Welcome to the CIBSE UAE Student Design Competition 2025
The student design competition is an extraordinary platform, held annually, for budding engineers to shape the future of sustainable engineering in the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC community.
This year's theme, Intelligent Buildings, invites students to explore how buildings can think, respond, and adapt through advanced technology. Your challenge is to design or retrofit a building that integrates intelligent systems such as smart HVAC, IoT-driven controls, adaptive lighting, predictive maintenance and real-time energy optimisation.
You can submit your entries to [email protected]
Entries close: 10 September 2025
Thank you to our esteemed judges:
Director – Research, Living Lab & International Partnerships, SEE Institute |
Managing Director, QualityEdging FZ LLC |
Managing Director, Energi People |
Thank you to our sponsor, Seed Engineering
Important dates
Entries close: 10 September
Announcement of finalists: 15 October
Announcement of winners: 30 October
Have a question?
For further info, kindly refer to the 2025 Competition Brief or contact us below.
