David Mackay Award for Engineering and Sustainability
For this final award, unusually, and perhaps a reflection of the increasingly mainstream character of sustainability, we have no less than four highly commended projects as well as an overall winner. Each of the commendations are of a particular aspect as follows:
Highly commended for educational value: Ferndale Rise
Ferndale Rise: A Cambridge 1930s Semi Reborn for a SustainableFuture
Reimagining energy-efficient housing, Ferndale Rise is a living case study designed to educate and inspire. Transformed from EPC D to carbon-negative A, this replicable retrofit shows homeowners the building blocks available for low-carbon renovation.
The Cambridge Building Society
Koru Construction
PiP Architects
RH Building Consultancy Limited
Rethink Buildings
Intelligent Membranes
Airway Group (Daikin Partner)
3G Construction Consultants
Photo of documenting solar panel installation with video as part of ongoing education resources. Copyright Cambridge Building Society.
Judges citation:
“This project, sponsored by the Cambridge Building Society, is a brilliant way of showing how a modest house (in this case a 1930s semi) can be retrofitted to a high environmental standard. It goes further than this, though, in demonstrating different techniques within the house – all recorded on video – providing learning and guidance to owners and prospective owners. It’s a truly innovative project by a Building Society and we both commend it and hope it will be copied widely.”
