Towards NetZero Ireland Awards honour industry champions
A capacity attendance of leading architecture, engineering and construction representatives were present in the Minerva Suite, RDS, on Friday, 18 November 2022, for the presentation of the inaugural Towards NetZero Ireland awards. The awards were devised to help drive the net zero concept and to acknowledge and support those who are showing leadership in the net zero arena during this transitionary stage.
The scale of the net zero challenge is undeniably daunting but, the number and quality of the submissions entered for the awards demonstrate that the construction sector in Ireland is 100% committed to the net zero objective.
It also confirmed that all disciplines within the sector, be it architecture, building services engineering and actual construction, are fully aware of the role they each have to play, and of the need for them to work together to achieve net zero status. All the winning entries demonstrated this holistic approach.
This category recognises projects that provide high-quality workplace environments while pursuing Net-Zero strategies that ensure a reduction in energy use and carbon emissions, thereby impacting the effects of our everyday work practices.
Commended
Gas Networks Ireland Services Centre
Denis Byrne Architects
Highly-commended
Wren Urban Nest Hotel
BDP
Award
ESB Offices, Commercial Block
BDP
This category recognises projects commissioned by public or semi-public bodies and agencies that demonstrate a civic function and are accessible to all. Such buildings should illustrate an overlapping interest in the provision of public-facing functions alongside ambitious sustainability objectives.
Award
Donegal Town Garda Station
Rhatigan Architects
This category recognises the design team that pushes the principles of sustainable design throughout their work, whether in pursuing new research, exploring contemporary innovations, or leading in best practice.
Award
Robert Bourke Architects
This category recognises projects which bring under-utilised existing building stock back into contemporary use, achieving a more sustainable built environment through the re-use of extant properties and significantly improving their energy performance.
Highly-commended
Dockline (New Century House refurb, IFSC)
Axiseng
Award
The Willows
Peter Nickels Architects
This category recognises an individual member of a design or contracting team who has demonstrated exceptional commitment and understanding in the application of Net-Zero strategies, either with regard to a particular project or acros their work as a whole.
Highly-commended
Jason Smith
Lawler Sustainability
Award
Tomás O’Leary
MosArt
This category recognises multi-unit residential projects that aim to reimagine the sustainable credientials of the typical Irish suburban housing estate – a type of development often associated with promoting carbon-intensive lifestyles but which also holds a significant capacity for change and innovation.
Commended
Jameson Heights
ClearyDoyle
Highly-commended
Kilbride Court
COADY Architects
Award
Highfield Park
DTA Architects
Paul Martin is Programme Manager for Technical Standards Development, SEAI and a former Chairman of CIBSE Ireland. A graduate of Northumbria University, Newcastle and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Paul is a Chartered Member and Fellow of CIBSE and is also the Chair of the Building Services Committee for the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSA).
Michael Curran is CIBSE Ireland Chairman and Head of Building Services, Energy and Utilities at NUI Galway. As Energy Performance Officer at NUI Galway, Michael led the team to ambitiously exceed Government targets in primary energy reduction, also wining the SEAI Energy Team of the year 2019. He also works closely with the U9 Group of Energy Officers across the university sector.
Mona Duff has a degree in building services and energy technology and worked in Arup’s Berlin and Dublin offices before being appointed Senior Manager at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). She has extensive experience across the full spectrum of building services engineering and today is very much involved in influencing design decisions for the wellbeing of building occupants.
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