Congratulations to the 2026 finalists!

Congratulations to our 2026 Unlock Net Zero finalists!

Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony that takes place on Tuesday 23 June at Manchester Central.

Biodiversity and nature award 

• Building Climate Resilience with Biodiversity - collaboration with Anglian Water, Essex Council and BioScapes
• Green Spaces Management for Nature - BFL 
• Green roof cycle shelters, bin stores, rest/smoking shelters, bee sand planters - Green Roof Shelters 
• Vinci Facilities Project Life - Integrating biodiversity and climate resilience within the MoD estate 
• Weston Coyney Road - Social Housing REIT (SOHO) 
• Biodiversity-Led Open Space Management - Meadfleet 
• Biodiversity Pathway - Southern Housing 
• 25 swift nest bricks - Southern Housing 

Climate Champions’ Power List 

• Marion Baeli - 10 Design 
• Agnes Czako - AirEx Technologies 
• Gillian Mulroe - Anchor 
• Fallon Warren - Amplius 
• Dr Joel Callow - Beyond Carbon Associates 
• Ahmed Abdullah Al Tawheed - Cudd Bentley Consulting 
• Justin Tan - Constructive Thinking Studio 
• Matthew Ratcliff - Domna 
• Josefa Vella - Fuse Architects 
• Nikoleta Filippidi - Fuse Architects 
• Dr Bahareh Salehi - Hoare Lea 
• Suzanne Kimman - Haringey Council 
• Lee Lindley - LJM Solutions 
• Kelo Uchendu - Mott MacDonald 
• Syreeta Bayne - Muse
• Sara Darwin - PHI Architects
• Graham Rothwell - Rothwell Plumbing Services - RPS Group 
• Jo Butterfield - Southern Housing 
• Andrew Tod - Sureserve Group 
• Jo Butterfield - Southern Housing 
• Dr Marcus William Rutherford - Tope Developments 
• Fiona Conor - Trust Electric Heating 
• Ben Williams - WPS 

Collaboration of the year: Greater London 

• Woolwich Leisure Centre - a collaborative effort between FairHeat, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Morgan Sindall and Van Zyl & de Villiers 
• Zero Carbon Accelerator - Greater London Authority and Mott MacDonald 
• E.ON and Kestrix - net zero neighbourhoods - Kestrix 
• Barnet’s free energy fix partnership - London Borough of Barnet and Groundwork London 
• Grow London Early Stage - net zero collaboration - London & Partners 
• SDF project team - Muse 
• Retrofit Works and Lewes District Council - Retrofit Works  
• Transform. Engage. Retrofit - Transform-ER 
• Sustainable City Charter - Westminster City Council and Westminster Property Association 

Collaboration of the year: Midlands and Wales 

• Amplius Warm Homes and Lovell Renew - Amplius  
• Driving excellent customer experiences in retrofit - Birmingham City Council and Novoville 
• Crawford and SBS - Delivering quality warm homes - Crawford & Co Surveyors 
• Retrofit with heart, for Action For Children - Cyd Innovation 
• E.ON Green Funding Solutions and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - Cosy Homes 
• Gedling Green - Keepmoat 
• A fabric-first heritage transformation - Belchamp Community Hoduse - SWIP and CT ECO Plus 
• SHAP’s Retrofit Success Guides - Sustainable Housing Action Partnership (SHAP) 
• Biodiversity in Housing Network - Stonewater 
• Powys County Council and Warm Wales - Warm Powys 

Collaboration of the year: The North 

• City Plumbing and Midea Cooling & Heating 
• Golden Lane Housing and LivGreen - A partnership approach to retrofit across homes for people with a learning disability and autistic people 
• Greater Manchester SuDS Guidance - Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Civic  
• Leeds City Council and Equans 
• Northstone / Ultrapanel / Wondrwall - Project 974 
• Riverside SHDF Wave 2 - The Riverside Group and Constructive Thinking 
• RPS Group and Together Housing 

Collaboration of the year: The South 

• Carbon3 and Gravesham Borough Council 
• CBC - Chancerygate Collaboration - Cudd Bentley Consulting 
• Ecosafe Group and Aster Group - Damp, mould condensation and retrofit works 
• Fairhive Homes and Marlec Engineering 
• Better Housing Better Health Project for Southern Gas Networks - National Energy Foundation 
• Metis by SMS in partnership with Oxfordshire County Council 
• SNG Mitsubishi Electric UK and Samsung Climate Solutions 
• South Cambridgeshire District Council and Mears Group 
• Value Optimised Retrofit in partnership with Bristol City Leap 

Contractor of the year 

• Briggs Amasco 
• Elite Renewables 
• Equans UK & Ireland 
• Fortem and Birmingham City Council 
• Livgreen Retrofit Specialists 
• Morgan Sindall Property Services 
• WPS 
• ZED PODS 

Engagement campaign of the year 

• Supporting the Great British Spring Clean - Axis Europe 
• Barnet’s free home energy fix - London Borough of Barnet 
• Warm homes, lower bills: our residents’ retrofit journey - Midlands Rural Housing and Warwickshire Rural Housing Association 
• No Floor No More CIC 
• Metis by SMS - Oxfordshire Area-Wide Retrofit Programme - SMS  
• Resident-led retrofit engagement - Southern Housing 
• Retrofit project - Southern Housing 
• Tope Developments 
• Greener Living, a community‑led environmental engagement campaign for North Paddington - Westminster City Council 
• Powys County Council and Warm Wales - Warm Powys 

ESG team of the year, sponsored by Fortem

• Social and Affordable Housing Group - Addleshaw Goddard 
• Sustainability team - Clarion Housing Group 
• L&Q’s sustainability team - L&Q 
• Moda Group ESG team - Moda Living 
• ESG team - North 
• Sureserve ESG - Sureserve Group 

Funding team of the year 

• Allume UK  
• Climate action team - Haringey Council 
• Octopus Capital - Affordable housing team 
• SMS - Metis by SMS 
• Sanctuary energy team - Sanctuary Group 
• Green tariff for loans - Unity Trust Bank 
• Treasury - Vivid 
• Zero Friction 

Innovation of the year: Greater London 

• AI-DOMP 
• Europa Fanton FMC4 connectors - Europa 
• The Solar Guardian – Europa 
• Innovation in retrofit - Fortem 
• Green Roof Cycle Shelters, Bin Stores, Rest/Smoking Shelters, Bee Sand Planters - Green Roof Shelters 
• RetroSPECT by Kestrix - using drones and AI to verify retrofit outcomes 

Innovation of the year: The North, Scotland and Wales 

• Scott Court - Allume UK 
• Alchemai - Atamate, BE-ST, Beattie, Bassetlaw District Council, Elemental Power, Holosphere, RE24 
• Social Ground - Cyd Innovation 
• FLoMaX - Envirohire 
• JustHeat - Haydale 
• Shared Works - Novoville 
• Squosh mobile bin store management system - Squosh Compacting Company 
• Homelife: a digital PAS 2035 delivery and compliance platform - Property Tectonics 
• Breatheasy insulation system - Wrapt Homes 

Innovation of the year: The South and the Midlands 

• Chinnery Court - Carbon3 and Gravesham Borough Council 
• Brockmoor pioneering net zero neighbourhood - Equans UK & Ireland 
• COSIE Homes Pro - IoT Solutions Group 
• SHEM: Smart Home Energy Management with St Basils - Mixergy 
• Pia Honey - No Floor No More CIC 
• Energy Saver App - Oxfordshire County Council and Metis 
• SNG 
• Wunderhaus 
• Low Carbon Technology Training Centre - YNGR Design 

Landlord of the year 

• Citizen Housing Group 
• Bury Council 
• Social Housing REIT 
• This City, in partnership with Manchester City Council 
• Sanctuary energy team retrofit - Sanctuary Housing Association 

New build development of the year: London and the South 

• Avon Point – Aliva UK and Unite Students
• Elm Grove affordable Passivhaus - Alliance Homes 
• Saxon Brook by Barratt Redrow 
• Westmead - Child Graddon Lewis 
• The Walled Garden - Castlethorpe Homes 
• Ealing Film Studios - CREATE Design 
• Barnfield Road (Spooner House) - Fuse Architects 
• Octopus Energy with gs8: building the UK’s largest fully renewable zero bills microgrid community 
• Wensley Road - Reading Borough Council 
• Crofts House - ZED PODS 

New build development of the year: The North and Midlands 

• Northstone - Abri 
• No.1 Ancoats Green - This City, in partnership with Manchester City Council 
• DWP Talbot Gateway - Muse 
• Extra-care facility, Falkland Islands - One Creative Environments 
• Copper Beech Passivhaus Plus - Progress in Practice and Bailey Projects 

Organisation of the year: Built environment and infrastructure 

• Barratt Redrow  
• Briggs Amasco 
• Carbon3 
• Cyd Innovation 
• Constructive Thinking Studio 
• Cudd Bentley Consulting 
• E.ON 
• LivGreen retrofit specialists 
• Muse
• S I Sealy - Net Zero UK 
• Warm Homes: Local Grant, East Sussex - RetrofitWorks 

Organisation of the year: People and services 

• Housing delivery team - Haringey Council 
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority 
• Progress in Practice 
• Sanctuary Energy Team Retrofit - Sanctuary Housing Association 
• Trust Electric Heating 
• The Carbon Literacy Project 
• Unity Trust Bank 
• ZE Passivhaus Services 

Retrofit project of the year: London and the South, sponsored by Fusion21

• Cambridge City Council Warm Homes : Social Housing Fund / SHDF - 2035 Assessments 
• Cleveland House - Carbon3 and Gravesham Borough Council 
• Albion Court - City Sanctuary
• Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council (BMSDC) social housing retrofit programme - Equans
• Heritage decarbonisation at Wadham College - Eyesea Green and Wadham College
• Lancaster West neighbourhood team, Bramley House Tenants and Residents’ Association and Amber Construction
• Lloyds Living and Octopus Energy Zero Bills Winnycroft project: a blueprint for retrofit excellence
• Morgan Sindall Property Services and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council - Morgan Sindall Property Services
• EPC Upgrade Programme - Social Housing REIT
• SMS - Metis By SMS Oxfordshire area-wide retrofit programme 
• Retrofit team - Southern Housing 
• The Cambridge Building Society - home retrofit project ‍
• Retrofitting homes with Orbit - WPS

Retrofit project of the year: Midlands and Wales, sponsored by Fusion21

• Warm Homes - Amplius and Lovell Renew 
• Birmingham City Council SHDF Wave 2.1 - Baily Garner 
• Wolverhampton Homes and Constructive Thinking - SHDF Wave 2.2 - Constructive Thinking Studio 
• E.ON Green Funding Solutions and Sovereign SHDF Wave 2.2 
• Stonewater’s SHDF 2.1 national homes retrofit - Stonewater 
• Martin Prodger - Pools Cottages 
• Retrofit for the Future - Platform Housing Group  
• Powys County Council and Warm Wales - Warm Powys 

Retrofit project of the year: Scotland and the North, sponsored by Fusion21

• Scott Court - Allume UK 
• Marion Roberts Court - CPH Retrofit 
• Torus WH:SHF Wave 3 - Constructive Thinking Studio 
• Riverside Homes Wave 2.1 - Constructive Thinking Studio 
• Zoe Walton - FPP Benefits Group 
• Energy efficiency project delivery: Newmachar, Aberdeenshire - Grampian Housing Association 
• Hall Park Retrofit Project - Kingdom Housing Association 
• Livin Housing and Mears Group 
• Sandwell MBC SHDF Wave 2.1 Project - Next Energy 
• Park Haus, Stretford EnerPHit - Progress in Practice and Myzsa Group 
• L&Q SHDF Altrincham, Trafford - Structherm 
• Broxtowe Conservation - Structherm 
• ACHA Rothesay - Russell Street and High Street - Structherm 

Skills and training award 

• Connected Home, City & Guilds-assured course - Aico 
• Apprenticeships - Crawford & Co Surveyors 
• Heat Network Training - Chirpy Heat 
• CBC training - Cudd Bentley Consulting 
• Skills, training and talent development programme - FairHeat 
• Muse 
• Sustainable Futures - Stonewater 
• Retrofit and fabric-first approach - SWIP 
• Greenworkx and WPS: Scaling Retrofit Excellence 
• The Carbon Literacy Project 
• Retrofit and green skills project - West of England Mayoral Combined Authority  
• Low Carbon Technology Training Centre - YNGR Design 

Supply chain partner of the year 

• Aico 
• Retrofit assessments - Crawford & Co Surveyors 
• Carbon3 
• Retrofit warm homes - LJM Solutions 
• Retrofit Works and Crystal Windows & Doors - Retrofit Works 
• Stelrad Radiators supply chain partner 
• Trusted retrofit delivery partner - SWIP 
• More Than a Merchant - A decarbonisation partner - Travis Perkins Managed Services