1 2 3 4 REWARDING BEHAVIOUR Judges for the 2019 CIBSE Building Performance Awards were delighted to see a much more user-centric focus among entries this year, as well as a move to use data to optimise buildings. Alex Smith reports B 11 12 uilding operators are increasingly using live data to help optimise engineering services. The growth of digital services in building engineering was observed by judges during the shortlisting for the 2019 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, held at CIBSEs offices in Balham, London. Fourteen categories were debated by 14 experts representing a broad cross- section of the building services industry. They included manufacturers, consultants, contractors, facilities managers, and property owners. The full shortlist can be seen on page 20. Many company entries in the project of the year categories claimed optimal performance was being delivered by the constant analysis of live data-measuring building equipment. Digital dashboards reporting key metrics to facilities management teams and building occupants were used to alert them to deviations from expected energy performance and comfort levels. Judges also observed that entries were putting more emphasis on health and wellbeing and social sustainability than in previous years. Engineers were seen to be targeting good outcomes in indoor environmental quality and occupant wellbeing, as well as lower energy use. Sophia Flucker, director at Operational Intelligence, noted that the entries were 8 often focusing on human outcomes as much as technical ones. We seem to get better results when entries dont just talk about the technical solution. Its looking at how people interact with different stages of the project. They recognise there is a human element all the way through the project from the user perspective to the collaboration early in the design process, said Flucker. Judges for the Project of the Year Commercial/Industry said the careful consideration of occupants was a theme that ran through all entries in the category. They said they showed a real depth of understanding about the interaction of people and buildings. Judging for the three Building Performance Consultancy of the Year categories looked closely at how companies ENGINEER OF THE YEAR For the first time at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards, a prize for overall Building Performance Engineer will be announced. The award will be judged on 4 December. See the shortlist on page 20. The judges for the award are: Isabelle Smith, principal mechanical engineer at Atkins; Les Copeland, commercial director, Ramboll; Philip King, Hilson Moran; Kevin Mitchell, global practice leader, Mott MacDonald; and Julie Godefroy, head of sustainability at CIBSE. 18 December 2018 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Dec18 pp18-19 BP Awards.indd 18 23/11/2018 17:40