Awards
The Energy Academy Europe building has not remained unnoticed. In addition to many publications, the building has also been awarded several beautiful awards:
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Innovation Award 2017
Uneto VNI | 27 September 2017 -
Most Beautiful New Building of Groningen 2017
Stichting DAG | 23 June 2017 -
International BREEAM Award 2017
BREEAM Outstanding| 7 March 2017
The University of Groningen is very proud of the exceptional building project that illustrates the UG's comprehensive commitment to sustainability. Not only do we pay attention to sustainable innovations and energy conservation in our building projects, we also focus on the responsible use of natural resources in our policies on refuse management and purchasing, for example. This attitude and ambition is manifest in the Energy Academy Europe building.’
Partly thanks to these initiatives, the University of Groningen now ranks 15th on the Green Metric list of the ‘greenest’ universities worldwide.
Most Beautiful New Building of Groningen 2017
Prizes: Winner of the Big Groningen Building survey 2017. Public and Jury Award | 23 June 2017
Organisation: DAG foundation (Dag van de Architectuur Groningen) and GRAS Platform, Architecture Day 23 June 2017
Jury quote: "In Groningen not only a particularly sustainable and ambitious building has been put down, but that it it a combination with very beautiful architecture. Its smart design will keep its energy requirements low; the building will even be able to produce more energy than it uses. The Energy Academy Europe building is the most sustainable educational building in the Netherlands."
International BREEAM Outstanding sustainability award
Prizes: BREEAM Award 2017, category ‘Mixed Use & Other’ | 7 March 2017
Organisation: BREEAM
Jury quote: "This award underlines the fact that Groningen now has a particularly sustainable and ambitious building. Its smart design will keep its energy requirements low; the building will even be able to produce more energy than it uses. The Energy Academy Europe building is the most sustainable educational building in the Netherlands."
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