Westport Connecticut, USA, 16 December 2018: AHR Expo has announced the winners of the 2019 AHR Expo Innovation Awards, an annual competition recognising some of the most inventive HVACR products, systems and technologies, the organisers said in a Press communiqué. The AHR Expo will be held from January 14 to 16, 2019, at the Georgia World Congress Centre, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the communiqué said. Winners are selected by a panel of third-party ASHRAE member judges, who evaluate all award entries based on innovative design, creativity, application, value and market impact, the communiqué further said.

According to the organisers, the complete list of AHR Expo Innovation Award 2017 winners includes:

Building automation

Company: Automated Logic Corporation

Innovation: Optiflex Virtual Integrator

Cooling

Company: Johnson Controls, Inc.

Innovation: York Yz magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller

Green Building

Company: Enverid Systems

Innovation: HVAC load reduction (Hlr) module 1000e-M

Heating

Company: Regal

Innovation: Genteq Ensite Motor

Indoor Air Quality

Company: CPS Products, Inc.

Innovation: IAQ Smartair

Plumbing

Company: Anvil International

Innovation: Anvilpress copper, copper press fittings and coupling systems

Refrigeration

Company: Emerson

Innovation: Copeland scroll fractional-horsepower, low-temperature compressors

Software

Company: Taco comfort solutions

Innovation: Taco tags featuring elink

 Tools & instruments

Company: Dwyer instruments, Inc.

Innovation: The wireless hydronic balancing kit, series 490w

Ventilation

Company: Energy wall, llc

Innovation: Innovation: the energy wall universal erv (u-erv).