AHR Expo announces winners of the Innovation Award

It was a packed crowd at the 2020 AHR Expo in Orlando—the last in-person iteration of the trade show.

Las Vegas, Nevada—North America’s largest HVAC/R trade show will be returning in 2022 after missing two years due to the global pandemic.

In anticipation, AHR Expo has announced the winners of the 2022 rendition of its Innovation Awards, a competition that honours inventive and original products, systems, and technologies. The event will run from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, and from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Feb. 2. The three-day show will be returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

“Our industry was called to the front lines to put our very best products and technologies to the test. The Innovation Awards purpose is to honour those that are pushing the bar to create innovative solutions to difficult problems,” said Mark Stevens, AHR show manager.

Each year, winners are selected in 10 industry categories, which include: building automation, cooling, heating, indoor air quality, plumbing, refrigeration, software, sustainable solutions (formerly green building), tools and instruments, and ventilation.

This year’s winners are as followed:

“AHR Show Management would like to formally congratulate each of our 2022 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners, as well as finalists and all our entrants, for their continued leadership and contribution to HVACR,” said Stevens.

In order to qualify for the Innovation Awards, exhibitors must have products featured at the show. Exhibitors are permitted to submit one product per category. However, the same product may not be entered in multiple categories. There is also an entry fee of $100 per submission. Funds raised from the entry fees will be donated to a Vegas-area charitable cause.

Each product is judged by a panel of third-party judges made up of ASHRAE members. Entrants are then evaluated based on overall innovative design, the creativity of the product or service offered, application, and potential market impact.

Each winner will also be eligible to win Product of the Year, which will be announced during the 2022 AHR Expo in Las Vegas. “We look forward to seeing these innovators in the marketplace in the coming year and in-person on the Show floor in 2022,” added Stevens.

Registration is free until Jan. 30.

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