CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2026 Winners Announced

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18 March 2026 | Updated 17 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 Hotel 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.

Winners included Willmott Dixon, BBC Workplace, Buro Happold, and British Land.

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.

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.”

 

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

Picture: A group shot of Award Winners with the Host, Maisie Adams.

Article written by Dave Mapps | Published 18 March 2026

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