BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) celebrated the Accelerate to Zero Awards with over 200 stakeholders from across the built environment and construction sectors. During the ceremony held at Òran Mór in the West End of Glasgow, businesses, individuals and organisations were celebrated for their contribution and dedication to decarbonising the built environment across 11 different categories.
Hosted by the award-winning climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith, the Awards took place after BE-ST Fest, a two-day industry summit focused on decarbonising the built environment and zero carbon construction.
The winners of the Awards were:
Accelerate to Zero Hero Award
Winner: Matthew Clubb, MW Clubb Architectural Design
The Gamechanger Award sponsored by Anderson Strathern
Winner: BALANCE, Anderson Bell Christie
The Diversity & Inclusion Award
Winner: Changeworks
Collaborative Partnership Award sponsored by Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Construction Framework
Winner: Midlothian Energy Limited, Vattenfall Heat UK and Midlothian Council
Highly commended: Net Zero Collaboration Group, ECD Architects, Hub West Scotland, Inverclyde Council, Renfrewshire Council, East Dunbartonshire Council, Doig+Smith, Rybka
Retrofit Accelerator Award sponsored by KORE Retrofit
Winner: NHS decarbonisation, Vital Energi
Highly commended: St Sophia’s Primary School, Fleming Build
The BE Changemaker Award
Winner: Gayatri Vijay Kale, Net Zero Project Coordinator, EGG Lighting
Circular Economy Award
Winner: IndiNature
Technology Impact Award sponsored by Valorem First
Winner: One Stop Shop platform, YorEnergy
Highly commended: atBOS, Atamate
Skills Impact Award sponsored by The Verdancy Group
Winner: Construction Aware – Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Glasgow City Council, Developing the Young Workforce Glasgow, City of Glasgow College and FARE Scotland
Community Champion Award sponsored by Vital Energi
Winner: Scaling Community Heat Teams, East Lothian Climate Hub
BE-ST Beacon Award
Winner: Brogan MacDonald, Head of Sustainability (Building Structures) at Ramboll UK
Winner: Matthew Clubb, Director, mwclubb Architectural Design
Find out more: be-stfest.org/accelerate-to-zero-awards
