#GreenSolutions Awards 2018: Discover these winners whose solutions already shape the zero carbon city
The Green Solutions Awards 2018 winners were revealed in Katowice, a Polish mining town that made the shift to commit to the energy transition and COP24 theatre. The Construction21 network, organiser of the contest, rewarded the winning teams during a ceremony that gathered nearly 200 industry professionals from all around the world.
Beyond their prize, the awarded teams gain an exceptional visibility that allows them to show the market they are able to provide with relevant solutions, already used in real buildings, districts and infrastructures, and that should be adopted by the largest number to achieve the goal of limiting global warming. Discover them!
A contest connected to the COP
Since the Paris Agreement signature in 2015, the Green Solutions Awards, directly connected to the COP, are a concrete illustration of it. By highlighting pioneering projects, by disseminating them to professionals of the industry committed to sustainable development, the contest contributes to changing behaviours both at national and international level. With the aim of radically transforming how we design, build and manage cities to limit global temperature rise below 2°C.
The grand final of the 2018 edition took place in Katowice, Poland, where the COP24 takes place. The Silesian University of Katowice hosted the ceremony organised by Construction21 and its almost 200 guests. Among them, some leading figures of the environment and construction world, like: Majida El Ouardirhi, General Secretary of the Housing and City Policy of the Moroccan Ministry of National Planning; Alijca Kuczera, Polish Green Building Council; Oliver Rapf, Executive Director of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE); Wang Qingqin, Vice-President of the China Academy of Building Research (CABR), and some representatives of the Solar Impulse Foundation.
This event was hold as a follow-up to the Building Action Symposium co-organised with the Global Alliance for Buildings & Construction.
Innovative climate solutions and market trends
Following the preliminary stage of qualifications at national level, 52 finalists, successful among 143 candidates from 16 different countries, were analysed by internationally selected jurors. Divided into 5 juries, 31 experts individually reviewed these buildings, districts and infrastructures before debating. The decision, collective, reports for each winner the message the jurors wish to address to the market.
Through the analysis of all the candidates, real trends are revealed. In 2018, we observed for instance the growing awareness of the need for resilience, the care given to well-being and health of users, even the participation of future inhabitants from the design phase of the project. We also noted that builders use more and more often biobased materials.
Read more about the trends of the Green Solutions Awards 2018
Broad visibility and opening to new opportunities
The Green Solutions Awards, more than a competition, are the guarantee of exceptional and free visibility. To meet its objective of disseminating best practices and virtuous solutions, Construction21 activates a wide web communication plan on all platforms of the network and on social media. This plan is relayed by more than 90 media partners.
Each international winner is offered a video showcasing their project. Easily shared, the videos are broadly disseminated on the web and on social media.
A brochure was also published in English, French, Spanish and Chinese to highlight the winners. Download the brochure
In addition, many candidates benefit from reserved speaking time (conferences, pitch-ring, TV sets) on partner fairs: Passi’bat, Intermat, Pollutec, BEPOSitive… Or who participate in webinars we organise with our partner Webikeo.
New in 2018: interviews with our partner Batiradio during a weekly radio show named Green Solutions which started in December.
3.6 million views worldwide
In 2017, the competition generated 1.5 million views, a sharp increase over the previous year. But the 2018 edition breaks all records with already 3.6 million views in mid-November!
Number of views of the case studies on the 12 Construction21 platforms, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook impressions, clicks on WeChat for the Chinese market: a multichannel communication guarantees candidates as well as partners first-class visibility with a particularly qualified target.
Through this increase in visibility, some candidates – even those who did not win – said they had been asked for press or television interviews, or had signed contracts with new customers or partners!
Browse the projects of our international winners !
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Sustainable City Grand Prize |
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Eco-city southern district Sino-Singapore TianjinTianjin, China - Urban sprawl |
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Jury Mention : Ecodistrict Coeur de Ville - La Possession Reunion Island, France - Urban sprawl
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Jury Mention : Pasapas Barcelona, Spain - Urban reconversion
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Sustainable Infrastructure Grand Prize |
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Smart, economical and sustainable lighting in CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark - Energy management / Smart City |
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Jury Mention 1: Hydrogen charging station Vannes, France - Green energy
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Jury Mention 2: Abattoir BIGH farm Brussels, Belgium
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Sustainable Construction Grand Prize |
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Aulario InduvaValladolid, Spain - Education building |
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Jury Mention 1: Bei de Kueben House Angelsberg, Luxembourg - Education building
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Jury Mention 2: Deltagreen Saint-Herblain, France - Office building
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Sustainable Renovation Grand Prize |
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Eco-Renovation headquarters of KTR FranceDardilly, France - Office building |
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Jury Mention 1: Carrer Nou Girona, Spain - Collective housing
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Jury Mention 2: Belliard 65 Brussels, Belgium - Office building
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Energy & Temperate Climates |
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House of Ile-de-FranceParis, France - Student residence |
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Jury Mention 1: CLT multicomfort office building Covasna, Romania - Office building
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Jury Mention 2: Towers of Bolueta Bilbao, Spain - Collective housing
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Energy & Hot Climates |
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Wild South Media LibrarySaint-Joseph de la Réunion, France - Public building |
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Low Carbon |
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The BeehiveBègles, France - Collective housing |
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Jury Mention 1: Towers of Bolueta Bilbao, Spain - Collective housing
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Jury Mention 2: Waste House Brighton, United kingdom - Education building
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Health & Comfort |
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Landsea New MansionShanghai, China - Collective housing |
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Jury Mention 1: Sindibad Beach Resort Casablanca, Morocco - Collective housing
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Smart Building |
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CLK Passive HouseGrevels, Luxembourg - Single house |
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Jury Mention 1: Technopole Grenoble, France - Office building
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