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22/11/2021
Wates FM And JLL Win Prestigious Award
Wates FM and JLL have received a silver International Green Apple Environmental Award.
The award is part of a campaign to find the greenest technologies.
The award was presented to Wates FM and JLL in recognition of their partnership to pilot an innovative Energy Management System (EMS) Proof of Concept System to aid intelligent building management and reduce carbon emissions.
Wates FM and JLL competed against more than 500 other nominations in the International Green Apple Awards and were presented with their award at a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament.
The project was funded from the profits of Wates FM's contract with JLL at 45 Church Street in Birmingham, enabling it to pilot the EMS system for 12 months, with both businesses working together to closely monitor and enhance building performance.
The EMS system has facilitated data capture, enabling the team to track large uses of energy that can be assessed for reduction. Since installation of the EMS, Wates and JLL have identified a saving of 27% on air handling at 45 Church Street.
Following the International Green Apple Award success, Wates FM has gained Green World Ambassador status, with its winning paper published in The Green Book, the leading international work of reference on environmental best practice.
Becoming a Green World Ambassador will also entitle Wates FM to represent the UK in the Green World Environment Awards, which are held in a different country every year.
The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation – an international, independent, non-profit, non-political environment group that began in 1994 to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world.
James Gregg, Managing Director of Wates FM, commented: "Our pioneering partnership with JLL is an exceptional example of what can be achieved when we turn a traditional customer-contractor relationship into something much more collaborative. The trust and mutual respect our businesses share made possible a truly innovative project; we believed in a green technology and invested a proportion of our JLL contract profit into sponsoring the system at 45 Church Street for a year, with the ultimate aim of improving our client’s carbon reduction strategy. We are very proud of the project and to have received the silver Green Apple Award."
The award is part of a campaign to find the greenest technologies.
The award was presented to Wates FM and JLL in recognition of their partnership to pilot an innovative Energy Management System (EMS) Proof of Concept System to aid intelligent building management and reduce carbon emissions.
Wates FM and JLL competed against more than 500 other nominations in the International Green Apple Awards and were presented with their award at a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament.
The project was funded from the profits of Wates FM's contract with JLL at 45 Church Street in Birmingham, enabling it to pilot the EMS system for 12 months, with both businesses working together to closely monitor and enhance building performance.
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The EMS system has facilitated data capture, enabling the team to track large uses of energy that can be assessed for reduction. Since installation of the EMS, Wates and JLL have identified a saving of 27% on air handling at 45 Church Street.
Following the International Green Apple Award success, Wates FM has gained Green World Ambassador status, with its winning paper published in The Green Book, the leading international work of reference on environmental best practice.
Becoming a Green World Ambassador will also entitle Wates FM to represent the UK in the Green World Environment Awards, which are held in a different country every year.
The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation – an international, independent, non-profit, non-political environment group that began in 1994 to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world.
James Gregg, Managing Director of Wates FM, commented: "Our pioneering partnership with JLL is an exceptional example of what can be achieved when we turn a traditional customer-contractor relationship into something much more collaborative. The trust and mutual respect our businesses share made possible a truly innovative project; we believed in a green technology and invested a proportion of our JLL contract profit into sponsoring the system at 45 Church Street for a year, with the ultimate aim of improving our client’s carbon reduction strategy. We are very proud of the project and to have received the silver Green Apple Award."
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