Judging in for the HVR Awards 2016 has been completed and organiser Datateam Business Media can now reveal the finalists as follows.

Commercial Air Conditioning Product of the Year – Sponsored by the HVAC & Refrigeration Show 2018
Daikin – VRV i-Series
Dencohappel – Combicool Freecool
George Fischer Sales Ltd – COOL-FIT 2.0
Mitsubishi Electric – City Multi Hybrid VRF
Toshiba Air Conditioning – SMMS-e VRF system

Commercial Heating Product of the Year – Sponsored by Smith Brothers Stores (SBS)
Andrews Water Heaters – COMBIflo
Ideal Commercial Boilers – Imax Xtra EL
Potterton Commercial – Sirius FS (floor standing) range of boilers
QRL Radiator Group – Low Surface Temperature (LST) radiator package
Remeha – Quinta Ace 160
Switch2 Energy Ltd – Incontro
Viessmann – ThermProtect

Commercial Ventilation Product of the Year
Airflow Developments – Duplexvent ROTARY MVHR
ebm-papst – FlowGrid
onsynergy -The PAVEL
Ruskin Air Management -Hydropac EC fan coil total package
Vent-Axia – Sentinel Kinetic Advance

Sustainable Product of the Year
Distech Controls – Eclypse connected System controller
Guardian Water Treatment – Wallenius AOT
onesynergy – The PAVEL
Gree UK – Direct-Drive Photovoltaic powered VRF system
Viessmann – Heating with Ice

Sustainable Project of the Year – sponsored by Marflow
Cool-Therm Ltd – Project Hamlet, Canary Wharf
Finn Geotherm – RAGT Seeds
Kensa Heat Pumps – EDF Energy & Kensa Heat Pumps energy efficiency partnership
Klima-Therm – EXP hybrid heat pump chiller installation at Kingston College
Rethink Energy – 350 Euston Road, London

Contractor of the Year – sponsored by Ambirad
A1 Flue Systems
Delron Services Ltd
Priddy Engineering Service Ltd
Stonegrove

Consultant of the Year – sponsored by Reznor
SI Sealy & Associates
Stephen Gill Associates

The following categories are open to an industry vote to decide the 2016 winners. Nominees of the Customer Service Person of the year – Sponsored by Combat HVAC and New! Trainee of the Year each have an online profile so that voters can informatively decide whom is worthy of the respective titles. Voting is open until the end of September via the HVR Awards website.

Customer Service Person of the year – Sponsored by Combat HVAC
Darren Baxter – Albion Valves UK
Ben Baker – Ambirad
Peter Dempsey – EOGB Energy Products Ltd
Nora Conlon – Jaga Heating Products UK Ltd
Celia Dickinson – Toshiba Air Conditioning

New! Trainee of the Year

Jack Cranmer – A1 Flue Systems
Reece Summerfield – EOGB Energy Products Ltd
Harry Wiggins – Farmwood Mechanical & Electrical Services Ltd
Jake Howard – GroundTherm Ltd

Consisting of key members of the industry, the judging panel included Ross Anderson – Industrial & Commercial Energy Association (ICOM) director, Martyn Cooper – commercial manager for the Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA), Tom Garrigan – BSRIA test house manager and Richard Ward – membership director of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

Commenting on the awards, HVR editor, Heather Ramsden commented: “Judges have analysed the entries in this year’s HVR Awards. The quality is extremely high and all categories are highly competitive. I have no doubt, now the shortlist is announced, that it will lead to one of the most anticipated results in the Awards’ history.”

With the shortlist announced, the industry can turn its attention to the event itself. Organiser Datateam Business Media recently announced that stand-up comedian and writer, Bob Mills will be hosting the 2016 event.

The winners will be announced at the glamourous awards ceremony, held at the Chelsea Hotel on October 27th. The dress code for the Awards is lounge suit, and tickets are available via the downloadable pdf available on the website which can be printed and emailed/faxed back to the HVR team.