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Sustainable Building Awards (2025)

Welcome to the Sustainable Building Awards 2025, proudly hosted by BUILD for the eighth consecutive year! Continuing our mission to spotlight excellence across vital industries, this respected awards programme celebrates…

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Sustainable Building Awards

Welcome to the Sustainable Building Awards 2025, proudly hosted by BUILD for the eighth consecutive year!

Continuing our mission to spotlight excellence across vital industries, this respected awards programme celebrates the remarkable innovation and dedication of businesses championing sustainable building practices. By honouring the leaders and pioneers in this field, we aim to encourage continued progress and inspire businesses to pursue excellence in eco-conscious construction, design, and development.

Whether you are an architectural firm, a construction company, a developer, or a supplier of sustainable building materials, the Sustainable Building Awards 2025 are here to recognise your impactful work. We also welcome entries from organisations specialising in energy efficiency, green technologies, smart infrastructure, and eco-friendly building solutions. Our inclusive approach ensures that all corners of the sustainable building sector are acknowledged and celebrated.

In 2025, the industry is seeing unprecedented growth and innovation. Smart technologies such as AI, IoT, and digital twins are helping optimise building performance, reduce emissions, and cut operational costs. The shift toward prefabricated and modular construction is streamlining timelines while minimising material waste. Meanwhile, the use of natural and low-carbon materials including hempcrete, bamboo, and reclaimed timber is becoming more common. With net zero design, biophilic principles, and circular economy thinking increasingly becoming standard, there has never been a better time to champion the people and companies shaping a more sustainable built environment.

At BUILD, we take pride in hosting the Sustainable Building Awards 2025 because we understand the vital role that responsible building plays in protecting our planet. As a brand dedicated to recognising excellence across sectors, we are committed to showcasing those businesses that are actively driving sustainable change. By running these awards, we aim to support continued innovation, collaboration, and forward thinking that will benefit both industry professionals and the environment.

As always, winners are determined purely on merit. Our in-house research team carefully examines publicly available information, alongside any materials provided by nominees. The judging panel then conducts an in-depth assessment based on factors including environmental impact, innovation, and the nominee’s overall contribution to sustainability. This process ensures that each award reflects genuine excellence and commitment within the sustainable building sector.

This programme is open to all and completely free to enter. Successful nominees will be prominently featured across BUILD’s engaged readership, online audience, and social channels. Our readers are eager to learn about the businesses leading the way in sustainability and the stories behind their success. Recognition from this awards programme can boost your credibility, attract new clients or partners, and set your business apart in an increasingly eco-conscious marketplace.

Winners will also have access to a range of optional promotional materials, designed to help maximise the value of their success. These include elegant merchandise and enhanced coverage in our 2025 Sustainable Building Awards magazine. Taking part is more than a celebration, it is an opportunity to amplify your brand’s impact, visibility, and long-term success.

If you believe your business, or one you admire, deserves to be recognised this year, you can submit a nomination using the online form at the top of this page. If you have any questions or would like further details about how the awards could benefit your business, please do not hesitate to contact our team directly.

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frequently asked questions

When did BUILD magazine launch?

BUILD magazine published its first issue in 2015 but is still considered to be a relatively new face in the construction industry. Despite its youth, the publication provides a fresh look at the sector as the only globally focused free-to-subscribe construction magazine. Each quarterly publication is bursting with need-to-know insights and great success stories from some of the leading players within the industry. Compiling the latest trade news with featured case studies on the industry’s leading organisations and professionals, the magazine is a comprehensive source of industry information which covers all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and related works. BUILD magazine is one of the many publications owned by AI Global Media, a UK based digital publisher which has published over 200 worldwide publications to its name since 2010.

Where did my nomination come from?

Nominations are gathered via an online form, in the interest of maintaining high response rates, we do not ask nominees to reveal their personal identity. We frequently nominate candidates ourselves. When it comes to the process of voting, if you didn’t cast a vote by self-submission it is likely to have been cast via a colleague or client who has received one of our direct invitations. Because of the nature of the publication our awards focus on sectors such as architecture and building firms, meaning that when nominations are made, it can either be in reference to the company or a specific project they have been working on. The main ethos of our awards system is that your ability to succeed is not linked to the number of votes received, with the most pertinent belief behind this being that all awards will be received purely on merit. As a means of identifying spam votes and countering cyber-threats, we are constantly monitoring the site for unusual behaviour.

If I do agree to be shortlisted, what happens next?

As we look to keep maximum focus on relevant candidates, we ask all nominees to accept their position on the shortlist. This also gives people complete control in their decision on whether they would like to move forward with the award. There is no cost for you to be added onto the shortlist or for any of our winners. Nominees who accept will then be submitted to our research team who will then research each nominee. Nominees are given an opportunity to present their own data which gets considered alongside the information collated by our research team. It can take up to 8 weeks for research to be completed.

Who determines the winners?

A team of five individuals make up our panel. Collectively the team possess in excess of 30 years of experience in researching businesses for the purpose of recognition as leading players within their field. Our continued use of this panel plays a key part in enforcing BUILD’s stance that winners are not determined by popularity, but by their contributions to their industry sector.

What happens if I am deemed successful?

There is a short press embargo in place where we ask you not to make the news public, giving us the chance to prepare the different means of coverage we offer for companies. This means that during this period the program manager will liaise with you to agree on the most appropriate coverage for you. Our main feature takes the form of a digital celebratory magazine, but we also offer physical trophies, wall mounted and digital certificates, web-based advertisements and generic press releases which are bespoke to you or your company. This variety of options are aimed to make the awards tailor made to each individual firm, not matter which one you decide to go for.

Is there a ceremony or award dinner and if so, when does it take place?

We do not focus our efforts on a celebratory event. Despite being an enjoyable occasion, it doesn’t support our group’s philosophy of cost-effective marketing. As well as the lack of cost efficiency, BUILD is an establishment which runs awards worldwide and we believe it would be logistically difficult for some of our winners to attend an awards ceremony. We follow the belief that any of the optional costs involved with the award would be more beneficial in a year’s worth of online marketing for a winner, rather than spending it all on a ceremonial evening. All of our press announcements are made digitally, online and across our network to enforce our position as digital publishers. We aim to arm you with the tools (both digital and physical) to generate real-world value.

Are there any costs involved in accepting my nomination or in winning an award?

As previously mentioned there are no compulsory costs in accepting a nomination or winning an award with BUILD magazine. We do offer a variety of paid additional benefits for our winners, but these are completely optional and merely supplementary to your award rather than essential. To demonstrate our commitment to no mandatory fees, all our winners are offered a free of charge promotional package. Our company policy will always remain: regardless of budget, our clients should always be able to garner the full value of the award and our seal of approval. We offer a variety of promotional opportunities to our winners, as we have an extensive network and we know, more than anyone, the wider business benefits from promoting industry awards.

Why does your email domain differ from your website domain?

Because we send a large volume of emails, we separate our campaign email sends from our transactional ones. This structure helps to ensure a prompt and thorough response from one of our diligent team members. The sending email address will always be recognisable but please contact us via the address on this page if you have any concerns.

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