CUBE Design Competition, Commercial buildings Architecture Contest, Net zero UK
CUBE Design Competition 2021
29 June 2021
CUBE Design Competition 2021 News
New competition set to deliver significant energy savings in commercial buildings launches in the UK
CUBE, an innovative competition that enables commercial buildings to make a genuine contribution to net zero, has launched in the UK. Organised by Ampersand Partners alongside founders A4MT, the competition introduces gamification for energy consumption, cutting energy usage and equivalent costs by an average of 12% and up to 55% in a single year.

Set up for landlords, building managers and occupiers, CUBE is a community of businesses which understands that achieving net zero starts with reducing energy use in their buildings. It is based on a programme that encourages behavioural change alongside events where participants share ideas, leveraging existing investment in energy savings and pushing each other to do more. For users and employees, it engages everyone in a friendly, fun and collaborative competition to facilitate improved energy performance ? one building at a time. Originally developed by leading real estate experts A4MT in France, the competition has had widespread industry support and made a huge impact over six years – saving the equivalent of £10.5 million in costs and enough energy to power almost 27,500 UK homes for a year. Successful participants include BNP Paribas, Carrefour and Orange, the ...