Energy in Buildings
This category is an opportunity to showcase your unique low carbon approach to building design and construction.
About the Award
This award rewards sustainable and low carbon commercial and public sector buildings that have demonstrated new and emerging best practice design, construction, retrofit, and operation of new and existing buildings. This can include digital technologies (such as BIM, building energy simulation, SMART building technology), circular economy and life cycle emissions reduction.
Projects must be fully completed with all associated works finished, prior to the submission deadline in order to qualify for entry.
Who should apply?
Applications are welcome from new build or substantial retrofit projects, in residential or non-residential settings.
Previous project finalists under this category include:
- Ballyogan Square (DLR)
- Dublin City Council - City Architects - North King Street Project
- Bray Fire Station - Wicklow CoCo
- UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business
- University of Galway - Áras de Brún Building
- Wren Urban Nest
It's fantastic to have won the award for Energy in Buildings. It's a true recognition of all the efforts that we've put in to working to date in terms of green campus sustainability, ISO50001, an energy efficient design and the challenges that we set ourselves, our design teams and our contractors to deliver on those.
Application guidelines
- Please submit your application online by 5pm Thursday 17th July, 2025.
- You are eligible to apply under more than one category. Simply follow the online guidelines and copy and paste your application to a new category and amend your answers as appropriate.
- Please ensure all mandatory fields are completed before you hit submit.
- Please complete the 'Data' section to the best of your ability.
- Once you submit, you can still edit your application up to the deadline date.
- Please keep attachments to 5MB or less.
- Shortlisted applications will be announced in August.