The BESA Awards 2024 | Project Categories | BESA Events

Background

This category recognises a project or series of projects that have made a significant contribution to the health, well-being, and productivity of building occupants by working to improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). This could either be through exceptional work in one project, a series of projects, or through an innovative technical development or practice. 

Key areas that the judges are looking for:

You should be able to describe the nature of the project(s) and how you believe it/they has/have improved the outcome for building occupants/clients.

Provide details of the problems you encountered, how you assessed and addressed the IAQ challenge and what innovations were used. It might also be helpful to explain what standards you worked towards and why.

Background

Open to all UK projects with a budget value over £500K, that achieved practical completion, or equivalent, between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024. This category celebrates the best of building services, and the entry should reflect that.

Key areas that the judges are looking for:

Entries should demonstrate how Net Zero has been considered.
They should also be able to provide evidence of how the requirements of the Building Safety Act were considered and implemented.
They should also provide details of health and safety performance as well as competence and compliance.
Showcase how best practice and innovation has been used.

Background

Open to all UK projects with a budget value under £500K, that achieved practical completion, or equivalent, between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024. This category celebrates the best of building services, and the entry should reflect that.

Key areas that the judges are looking for:

Entries should demonstrate how Net Zero has been considered.
They should also be able to provide evidence of how the requirements of the Building Safety Act were considered and implemented.
They should also provide details of health and safety performance as well as competence and compliance.
Showcase how best practice and innovation has been used.

Background

Judges are looking for projects or organisations that have demonstrated a commitment to the UK’s target of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. This commitment can take the form of delivering a project with strong Net Zero credentials, producing an innovative technology, process or methodology that advances net zero, or a wider initiative such as developing training or addressing corporate culture.

Key areas that the judges are looking for:

The entry should be able to demonstrate how carbon reduction was considered from the outset and built into the project design; what techniques and technologies were used to achieve operational and embodied carbon reduction; and how the project team met its goals including best practice installation, commissioning, and ongoing operation.

Background

Open to all retrofit or refurbishment projects completed by Jan 2024. This category is designed to showcase the crucial role played by building engineering improvements and upgrades in addressing comfort, health & wellbeing, and carbon reduction.

Key areas that the judges are looking for:

The judges will be looking for evidence of how this project demonstrably improved the performance of an existing building or facility and met the goals of the client and occupants. This could include progress towards Net Zero, better health and wellbeing outcomes, energy/cost savings – or all of the above!