NAVAC Inc. won Gold in the Electronic Tools category for its NRDC4M refrigerant recovery machine, which was created as an alternative to the conventional single- or dual-cylinder design.
Carrier took home the Gold in the HVAC High Efficiency Residential Equipment category for its Infinity® 26 Air Conditioner and Infinity® 24 Heat Pump with Greenspeed® Intelligence.
Raypak won Gold in the HVAC Commercial category for its XVers L commercial boiler, which features a stainless steel fire-tube heat exchanger, functional design, and adaptive controls via the intuitive VERSA IC® touchscreen display.
Jean-Michel Roy has some experience with Lennox Commercial’s LF25 Unit Heater, on which the DDA judges bestowed the Gold medal for the Light Commercial category.
RGF Environmental Group Inc. won the Gold award in the IAQ category for this year’s competition. Its all-new HALO-LED™ is an in-duct mounted, whole home air purification system that proactively treats every cubic inch of air conditioned space.
Like other companies working in the sector, Heatcraft Refrigeration Products faced a new set of DOE Annual Walk-In Energy Factor (AWEF) standards taking effect on Jan. 1 of this year.
Badger Meter won Gold in the Testing and Monitoring category for its Dynasonics® TFX-5000 ultrasonic clamp-on meter, which measures volumetric flow and heating/cooling energy rates in clean liquids, as well as those with small amounts of suspended solids or aeration, such as surface water or raw sewage.
An extensive research and feedback process in response to dealers who asked for “a smart thermostat option at a reasonable price point” started in 2014, and it culminated in this year’s Gold winner.