Press Release: GBS Awards 2014 Results

CHeck out the Green building Solutions Awards winners

It’s a fact, energy transition is at the agenda. Throughout Europe and around the world, governments, actors of the economy and simple citizens are

already considering the transition as an urgent necessity. However it should go beyond just energy. Comfort, health, biodiversity, water, carbon emissions are equally important factors.

Designing and building while taking account of those multiple factors push the construction forward, encourage architects, engineers, contractors, industrials to innovate for a better

future and as environmentally friendly as possible.

The Green Building Solutions Awards exist to bring those innovators under the spotlights and reward their approaches, their inventiveness and flexibility. By promoting their buildings and their solutions, Construction21 wishes to inspire all actors of sustainable construction to allow the dissemination of best practices, new techniques, systems and materials.

Metropolitan Solutions, the place where innovation prevails, hosts this year’s edition of our European contest. We couldn’t have wished for a better place to announce the winners.

On April 10, 2014 Construction21, the European platform for green building practitioners, announced the winners of their contest: the Green Building Solutions Awards 2014. The winners were presented during the Metropolitan Solutions tradeshow, ICLEI Global Town Hall, in Hannover, Germany.

The contest was divided in two phases. From March 1st to March 17th, Construction21 users were called to vote for their favorites among 67 buildings and 120 solutions in order to determine the finalists to be announced on March 19th at the Ecobat fair in Paris. For the second phase of the contest, an international jury of four green building experts gathered and judged the candidates to choose the winners. In addition, Construction21 users voted online to determine the winner of the internet users’ special award.

Efficient Building
	Winner: Ywood – Aix, l’Ensoleillée (France), the first tertiary park with positive energy timber structure buildings. L’Ensoleillée received the BDM (Mediterranean Sustainable Building) label.
	Jury Special Mention: LILAC, Low Impact Living Affordable Community (United Kingdom)
	Jury Special Mention: Complesso Residenziale Solaria (Italy)

Special Internet Users Awards
	6NERGY+ (France), a positive energy building combining energy efficiency, health and comfort (thermal and acoustic).

Energy Efficiency Management
	Opal System (Belgique), a dynamic floorheating system allowing the modulation of heat emissions where and when necessary. Used in Relais School Woiver.
	Jury Special Mention: Rotex Heatpump Solar Unit (Italie) par Rotex, used in Complesso Residenziale "Solaria".

Materials and Building Systems
	Winner: ModCell (Royaume Uni), a strawbale insulation panel locally produced in “flying factories” to obtain a near zero carbon building system. Used in LILAC, Low Impact Living Affordable Community (United Kingdom).
	Jury Special Mention: Timber building system Xen-X (France) by Lineazen, for the use of new types of wood with for enhanced performances (beech and bamboo). Used in Eco-village Jules Verne 2.

Processus Innovants
	Winner: Filtering Gardens (France) by Phytorestore, landscaped areas designed to depollute soils, air and water but also to foster biodiversity in urban environments. Used in Pedagogical Greenhouses in Grand Parc of Saint Ouen.
	Jury Special Mention: Master Solo (France) by Aldes-Ecophon-Philips, this ceiling panel combines lighting, dual flow ventilation and acoustic comfort. Used in 6NERGY+ (France)

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