UKGBC Rising Star Shortlist
The Trust would like to congratulate PHT member Mark Siddall, LEAP for becoming a finalists in the 2016 UKGBC Rising Star Award. A rigorous shortlisting process saw the judges whittle over 60 nominations from a wide range of disciplines and sectors operating in the built environment industry, down to six finalists:
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Ben Farnell, Baker & McKenzie
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Christina Houlgrave, Skanska
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Lisa Pasquale, Six Cylinder
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Morgan Taylor, Greengage
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Carol Wakelin, Queensgate Shopping Centre
Mark was winner of the 2015 UK Passivhaus Awards small projects category with Steel Farm Passivhaus. He has also delivered PHT Passivhaus Masterclass events, the most recent addressing summer comfort.
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Mark is an architect who takes a very pragmatic view of sustainability. His key enthusiasm is the ludicrous fact of the building performance gap, and his approach to dealing with this is to carry out primary research and publish his findings online. He then takes this research and other findings and applies them to the design of the buildings of his one-person practice, LEAP. Why is Mark self funding his research and making it available? Because he is an educator, pure and simple. He feels each one of us has a responsibility to collaborate and share what we know if we are going to change the way the industry works. It is very unusual for architects to be this willing to share their expertise, but like all bloggers will tell you, the value you get from sharing comes back tenfold.
Mark’s enthusiasm is infectious and is exemplified in his video submission. He’s also heavily involved in the Association of Environmentally Friendly Buildings (AECB) another example of his selfless dedication to changing our industry. Mark’s next tasks are to set up a community website and a training website for subcontractors, as he identifies further areas where his talents can be applied to helping us bridge the building performance gap.
Long-standing judge Su Butcher
The winner will be announced by Andrew Mellor and Su Butcher during a ceremony on Wednesday 9 March at The Crystal.
You can watch a video of all the finalists here:
Further Information
3rd March 2016
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