What The Smart Building Awards Recognise
The Smart Building Awards honour buildings using technology to deliver outstanding occupier experience, operational performance, energy efficiency and asset value. The category set spans Smart Residential Building Of The Year, Smart Commercial Building Of The Year, Smart Home Of The Year, Smart Hospitality Building Of The Year and Smart Mixed-Use Building Of The Year.
Smart-building recognition is among the fastest-growing category sets in the wider awards programme. Institutional capital is moving rapidly into smart-building infrastructure; corporate occupiers are prioritising connected commercial product; HNW buyers are increasingly attentive to smart-home capability. Recognition through the Smart Building Awards is therefore a meaningful commercial signal across multiple buyer and investor channels.
The 2026 programme is open to smart buildings across every region and asset class. Connected residential developments, intelligent commercial product, smart hospitality real estate and adjacent smart real estate operators all enter the programme.
Who Should Enter
- Smart Residential Buildings — Connected apartment and residential complexes
- Smart Commercial Buildings — Intelligent office, retail and adjacent commercial
- Smart Homes — Single-property smart-home design and integration
- Smart Hospitality — Connected hotel and serviced apartment
- Smart Mixed-Use — Integrated smart mixed-use developments
- Proptech Platforms — Technology platforms underlying smart real estate
Award Categories
Smart Building Of The Year
The headline smart-building category.
Smart Home Of The Year
For exceptional smart-home design and integration.
Smart Residential Building Of The Year
For connected residential developments.
Smart Commercial Building Of The Year
For intelligent commercial product.
Smart Hospitality Building Award
For connected hospitality real estate.
Proptech Platform Of The Year
For underlying smart-real-estate technology platforms.
Why Smart Buildings Compete For Recognition
Smart-building recognition has rapidly-growing commercial value. For developers selling premium smart product, the seal supports buyer trust and premium positioning. For commercial developers competing for technology-prioritising occupiers, the recognition supports leasing velocity. For proptech platforms competing for enterprise mandates, the seal supports tender-stage shortlist inclusion.
Past Smart Building Of The Year winners have consistently reported measurable commercial impact — stronger inbound buyer/occupier interest, improved leasing velocity and accelerated enterprise platform conversations in the period following the award.
How To Win A Smart Building Award
- Address the building's smart proposition — what technology, why, how it integrates.
- Quantify outcomes — occupier satisfaction, energy intensity, operational efficiency.
- Address verified performance — independent assessment of technology effectiveness.
- Submit high-quality photography, technology architecture diagrams and case studies.
- Address scalability — how the smart approach extends across multiple buildings.
- Submit verified technology partnerships and platform integrations.
Submit Your Smart Building Awards Nomination
Nominations are submitted online via the official entry portal. Detailed resources are published throughout this site. The awards team can be contacted directly for smart-building entry consultation.
