We are proud to announce that CarbonMe, a pioneering digital carbon tool developed by engineers from Hilson Moran, has been shortlisted for the 2026 CIBSE Building Performance Awards in two categories: Best Digital Innovation – Organisational Strategy and Best Digital Innovation – Project Delivery.
This recognition reflects our commitment to advancing digital transformation and sustainability across the built environment and celebrates the tangible impact CarbonME is already making both within Hilson Moran and across the wider industry.
What is CarbonMe?
Developed by engineers from Hilson Moran collaboration with Tyréns, CarbonMe is a web-based application that transforms how MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Public Health) engineers estimate embodied carbon at the earliest stages of building design.
Launched in May 2025, the tool enables rapid, robust estimation of MEP quantities and embodied carbon using only floor plans, allowing design teams to make informed, carbon-led decisions from the very start of a project.
Key Features and Benefits
- Early-stage carbon estimation: Calculates heating, cooling, and ventilation loads, routes mechanical services, and estimates system options long before detailed design information is available.
- Engineering rigour: Built on first-principles calculations aligned with CIBSE and BCO guidance, ensuring accuracy, reliability and transparency.
- Structured, transparent outputs: Results are categorised in line with RICS WLC 2nd Edition and NRM guidance, with embodied carbon data drawn from EPDs, generic datasets, and CIBSE TM65.
- Optioneering and comparison: Enables system comparison and assessment of upfront and whole-life carbon impacts, including refrigerant effects.
- User-centric design: Early adopters have praised CarbonMe for its clarity, adaptability, and game-changing potential in driving data-led, sustainable design.
Measured Success
- Quick MEP carbon analysis and RICS aligned electrical system predictions
- Accuracy: Achieves accuracy in refrigerant charge calculations (approx.90%) and around 85% in heating/cooling load estimations compared to as-built data.
- Efficiency: Delivers significant time savings — internal analysis shows an 80% time saving per assessment for early stage analysis.
- Adoption and engagement: Now embedded across Hilson Moran’s workflows, with strong industry interest – over 130 expressions of interest from more than 79 organisations, including CIBSE, architects, engineers, QSs and sustainability consultants.
Driving Industry Change
CarbonMe is already enabling design teams to make early, informed decisions that significantly reduce embodied carbon compared with traditional approaches. It has become an integral part of our engineering process, supporting streamlined reporting, early-stage optioneering and data-driven sustainability outcomes.
Looking ahead, the team plan to expand CarbonMe’s functionality to cover additional MEP systems, enrich its carbon dataset and integrate seamlessly with BIM workflows. We continue to collaborate with industry partners and professional bodies to ensure alignment with evolving standards and best practice.
The shortlisting of CarbonMe for the 2026 CIBSE Building Performance Awards underscores our commitment to shaping a low-carbon future through intelligent, data-driven design.
To learn more about CarbonMe or request a demonstration visit: carbonme.tyrens.com
