The Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London came alive on Thursday, 27 February 2025 for the prestigious CIBSE Building Performance Awards. This remarkable event celebrated the individuals, organisations, products and projects that set new benchmarks for sustainability, innovation and performance in the built environment. It was hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke.
With a total of 30 diverse categories this year, the BPAs highlighted the crucial contributions across disciplines that shape the future of the built environment. Key categories included Best Digital Innovation, Project of the Year, Product or Innovation of the Year and Building Performance Champion.
Among the evening’s many highlights, the Engineer of the Year award was presented to Volkan Doda, Head of Design Technologies at Atelier Ten. A designer of immense creativity and dedication, Volkan’s expertise in both theory and application exemplify the cutting edge of building performance. His commitment to fostering talent and delivering innovative, high-performance solutions has made him a valued leader in the field.
The title of Building Performance Champion and Project of the Year - Retrofit Workplaces went to The Entopia Building, an extraordinary collaboration between Max Fordham, Architype, and BDP. This transformational project in Cambridge turned a 1930s structure into an ultra-low-carbon sustainability hub, demonstrating groundbreaking application of circular economy principles. With Passivhaus EnerPHit certification and targeting multiple other sustainability accolades, The Entopia Building showcases the future of environmentally conscious design, achieving a staggering 84% reduction in whole-life carbon compared to standard retrofits.
The event showcased the remarkable breadth of talent and innovation in the industry. Among the highly commended entries were the Passive Cooling Double-skin Roof by Universidad de Sevilla in the Product or Innovation of the Year – Thermal Comfort category and the Aldar Energy Retrofit Project by grfn in Project of the Year – Portfolio Workplaces, highlighting a wealth of inspiring achievements. This year’s BPAs once again demonstrated CIBSE’s commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in the built environment. By showcasing outstanding achievements and raising the bar for industry standards, the Awards inspire the entire sector to strive for sustainable, efficient and people-centred solutions.
Full list of winners:
Building Performance Champion
Winner: The Entopia Building - Max Fordham, Architype & BDP
Best Digital Innovation - Organisational Strategy
Winner: Cyclops - Foster + Partners
Best Digital Innovation - Project Delivery
Winner: Sydney Airport International Terminal T1 Chilled Water Plant Optimisation - A.G. Coombs Group, Exergenics
Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)
Winner: AtkinsRéalis
Sponsor: ABB
Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees)
Winner: Cyclone Energy Group
Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric
Building Performance Consultancy (51 - 300 employees)
Winner: XCO2
Sponsor: Airflow
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Products and Systems: for Manufacturers and Suppliers
Winner: Apollo Fire Detectors
Sponsor: CIBSE Certification
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Services and Projects for Consultants
Winner: Q Sustain
Sponsor: CMR
Client of the Year
Winner: London Borough of Islington
Collaboration
Winner: L&G's Symphony Model - Legal & General, Demand Logic, Bellrock and Partners
Sponsor: CIBSE Lifecycle Carbon Assessment Training
Engineer of the Year
Winner: Volkan Doda, Head of Design Technologies - Atelier Ten
Sponsor: Ideal Heating Commercial
Facilities Management
Winner: 20 Fenchurch Street – Savills
Sponsor: Gratte Brothers Group
Leadership
Winner: Swire Properties
Learning and Development
Winner: The ZERO teaching and internship programme on zero-carbon energy buildings - ZERO Institute, University of Oxford
Sponsor: BCIA
Product or Innovation of the Year - Air Quality
Winner: The Pluvo Column – Pluvo
Sponsor: CIBSE Patrons
Product or Innovation of the Year - Thermal Comfort
Winner: Optimum Air Conditioning System - EcoTechX
Product or Innovation of the Year - Wellbeing
Winner: Nature Connect - Signify
Project of the Year - Residential
Winner: Agar Grove 1b - Max Fordham
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Retrofit Workplaces
Winner: The Entopia Building - Max Fordham, Architype & BDP
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - New Build Workplaces
Winner: Globe Point, Temple - Hoare Lea
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Portfolio Workplaces
Winner: Cathedral Hill Industrial Estate,13 units – SRE
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Full list of highly commended:
Best Digital Innovation - Project Delivery
Highly Commended: Paper Trails to Digital Triumphs - Savills
Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)
Highly Commended: Buro Happold
Sponsor: ABB
Building Performance Consultancy (51 - 300 employees)
Highly Commended: Max Fordham
Sponsor: Airflow
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Services and Projects: for Consultants
Highly Commended: AECOM
Sponsor: CMR
Leadership
Highly Commended: Andy Jackson, Head of Central London Operations & UK Engineering - Savills
Learning and Development
Highly Commended: Building Safety Act - Training and Assessment - Hoare Lea
Sponsor: BCIA
Product or Innovation of the Year - Thermal Comfort
Highly Commended: Passive Cooling Double-skin Roof - Universidad de Sevilla
Project of the Year - Residential
Highly Commended: Brambles - Bere Architects
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Portfolio Workplaces
Highly Commended: Aldar Energy Retrofit Project – grfn
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems