Cofely and partners The Peel Media Group, who were behind MediaCityUK, have won the award for 'Sustainability and Environmental Impact' at the BIFM (British Institute of Facilities Management) Awards 2013.
MediaCityUK offers commercial, residential, retail and leisure and other infrastructure to support the expectations of a new digital community. Services have been fine-tuned post-occupancy to align energy use with daily variations in building use.

Peel Media Facilities covers most of the estate's tenants and together with technical FM provider Cofely, provides a raft of services including life cycle management of building fabric and services, operating and maintaining a combined heating and power centre, and monitoring and managing carbon reduction.

The tri-generation CHP plan has cut carbon emissions by 29 per cent compared to traditional energy services. Having created an energy management programme tailored to meet the specialised requirements of tenants and the buildings across MediaCityUK, it has delivered energy savings of more than 11 per cent despite increased occupancy.

The judges said: 'MediaCityUK demonstrates the great lengths the Peel Media Group and Cofely have gone to in order to minimise the high environmental impact typically associated with facilities serving creative and digital industries. MediaCityUK provides a 36-acre environment, designed around the needs of the creative and digital industries, with sustainability at its heart'.

The tri-generation energy centre was described as 'pioneering' with the facility delivering 'best in class' services. The judges said: 'Sustainability and environmental management have been designed in from the very start of this project and right across the facility's spectrum of activity, from power and utilities generation and distribution through to day-to-day maintenance and operational management.'