UWE Bristol’s environmentally conscious and student-focused accommodation wins three awards

Purdown View, the largest certified Passivhaus student accommodation development in the world, has been nationally recognised at the Property Week Student Accommodation Awards.

The awards recognise excellence, innovation, and community impact across the student accommodation sector. A panel of 30 judges from across the industry deliberated over 180 finalists.

The accommodation, which comprises a 900-bedroom student village at the University's Frenchay campus, won three categories - Halls of Residence Award, Health and Wellbeing Initiative, and Sustainability Initiative of the Year.

It is considered groundbreaking for its sustainability credentials, reducing energy by 81% and carbon by 79% per room compared with the housing it replaced. Purdown View has achieved Passivhaus certification, a sustainable approach to building which uses techniques to retain warmth and save energy on heating.