BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS | WINNERS Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees) Winner: Noel Lawler Green Energy Solutions (NLGES) The Ireland-based consultancy worked with a biomass boiler specialist to convert heat from poultry droppings to electricity, with excess heat used to warm the hen houses. This resulted in reduced energy consumption, better bird welfare, less pollution, and an improved business case for farmers. The judges were also impressed by NLGESs inclusion of biophilic elements in its head office in Kilkenny, and by its investment in staff training. Sponsored by: Rinnai UK Building Performance Consultancy (51300 employees) Winner: Elementa Consulting Elementa collaborates internally through open-office brainstorming sessions and presentations, and externally through workshops, BIM planning sessions, and technical discussions with nontechnical people. The judges felt that the consultants Performance Hour soft landings workshop showed its clear commitment to client betterment. They said Elementa showed R&D in challenging areas, including post-occupancy evaluation, building performance, corporate social responsibility, and wellbeing. It also shared a commitment to reducing energy use. Sponsored by: Imtech Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees) Winner: BuroHappold Engineering BuroHappold shares its expertise as a delivery partner for the Design for Performance (DfP) initiative, while its global Building Performance Group holds regular events to share best practice internally. Its Hackademy also prepares engineers to make best use of the data generated by BIM technologies. An example of BuroHappolds post-occupancy evaluation work is the partnership with Newcastle University Urban Sciences Building, where openaccess and real-time data from the BMS has been embedded into the BIM model, used as a living lab for research and FM. Sponsored by: ABB 16 March 2020 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Mar20 pp14-20 Awards.indd 16 21/02/2020 14:43