Towards NetZero Awards 2023 Declare your intent to enter

The appetite and enthusiasm for the Towards NetZero Awards were very much in evidence late last year where approximately 100 industry leaders and net zero champions gathered to celebrate the achievements of the various awards winners for the inaugural event. In doing so they also set the benchmark for the 2023 awards which include additional categories to accommodate the more diverse submissions now anticipated.

Achieving net zero buildings is a daunting objective but one in which architects, consulting engineers, mechanical and electrical contractors and building contractors are already showing admirable leadership. The Towards NetZero Awards are designed to recognise their achievements to date, and to encourage others in their efforts to do likewise.

Submissions are open to all construction disciplines and professions, while clients can also make a submission in conjunction with their building design team. A distinguished and experienced panel of judges will assess all entries submitted via the online process with shortlisted finalists being invited to a gala presentation ceremony.

To facilitate the expected increase in entries for 2023 – and the additional number of awards’ recipients – the presentation ceremony will now take place on Friday, 10 November 2023, in the prestigious venue of the Concert Hall in the RDS.

Awards categories

Commercial Building

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.

Public Building

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.

Housing Development

This category recognises multi-unit residential projects that aim to reimagine the sustainable credentials 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.

Design Practice

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.

Retrofit of a Building

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.

Net-Zero Champion

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 across their work as a whole.

NetZero Home

This category recognises the role one-off homes can play in meeting net zero targets and in ensuring that the country’s collective carbon footprint is reduced – ranging from site utilisation through to design concept, sustainability, materials used, the principles of circularity, etc.

Apartment Development

This category recognises urban dwelling schemes that seek to maximise the energy efficiencies to be gained in dense, residential development, while taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by communal buildings in terms of both design and operation.

Engineering Project

This category recognises projects which adopt net zero strategies at the infrastructural scale, utilising both technical knowledge and innovating thinking in the design of those structures which underpin and serve the wider built environment. See www.netzeroawards.ie for further details and to declare your intention to make a submission.

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