More than 300 people from all sectors of the air conditioning and refrigeration industry saw Foster Refrigerator’s +stayclear crowned as refrigeration product of the year in the ACR News Awards 2016.

The event was held at the brand new Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham and also saw Klima-Therm and Gree taking the environmental product of the year for its photovoltaic-powered centrifugal chiller and further winners included Climalife, Stonegrove Refrigeration and Business Edge.

The only award voted for by the industry itself, the Customer Service Award went to Matthew Hearne from Capital Cooling, and the Alan Moor Award for the unsung hero this year went to FETA’s Mike Duggan who has given 25 years’ service to the industry sitting on a wide variety of boards and standards groups.

The audience saw Cool Science take the marketing award for its fun and innovative initiative aimed at young people considering their career choices, while ChillAir Training Academy picked up the training award for its relaunch of the Birmingham Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

This year's awards were sponsored by Bitzer, Hawco, Samsung, SBS, Toshiba and the ACR Show.

The complete list of winners is: 

Training Initiative of the Year: Cool Science

Marketing Initiative of the Year: ChillAir Training Academy 

Website of the Year: Climalife (IDS Refrigeration)

Environmental Project of the Year:  Climalife, Ultra Refrigeration, Lincoln Co-Op and Chemours

Environmental Product of the Year: Klima-Therm and Gree

Wholesaler/Distributor of the Year: Hawco 

Contractor of the Year: Stonegrove Refrigeration 

Consultant of the Year: Business Edge 

Refrigeration Product of the Year:  Foster Refrigerator

Air Conditioning Product of the Year:  Toshiba Air Conditioning

Customer Service Award of the Year: Matthew Hearne, Capital Cooling

The Alan Moor Award: Mike Duggan