Hoare Lea is a UK-based, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy firm, specialising in building services.

[1] Lea pioneered electrical lighting, and methods of efficient heating and air conditioning systems.

In 1882, Lea supervised one of the first electrical lighting systems installed in a public building at Birmingham Town Hall.

[1] Other notable examples of Lea's work include the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, widely recognised as one of the first air conditioned buildings in the world.

The awards were presented to Hoare Lea for its work on the converged network infrastructure at Cabot Circus and for Warwick Digital Laboratory.