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ACR News Awards 2022
Live and in person! T
he ACR News Awards took place at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel on Thursday 17 March, twenty-five years after it first started celebrating the best products, businesses and people from across the air conditioning and refrigeration sectors.
This is the one of the biggest little industries in the world, populated by some incredibly passionate people doing exceptionally innovative things and these Awards are all about celebrating that. The ACR News Awards has firmly established itself as focal point in the industry calendar since its launch in 1997 and this year was no different as hundreds of acr professionals gathered, albeit virtually, to honour the cutting-edge products and inspirational professionals from across the air conditioning and refrigeration sector. This first live event since 2019 was
presented by actor and comedian Dominic Holland and the voice of the National Lottery, Alan Dedicoat.
The highlight of the evening was a touching speech by Roger Borer, this year's winner of the prestigious Alan Moor Award, sponsored by Bitzer, who paid tribute to industry mentors and Alan Moor in particular. The other winners of the evening were:
Q Environmental Initiative of the Year sponsored by Blended Beyond Refrigeration from the IOR.
Q Industry Initiative of the Year Mitsubishi Electric
Q Trainee of the Year Gemma Weston of J & E Hall and Sam Mills of McFarlane Telfer
Q Wholesaler/Distributor of the Year sponsored by Toshiba MHI Direct
Q Maintenance Product of the Year sponsored by Fieldpiece AdvancedGel from Aspen Pumps
Commercial Heat Pump Product of the Year sponsored by Coolblend BlueBox Titan Sky HP from Swegon
Q Chiller Product of the Year, sponsored by Climalife CO2
Advansor
Q Air Conditioning Project of the Year, sponsored by SBS E.ON City of London District Cooling and Heat- ing Scheme from Carrier
Chiller from Greencold in association with Alan Dedicoat.
Our incredible judges
Martyn Cooper, commercial manager at FETA, joined the Federation in May 2015 after a 37 year long career in the chemical industry. His role now includes supporting various sections within several of the member
associations of FETA; BRA, HPA and HEVAC. He has also been involved in the launch and promotion of the recent BRA Putting into Use Replacement Refrigerants (PURR) report.
Mike Creamer is currently the President of the Institute of Refrigeration. His career has spanned over fifty years, starting as a toolmaker / design draughtsman, ultimately starting Business Edge in 1990. He has
developed an oil-free compressor and has written numerous articles, including the renowned ‘Masterclass’ titles, and has been actively involved in industry Institutions such as the IOR, ASHRAE and regional Societies.
Richard Merritt has 25 years’ experience in the industry having started out as an apprentice with Haden Young. In 2001 he took over the family business AC Solutions Group as managing director. He is Hertfordshire
Branch Chairman of BESA as well as a member of the BESA specialist RACHP group executive committee. A member of the IOR, Licentiate at CIBSE and Engineering Technician status at the Engineering Council.
28 May 2022
www.acrnewsawards.com
Dominic Holland.
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