Winner: Buro Happold Engineering for Riyadh Office Fit-Out Post Occupancy Evaluation

Highly Commended: WSP Middle East for HSBC Jumeriah Branch

Winner: Ramboll for Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab

Highly Commended: Egis Mesa for Dubai Exhibition Centre Campus Legacy - Dubai, UAE

Winner: DCServe Equipment Trading LLC

Highly Commended: WSP Middle East for Desert Rock Resort

Winner: Cundall for Al Maryah Tower

Judges' Comments: Al Maryah Tower is an exemplary retrofit project that demonstrates how adaptive reuse can deliver strong sustainability, economic, and community outcomes in the GCC context. The submission shows clear strengths in digital engineering, innovative MEP upgrades, and phased delivery strategies that enabled early tenant occupation while maintaining quality. Strong evidence is provided on energy and water savings, smart building certifications, and lessons learnt that are highly applicable to the wider industry.

Highly Commended: WSP Middle East for HSBC Jumeirah Branch

Winner: GHD for DXV Vertiport

Winner: Meinhardt for Banque Misr

Winner: Dhwani Ajit Ashar - Buro Happold

Judges' Comments: Dhwani has an excellent future it seems, and I look forward to seeing her grow under the excellent stewardship of Buro Happold.

Highly Commended: Ahmed El Asrag - Arup

Highly Commended: Tarek Ahmed - Cundall

Winner: Dan Ehrald - RED Engineering Design

Judges' Comments: Dan is the strongest candidate this year. His depth in mission-critical electrical & power engineering is exceptional.

Highly Commended: Sarah Hussain - RED Engineering Design

Highly Commended: Awadhesh Kumar Chaudhury - Sudlows Consulting, A Kent Company

Winner: Priscilla Jane Joseph - Zutari Middle East

Highly Commended: Malti Gupta - Ramboll

Winner: Sheik Azaz Ahmed - Trilux

Judges' Comments: He is a visionary leader in lighting and building services, delivering sustainable solutions across landmark projects. His focus on innovation and smart technologies enhances energy efficiency, safety, and user experience. He sets new standards for intelligent, future-ready spaces in the built environment.

Highly Commended: Sandeep Saha - Light Link

Highly Commended: Shiney Jacob - Grundfos Gulf Distribution

Winner: Nicholas Byczynski - AESG

Judges' Comments: Nicholas Byczynski presents one of the strongest cases in the Executive of the Year category. He combines elite credentials (CEng, FCIBSE, MBA) with business transformation (100%+ growth, major project wins) and industry contribution (CIBSE Technical Committee, publications, mentoring). His profile is comprehensive and future-facing.

Highly Commended: Michael Rimmer - Egis

Highly Commended: Matthew Marson - JLL

Winner: Alemco

Highly Commended: Fujseng Construction LLC - Fujairah Group

Winner: Hira Walraven Metal Industries LLC

Highly Commended: Century Mechanical Systems Factory LLC

Highly Commended: Central Ventilation Systems (CVS)

Winner: CVS Novenco

Judges' Comments: A great initiative, very well executed.

Highly Commended: Thermobreak by Sekisui

Winner: Yonos - Trilux

Judges' Comments: Strong across every category, with robust performance data, strong certifications, and multiple awards. Excellent jury-facing narrative.

Highly Commended: Hooman Khalili - Geiode Lighting

Winner: Classroom to Climate Action - Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai

Judges' Comments: An impactful continuous initiative that empowers all, promotes the capture and analysis of data and aligns with a decarbonised future.

Highly Commended: International Conference on Innovation, Sustainability, and Applied Sciences (ICISAS 2025) - Curtin University Dubai

Winner: Ramboll for Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab

Judges' Comments: Very interesting submission with clear scope

Highly Commended: Egis for Dubai Exhibition Centre Campus Legacy - Dubai, UAE

Highly Commended: MIRAL and ALEC for teamLab Phermomena Abu Dhabi

Winner: WSP Middle East for Desert Rock Resort

Highly Commended: Egis for Dubai Exhibition Centre Campus Legacy - Dubai, UAE

Winner: Arup for Masdar City Net Zero Energy Mosque

Judges' Comments: This is one of the most complete and compelling submissions in the sustainability category. It balances cultural sensitivity, technical excellence, and net zero ambition. Strengths: triple certification targets, passive-first operation, rammed earth use, regional sourcing, and integration of tradition with advanced building systems.

Highly Commended: Sobha Group for Sobha One - PNC Architects

Winner: Meinhardt for Banque Misr

Highly Commended: Armstrong Fluid Technology for Pump Manager: Seamless Troubleshooting at a Luxury 5-star Hotel

Winner: Trilux for Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZA)

Highly Commended: Huda Lighting for the Renovation of Marina Mall Lighting

Winner: Alreem Alfahim - Arup

Highly Commended: Austin Bijom - AESG

Highly Commended: Tracy Saroufil - Red Engineering

Winner: Samima Saqib - Arup

Judges' Comments: Samima truly deserves to be the winner of this category, as her contributions clearly stand out. Her work reflects excellence and sets a benchmark for others.

Highly Commended: Harikrishnan Thangamani - WSP Middle East

Highly Commended: Sibi Manoharan - WSP Middle East

Winner: Nagarajan Thanumorthy - National Engineering Bureau Consultants

Highly Commended: Mohammed Shahad Ambalathingal Verugal - GHD

Highly Commended: Kshitij Pandey - AESG

Winner: Umamahesh Lakamana - Maico Gulf LLC

Highly Commended: Yasmin Nabil Hussien Fahmy - Hira Industries LLC

Highly Commended: Nagendra Nagesh - Trilux

Winner: Dipak Jain - BK Gulf

Winner: WSP Middle East

Judges' Comments: Excellent and well established work processes and culture.

Highly Commended: Ramboll

Highly Commended: PNC Architects - Sobha Group

Winner: SKM

Judges' Comments: The predesigned, intergrated controls inclusive of the sensors, actuators and HMI is a significant move toward sustainable HVAC systems. This pushs up national manufacturing to high levels among well known international manufacturers.

Highly Commended: GF Corys

Highly Commended: Rheem Manufacturing

Winner: Quo-Design: Driving Operational Excellence - Oasis Coils & Coatings

Judges' Comments: Quo-Design is a well-targeted digital innovation for the HVAC retrofit sector, addressing common inefficiencies with a strong end-to-end platform. The entry demonstrates clear business impact with strong metrics around time savings, error reduction, cost efficiency, and sustainability. Implementation shows good cultural change management and phased adoption. The AI-readiness and data-warehousing aspects strengthen its long-term potential. A solid, practical innovation with measurable operational benefits.

Highly Commended: MEP Automation Addins - Consistent Engineering Consultants

Highly Commended: Ultimate NZC - Carbon Cross

Winner: Ramboll

Highly Commended: WSP Middle East

Winner: Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus digital twin and dashboard POC for improved sustainability standards

Judges' Comments: A team of academics and facilities management at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus, led by Dr Hassam Chaudhry, Associate Professor in Building Services Engineering have developed a digital twin and dashboard proof-of-concept (POC) of the building for improved sustainability standards as part of the University’s climate action framework. The study has shown an impressive 15% energy savings across the campus studied.

Highly Commended: Gen G (Generation Green) and the Manzil Al Mazra'a or Farm House: A Smart Campus Community Gardening App - Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai, UAE