CIBSE has announced the winners of the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2026.
Hosted by comedian Maisie Adam, the annual flagship CIBSE event has once more brought together leaders from across the built environment to recognise projects, products and professionals delivering measurable building performance outcomes and advancing excellence in building services engineering.
The CIBSE Building Performance Awards celebrate evidence-based performance, rewarding those who demonstrate a commitment to closing the performance gap and delivering buildings that work in practice, for people and for the planet.
Dr Julie Godefroy, chair of the judges and head of net zero at CIBSE, commented: “The CIBSE Building Performance Awards have long promoted a focus on how buildings actually work, for people and for the environment. I'm delighted that they have kept growing, with a record number of entries to the 2026 edition. This year saw the introduction of dedicated categories to reward Building Performance Evaluation, which attracted huge interest, reflecting the range of products and services now on offer in this field. Across all categories we've seen a wide spread of entries, from individuals to large organisations, from small projects to portfolios, new builds to retrofits and FM projects, and from across the world. Thank you and well done to everyone for their continued work in driving engineering excellence.”
The awards ceremony concluded with a renewed call for the industry to continue prioritising building performance as a central pillar in achieving net zero and creating healthier, more resilient buildings.
Full list of winners:
Best Digital Innovation - Organisational Strategy
Winner: Engentica - EMSD, Government of Hong Kong
Best Digital Innovation - Project Delivery
Winner: CarbonMe - Hilson Moran
Building Performance Evaluation – Practice
Winner: Willmott Dixon
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Products and Systems: for Manufacturers and Suppliers
Winner: Swegon
CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award - Services and Projects: for Consultants
Winner: Buro Happold
Sponsor: CMR
Client of the Year
Winner: BBC Workplace
Leadership
Winner: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Collaboration
Winner: One Creative environments
Engineer of the Year
Winner: Miriam Ozanne, Regional Director, Head of Building Performance – AECOM
Sponsor: Ideal Heating – Commercial Products
Learning and Development
Winner: Data Academy Apprenticeship - Hoare Lea
Sponsor: CIBSE Patrons
Facilities Management
Winner: Hong Kong Children’s Hospital - Hospital Authority
Product or Innovation of the Year - Air Quality
Winner: AirDoor – VES
Product or Innovation of the Year - Thermal Comfort
Winner: Cosysense
Product or Innovation of the Year – Building Performance Evaluation
Winner: WISE – Swegon
Product or Innovation of the Year – Wellbeing
Winner: AirDoor – VES
Project of the Year – Public
Winner: Locomotion New Hall - Buro Happold
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Workplace – International
Winner: B201 Redevelopment – Beca
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Workplace - Existing & Retrofit
Winner: Decarbonisation of York House - British Land
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year – Education
Winner: Riverside Primary School – Architype
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year - Workplace
Winner: 11&12 Wellington Place - Ove Arup
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year – Residential
Winner: Bluebird Project, Southend-on-Sea - Max Fordham
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Project of the Year – Portfolio
Winner: Bourn Quarter – SRE
Sponsor: Crane Fluid Systems
Building Performance Consultancy (up to 50 employees)
Winner: RCDC
Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric
Building Performance Consultancy (51 - 300 employees)
Winner: XCO2
Sponsor: Airflow
Building Performance Consultancy (over 300 employees)
Winner: Buro Happold
Sponsor: ABB
CIBSE Next Generation of Building Performance Award
Winner: Willmott Dixon
Building Performance Champion
Winner: B201 Redevelopment - Beca