In a global campaign to find the world’s greenest countries, companies and communities, Cognition Land and Water competed against more than 500 other nominations for the Green World Awards 2025.
We are very proud to announce that The Barking Power Station Gas Pipeline Decommissioning Project has been selected as a winner. The project was recognised because of Cognition’s commitment to sustainable development and carbon reduction.
On behalf of City of London Corporation, in collaboration with Lambert Smith Hampton, Cognition infilled a 19.1 km redundant gas pipeline to Barking Power Station. We proposed a low carbon grout for the pipeline infill material, saving considerable embedded carbon against the works information by incorporating secondary byproducts. The change in material composition reduced embedded carbon by 71%, saving 3,219t CO2e. The alternative material also reduced carbon within the transportation of the material. The change in delivery method reduced vehicle movements by 60%, saving a further 34t CO2e.
Excitingly, our winning paper will be published in The Green Book, the leading international work of reference on best practice.
The awards are organised by The Green Organisation – an international, independent, non-political, non-profit environment group dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world. They have prepared the awards presentation for 12th May in Auckland, New Zealand and to offset the carbon footprint created by the journey to the ceremony, trees will be planted. The day of the ceremony is when we find out which specific award we have won, we will be waiting in anticipation to find out the results.
Well done to all the project team for their hard work on this project. It has really paid off!