Design Awards & Sustainability
Sustainability took center stage in 2026 awards: UC Davis Health received national recognition for sustainable health‑care design and community investment, Sunset Magazine released its 2026 Western Home & Design winners, and Scotland’s Briar Homes had its Howwood development shortlisted for the Homes for Scotland 2026 award. Bentley Systems also opened submissions for its 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards, while the Robotics & Automation Awards revealed winners at NEC Birmingham. (health.ucdavis.edu) (sunset.com) (the-gazette.co.uk) (waterworld.com) (logisticsmanager.com)
UC Davis Health’s sustainability story includes specific awards: it won SMUD’s First Clean Power City Business Champion Award for its energy‑efficient planning at the 48X and Folsom Medical Care Clinic projects. (health.ucdavis.edu)) Those design changes generated almost $200,000 in incentive payments that UC Davis earmarked as seed money for further sustainability projects, and the system earned the Practice Greenhealth Emerald Award plus 2025 Circles of Excellence recognition in food, sustainable procurement, water, transportation and green building. (health.ucdavis.edu)) UC Davis ties its work to an Anchor Institution Mission that focuses on local hiring, purchasing and investing, and Kristina Bair leads the UC Davis Health Sustainability Committee’s initiatives such as distributing reusable utensil kits and expanding tree canopy efforts. (health.ucdavis.edu)) Sunset’s Home & Design program runs across the U.S. West and specified regions of Canada and Mexico, with entries judged by Sunset editors and winners guaranteed editorial exposure and placement across Sunset’s platforms and its December issue. (sunset.com)) Briar Homes’ CedarView in Howwood was shortlisted for Private Development of the Year (Small) at the 2026 Homes for Scotland Awards, with judges singling out the scheme’s energy‑efficiency measures alongside contemporary design. (the-gazette.co.uk)) Bentley Systems opened the 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards call for nominations on March 18, 2026, inviting submissions through May 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT and framing the awards as a continuation of a two‑decade program to recognize digital innovation in infrastructure. (bentley.com)) The Robotics & Automation Awards were presented live at NEC Birmingham on March 18 during IntraLogistex; winners included Interroll’s MCP Play (Automation Product of the Year), which the company says can increase throughput by up to 40%, Logistex with Pharmacy2U for a shuttle project featuring 30 storage levels and 9,600 tote locations, and Dexory with Ziegler UK for an AMR‑orchestrated, digital‑twin warehouse control solution. (roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk))
