The gala dinner ceremony to mark the culmination of the 11th edition of the Climate Control Awards, on September 14 in Dubai, and held under the patronage of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE, drew multiple stakeholders from the building construction and HVACR industry, eager as much to experience a live event as to learn firsthand about the winning entries. And it generated the traditional burst of energy and cheer, despite the debilitating impact of the protracting pandemic.

The ceremony came after months of preparation, including the long-drawn-out process of accepting and scrutinising submissions. The judges pored over a record number of entries, listened to presentations and closely questioned the candidates to arrive at the list of winners, the entire process, as per tradition, monitored by a third-party auditing firm.

The ceremony was a blend of verve, glitter and gravitas, with government officials, diplomatic missions, developers, architects, consultants, contractors, utilities, certification bodies and HVACR industry associations in attendance, along with manufacturers and suppliers of HVACR equipment and service providers, including facility management firms and digital building asset management digital solutions providers, amongst others.

Qais Al Suwaidi, the Director of Climate Change at the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, gave the Keynote Address, in which he relevantly elaborated on the second set of Nationally Determined Contributions the UAE had submitted, in December 2020, in line with the Paris Agreement of 2015 to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Coming as it did from a Ministry official, the message sat well with the audience, almost all members without exception focusing on energy efficiency as part of their daily exertions.

The Address represented the very core and purpose of the Awards exercise, which transcends the pomp and ceremony to drive home the need to aim for sophisticated policy-, business- and technology-related solutions and approaches to lower direct and indirect emissions, reduce total cost of ownership, improve indoor environmental quality – including indoor air quality – and reliability of cooling, ventilation and refrigeration.

Here, we bring to you the evening that was, in pictures…

 

 

 

COUNTRY OF HONOUR
Kingdom of Sweden
FOR EXEMPLARY AND INSPIRING
LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR (AIR
MOVEMENT, VENTILATION)
TROX Middle East LLC

 

 

 

 

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(AIR TREATMENT)
Camfil Middle East

 

 

 

 

 

HONOURABLE MENTION
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR (AIR
MOVEMENT, VENTILATION)
Leminar Air Conditioning
Industries LLC

 

 

 

JOINT WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(FIRE SAFETY)
Prime A/C Industries

 

 

 

 

 

JOINT WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(FIRE SAFETY)
Leminar Air Conditioning
Industries LLC

 

 

 

 

WINNER
INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF
THE YEAR (CHILLERS)
Daikin Middle East and Africa

 

 

 

WINNER
O&M COMPANY OF THE YEAR
(CHILLED WATER PLANT)
Tabreed

 

 

 

 

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(STANDALONE DX)
Rheem Manufacturing

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(VRF SYSTEMS)
Rheem Manufacturing

 

 

 

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(WATER HEATERS)
Enernouva

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
HVACR ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
Leminar Air Conditioning Company LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
HVAC CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
AG Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
COMMISSIONING/RE-COMMISSIONING
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
AESG

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
IoT INTEGRATION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Emaar District Cooling LLC

 

 

 

WINNER
HVACR ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Noufal BK
NAEL GENERAL CONTRACTING GROUP

 

 

 

 

WINNER
YOUNG HVACR ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Ogundeko Ibrahim Adewale
JOHNSON CONTROLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINNER
DIGITAL HVACR STORE OF THE YEAR
Taqeef

 

 

WINNER
MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
(CHILLED WATER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT AND
COMPONENTS, LESS CHILLERS)
Grundfos Gulf Distribution

WINNER
DOMINIC DE SOUSA AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Grundfos Gulf Distribution