Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2014

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2014

A photo of a project from a previous years' ProCon Awards

About the Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2014

An Award given to the developer/owner/designer of a scheme that the judging panel, including experts in the field, consider to be the best new environmentally sustainable development in Leicestershire or Rutland that was completed within the 18 months prior to 31st July 2014.

The development cannot have been previously submitted for a ProCon Award.

College Court

2014 Award Finalist

College Court is the conversion of four disused accommodation blocks and a student union block into a high quality conference and accommodation centre for the University of Leicester.

DOCK

2014 Award Finalist

Created for Leicester City Council, DOCK contains workspaces for science and technology start ups.

The Solar House

2014 Award Winner

Combining the benefits of a Photovoltaic solar array, a heat pump and an energy bank has created a zero carbon home in Great Glen with the sun’s energy providing year-round heating, hot water and lighting.

Award Criteria

The application will be judged by a panel of expert judges and a shortlist selected by the end of August. The shortlisted applicants will then be visited by the panel of judges on Tuesday 9th September in order to select three finalists.

The winners of the Sustainable Development of the Year Awards will be decided by the panel of expert judges.

The development will be judged on the following criteria:

Efficient Use and Conservation of Resources – including energy, CO2, water, timber, other materials
Voluntary Adoption of Recognised Advanced Standards – such as BREEAM, Passivhaus and Code for Sustainable Homes, Considerate Constructors and Forestry Certification Scheme
Biodiversity – natural landscape and species conservation and enhancement measures
Contribution to a sustainable local community and community well-being – including both physical building measures and the quality and diversity of services enabled by the building
Overall sustainability – a discretionary evaluation based upon overall social, economic and environmental achievements in the round, or exceptional or innovative effort, especially on limited budgets.

Other Award Categories in the ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2014