISTED

» The Royal Shakespeare Company (Buro Happold)

» Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (Cynergin Limited)

» MoD (Debut Services (South West) Limited)

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The judges were impressed by the apparent willingness of the University to tackle energy efficiency more effectively over a sustained period. The University has a comprehensive programme which has not only reversed the previous trend of rising energy use and emissions, but reduced them by 8% since the start of the programme in 2005. The length of the programme and the commitment of the University to deliver improved building performance marked them out as the 2012 CIBSE Carbon Champion of the Year The Higher Education sector is in a unique position to make a positive contribution in meeting one of the greatest challenges facing our global society. The University of Bradford has embarked on journey of embedding sustainable development across the whole of the University. It is an ambitious and visionary programme which is creating systemic change across everything they do. Their efforts are not just about how they build and run their estate and

operations or purely environmental sustainability; it is also about involving all their staff, students and visitors and addressing their social responsibilities; fostering a sense of community; engendering wellbeing and ensuring that sustainable development is embedded into the formal and informal learning experience of all their students.

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