This
week in London, BioRegional Consulting won the sustainable consultant
of the year award at Building magazine’s Sustainability Awards
for their diverse and committed contribution towards sustainability
in the built environment.
Ben Gill, director of BioRegional
Consulting commented:
"We are thrilled to win this award. Our team have been
going since 2004 so we are a relatively new team but because of
our experience with projects like BedZED and One Planet Living we
have been able to offer our clients truly sustainable services based
on the lessons learned from our own real-life projects.
We actually have our offices
at BedZED and we certainly practice what we preach – we couldn’t
very well recommend our clients to go the extra mile otherwise!
We look forward to working with many more clients to help embed
One Planet Living within the built environment”
BioRegional Consulting were up
against tough competition from many established consultants such
as Faber Maunsell, Atkins and Faithful + Gould, Building Design
Partnership, White Young Green, WSP Group.
Building Magazine said:
“BioRegional Consulting stood out for the diversity of
its work. As well as its groundbreaking efforts in eco housing it
has also been involved in sustainable forestry, sustainable farming
and recycling.
It uses the One Planet Living framework on many of its projects
based on the 10 guiding principles of sustainability (developed
by BioRegional and WWF), which include using local and sustainable
materials and fair trade principles.
It is currently completing
its seventh project with English Partnerships in 18 months, one
of which will act as a Carbon Challenge site. On top of this it
is a consultant for waste action group WRAP’s Construction
Programme and is developing an indicator of the future recyclability
of products and projects. All together it demonstrated a very committed
entry.”
The industry’s awards recognise outstanding
sustainability achievement and were held at the Hilton Hotel in
Park Lane on Monday 19th November. This year saw winners in 15 categories
rewarded for their excellence in front of a crowd of over 700 leading
professionals. Presented by comedian and author Clive Anderson in
central London, the awards showed the strides many in the industry
are taking to lessen the industry’s environment impact.
If you would like to use
BioRegional Consulting’s services please contact Hayley Bell
on
020 8404 6080 or email hayley.bell@bioregional.com
or visit the website www.bioregional.com/consulting
Read more about Building
Magazine's awards on their website here
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