Award-winning Carbon Pioneer positions Savills as a leader in digital and sustainable innovation across the built environment

Award-winning Carbon Pioneer positions Savills as a leader in digital and sustainable innovation across the built environment

(IN BRIEF) Savills has won the ‘Best Project or Collaboration’ award at the 2025 Society of Digital Engineering Awards for Carbon Pioneer, its automated digital workflow designed to transform sustainability modelling in the built environment. Developed to replace slow and fragmented traditional modelling methods, Carbon Pioneer integrates compliance checks, benchmarking, carbon forecasting, decarbonisation pathways and cost analysis into a single streamlined tool that delivers results within minutes. The platform has undergone more than 1,600 development hours and reflects ongoing client-led refinement. Savills Earth leaders Eve Farrugia and David Jackson noted that the award highlights both the tool’s impact and the firm’s growing reputation for innovative digital and AI-enhanced sustainability solutions. The accolade marks the third award for Savills Earth within a week, signalling strong momentum in its ESG-focused work.

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 24-Nov-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Savills has been recognised for its leadership in digital innovation, winning the ‘Best Project or Collaboration’ award at the Society of Digital Engineering (SDE) Awards 2025 for Carbon Pioneer, its groundbreaking automated sustainability-assessment workflow. The awards ceremony, held on 19 November at NLA – The London Centre in London, celebrates digital excellence across the built environment, highlighting initiatives that redefine industry standards.

Carbon Pioneer was developed to tackle one of the most persistent challenges in the property and construction sectors: the urgent need for fast, reliable, and comprehensive sustainability insights to support net-zero-aligned investment, design and planning. Traditional modelling approaches can take weeks to complete and are often disjointed, creating a barrier to incorporating sustainability into early decision-making.

Carbon Pioneer removes these barriers by integrating multiple technical assessments into a single, automated workflow. Harnessing parametric energy modelling and automated data processing, the tool delivers consolidated insights on energy performance, future carbon trajectories, regulatory compliance risks, energy benchmarking, decarbonisation pathways and cost implications — all within minutes. The technology eliminates duplication of effort, ensures consistency, and enables sustainability analysis to be embedded at the earliest and most influential stages of a project.

“More than 1,600 development hours have been invested in Carbon Pioneer, with continuous refinement informed by client feedback and evolving industry standards,” said Eve Farrugia, Associate at Savills Earth. “The result is a future-ready solution designed to drive both efficiency and sustainability at scale. We are delighted that Carbon Pioneer is being recognised for the contribution it makes to clients and the built environment, representing a major step forward in how we advise clients and encourage them to make informed, sustainable decisions.”

David Jackson, Head of Savills Earth, added: “Congratulations to our industry-leading Sustainable Design team on this fantastic achievement. This is the third award Savills Earth has won in the space of a week, a testament to the outstanding work our teams are doing to support clients as they navigate the ESG agenda. This recognition highlights how our digital tools, artificial intelligence capabilities and innovative approach are leading the way across the industry.”

Carbon Pioneer underscores Savills’ commitment to advancing digital solutions that accelerate decarbonisation efforts, improve decision-making, and strengthen sustainability performance across real estate markets.

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