The winners of the 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been announced. A special ceremony for the honorees will be held on Jan. 22, 2014, during the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) in New York City.

Submissions are open for the 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Awards competition. The Innovation Awards were created to recognize, encourage, and promote new product development in 10 HVACR categories.

KE2 Therm Solutions announced that it has won a Kitchen Innovation Award, presented at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, for its KE2 Evaporator Efficiency (KE2 Evap) controller for walk-in coolers and freezers.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) announced the recipients of the 2013 Kitchen Innovations™ (KI) Awards, which honors the most promising and cutting-edge advancements in kitchen equipment for the foodservice industry.

Ranging from an innovative geothermal heat pump to a copper theft deterrent system, the winners of this year’s AHR Expo Innovation Awards represent a broad cross-section of the HVACR industry.

Panasonic announced that it has been named an International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards honoree for its Panasonic WhisperRecessed™ ventilation fan in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies product category.

Winners of the 2013 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been announced. Representing a broad cross-section of the HVACR market, the winning entries were selected in 10 categories and represent the most innovative new products among the thousands that will be displayed at the expo.