Inaugural awards for NetZero champions

Acapacity attendance of leading architecture, engineering and construction representatives was present in the Minerva Suite, RDS, just before Christmas, for the presentation of the inaugural Towards NetZero Ireland Awards. The awards were devised to help drive the net zero concept and to acknowledge and support those who are showing leadership in the net zero arena during this transitionary stage.

The scale of the net zero challenge is undeniably daunting but, the number and quality of the submissions entered for the awards demonstrate that the construction sector in Ireland is 100% committed to the net zero objective.

It also confirmed that all disciplines within the sector, be it architecture, building services engineering and actual construction, are fully aware of the role each hase to play, and of the need for them to work together to achieve net zero status. All the winning entries demonstrated this holistic approach.

Categories

There were six categories in all –Retrofit, Commercial Building, Public Building, Design Practice, Housing and NetZero Champion. See below link to full list of awards’ recipients –www.netzeroawards.iey.

Sponsors

Category sponsors included Ecological Building Systems, Forbo, Kingspan Panels, Reynaers Aluminium and Soprema, while media sponsors are Architecture Ireland, Irish Construction News and Building Services Engineering.

Judges

Michael Curran, CIBSE Ireland Chairman and Head of Building Services, Energy and Utilities at NUI Galway; Mona Duff, Senior Manager at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI); Paul Martin, Programme Manager for Technical Standards Development, SEAI; and John Macken, Associate Director at O’Mahony Pike Architects.

Commercial

Commended – Gas Networks Ireland Services Centre, Denis Byrne Architects: John Macken, judge with Tadhg Byrne and Maggie Moran, Denis Byrne Architects.

Commercial Building: Highly-commended – Wren Urban Nest Hotel, BDP: John Macken, judge with Harris Aminudin, BDP.

Housing: Award – Highfield Park, DTA Architects: John Macken, judge with Niall Rowan, Leanne Martin and John Maguire, DTA Architects.

Housing: Highly-commended – Kilbride Court, COADY Architects: John Macken, judge with Simon Keogh, COADY Architects.

Housing: Commended – Jameson Heights, ClearyDoyle: Mona Duff, judge with John P Doyle, Joint Managing Director, ClearyDoyle; Barry Dalton, Contracts Manager, ClearyDoyle; Diarmuid McGowan, Wicklow County Council and Michael Lysaght, Deaton Lysaght Architects.

Public Building: Award – Donegal Town Garda Station, Rhatigan Architects: Sean Neary, Varming Consulting Engineers with Gavin Phelan, Rhatigan Architects with Mona Duff, judge.

NetZero

Highly-commended – Jason Smith, Lawler

John Macken, judge with Jason Smith, Lawler Sustainability.