The 2026 CIBSE Building Performance Awards (BPAs) will take place on 5 March 2026 at the Park Plaza, celebrating excellence in building performance around the globe. The BPAs are unique in the industry, recognising actual, measured performance outcomes rather than just design intent or specifications.
Open to organisations and individuals worldwide, the awards celebrate those responsible for the design, commissioning, construction, installation and operation of low-energy, low carbon, high-performance buildings — as well as the manufacturers whose products enable efficient energy, low carbon use and other performance outcomes.
CIBSE is delighted to announce the shortlist for 2026, featuring projects, products, and people pushing the boundaries of building performance across multiple categories.
Key Categories and shortlisted entries
Best Digital Innovation – Organisational Strategy
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CarbonMe – Hilson Moran
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Engentica – EMSD, Government of Hong Kong
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Origin Operations – Hoare Lea
Best Digital Innovation – Project Delivery
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CarbonMe – Hilson Moran
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Electrical Loading + Energy Analysis Tool – Etch Associates
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ML Drawing Assistant – Buro Happold
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Schools Net Zero Investment Tool – Mott Macdonald
Building Performance Consultancy
Over 300 employees:
- AECOM
- Buro Happold
- Hoare Lea
51–300 employees:
- Atelier Ten
- XCO2
Up to 50 employees
- Cyclone Energy Group
- Integration
- Lawler Group
- Love Design Studio
- Q Sustain
- RCDC
- Twenty One Engineering
Building Performance Evaluation – Practice
- AECOM
- BGIS
- Buro Happold Engineering
- epx
- Jaguar Building Services
- Technical University of Graz
- Willmott Dixon
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Awards
Products and Systems (Manufacturers/Suppliers)
- Artus Air
- GlasCurtain
- Kampmann Group
- Swegon
- Victaulic
Services and Projects (Consultants)
- Arup
- Buro Happold
- Cudd Bentley Consulting
- SCS & Introba Consulting
- Skanska SRW
Client of the Year
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BBC Workplace
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Stanhope
Collaboration
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11&12 Wellington Place – Ove Arup and Partners
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2 Redman Place – epx
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Decarbonisation through Data-Driven Partnership – BNP Paribas Real Estate
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One Creative Environments
Engineer of the Year
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Jessica Glyn, Atelier Ten
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Miriam Ozanne, AECOM
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Philip Draper, Twenty One Engineering
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Sean Harlow, Savills
Facilities Management
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11–12 Wellington Place – CBRE
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20 Fenchurch Street – Savills
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8 Fitzroy Street – Arup
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Hong Kong Children’s Hospital – Hospital Authority
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Landsec – BGIS Global Integrated Solutions
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Landsec Workplace Operations – Landsec
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London Bridge City Estate – MAPP
Leadership
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AECOM Sustainability
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Hoare Lea
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Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
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Saul D Humphrey
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Shade the UK
Learning and Development
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Climate Resilience Overheating Analysis – Hoare Lea
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Developing a new generation of building controls engineers – Group Horizon
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XCO2 Academy – XCO2
Product or Innovation of the Year
Air Quality
- AirDoor – VES
- Demand Led Ventilation – Savills
- Smart Hygiene Toilet Robot – SIMPLY MASK
Thermal Comfort
- Aireavu
- AR-75 – Artus Air
- Cosysense
- FLoMaX – Envirohire
- HVR Zero APX – Monodraught
- KaDius – Kampmann UK
- New Modular Highline 275 Fan Coil Range – Diffusion
- NIBE S735C Exhaust Air Heat Pump – NIBE
- Overheating Index – Love Design Studio
- Thermaframe 9 PH – GlasCurtain
- VES Ecovent Synergy – VES
Wellbeing
- AirDoor – VES
- Aireavu
Building Performance Evaluation
- Exergenics’ cloud-based machine learning tool
- IES Live 2025 – IES
- MapMortar
- Predictive Maintenance Suite – Savills
- Sentinll – Savills
- WISE – Swegon
Project of the Year
Workplace – International
- B201 Redevelopment – Beca
- HVAC Optimisation at Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland – Symphony Energy Queensway Government Offices – Trane Hong Kong
- Riyadh office – Buro Happold
Workplace – Existing & Retrofit
- 30 Fenchurch Street – AtkinsRéalis
- 70 Chancery Lane retrofit – WSP
- Decarbonisation of York House – British Land
- Project Greenflow – Savills
Workplace – New
- 11&12 Wellington Place – Ove Arup
- ECO MEP HQ – ECO MEP
- Project Featherstone – Buro Happold
Education
- London College of Fashion
- University of the Arts London – Buro Happold
- Quadrangle Building
- King’s College London – AECOM
- Riverside Primary School – Architype
Residential
- Bluebird Project
- Southend-on-Sea – Max Fordham
- Emilia – Equinox International
Portfolio
- BBC National Decarbonisation – AECOM
- Bourn Quarter – SRE
Public
- Locomotion New Hall – Buro Happold
- Royal College of Surgeons of England – AECOM
The CIBSE BPAs 2026 shortlist reflects the incredible innovation, collaboration, and commitment to measured performance across the global building services industry. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 5 March 2026, celebrating those who are truly delivering high-performance, low-energy buildings and products.