Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2016

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2016

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About the Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2016

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 30th June 2016.

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

River Soar Flood Alleviation Scheme, Leicester

2016 Award Winner

Creating and enhancing green infrastructure along Leicester’s river corridor has reduced the flood risk to 2,000 homes and businesses in one of the UK’s cities at greatest risk of flooding.

University of Leicester Centre for Medicine

2016 Award Winner

The Centre for Medicine sets a new benchmark for energy efficiency performance in large-scale buildings.

Vicarage Drive, Foxton

2016 Award Finalist

Fox Lodge is a contemporary eco-house built at the heart of the Leicestershire conservation village of Foxton.

Award Criteria

The application will be judged by a panel of expert judges and a shortlist selected by the end of July. The shortlisted projects will then be visited by the panel of judges on Tuesday 9th August 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.