National ACR & Heat Pump Awards
John Emm is ACR Champion
John Emm was named Phil Creaney’s ACR Champion at the 2022 National ACR & Heat Pump Awards.
The award recognises a 58-year career in the industry which began with an engineering apprenticeship in 1964.
John bounced back from a major stroke in 2009 and, in addition to his day job as technical director of Pumps2Go, has remained a driving force behind the Hampshire Refrigeration Society even though he now lives in Cheshire. He has played a key role in organising one of the biggest golf tournaments in the industry calendar and the popular HRS breakfast briefings, and recently revived the society’s regional trade show.
More than 400 people attended the sell-out event at The Queens Hotel in Leeds, organised by ACR Journal and Heat Pumps Today and again hosted by comedian Bobby Davro.
There was double success for sister companies Secon Renewables and AUK Distribution, who repeated last year’s win in the Wholesaler / Distributor category and picked up a further award, alongside UK Alternative Energy, for Air Source Project of the Year.
Two wins also for Grant Engineering UK; the Aerona³ R32 air source range was named Heat Pump Product of the Year and its With You on the Journey campaign won the Marketing Initiative category.
Looking to the future, Gemma Weston of J&E Hall was chosen as ACR Trainee of the Year, while Stuart Perfect of GS Renewable won the new Heat Pump Trainee of the Year category.
Other notable wins saw Panasonic’s Etherea units with nanoe X technology revealed as ACR Product of the Year and BITZER’s Digital Network voted best ACR Ancillary Product.
Best Chiller Product went to Johnson Controls – YORK for the Redefined YVAA, while SURE Solutions’ Project Aquarius led the Refrigeration Project / Innovation category.
GEA Heating and Refrigeration Technologies won ACR Project of the Year for its compressor replacement project, with Cross Group picking up the award for ACR Contractor of the Year.
Climalife won the Training Provider category, with R A Brown Heating Services chosen as Heat Pump Installer of the Year.
GS Renewable won best Domestic Ground Source Project, and Calibrate Energy best Non-Domestic Ground Source Project.
Laura Bishop, chair of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, was announced as RACHP Woman of the Year and Viessmann took Environmental Initiative for its ViMove project.
2022 ROLL OF HONOUR
Winner
Secon Renewables & AUK
Highly Commended
Freedom Heat Pumps UK
ACR Contractor
Winner
Cross Group
Highly Commended
Energie Solutions
ACR Product
Winner
Etherea with nanoe X Technology (Panasonic)
Highly Commended
HAORI (Toshiba)
ACR Project
Winner
Compressor Replacements (GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies)
Highly Commended
22 Bishopsgate (Carrier and Michael J Lonsdale)
ACR Ancillary Product
Winner
Digital Network (BITZER)
Highly Commended
VRF Controller PC-ARFG-E (Hitachi Air Conditioning UK & Ireland)
Chiller Product
Winner
Redefined YVAA (Johnson Controls – YORK)
Highly Commended
GoracChiller (G&O Refrigeration)
Refrigeration Project / Innovation
Winner
Project Aquarius (SURE Solutions)
Highly Commended
Royal Berkshire Hospital Chiller Upgrade (Mitsubishi Electric)
Training Provider
Winner
Climalife – College Speaker Programme
Highly Commended
Mitsubishi Electric – Blended Learning Programme
Company Environmental Initiative
Winner
ViMove (Viessmann)
Compressor Replacements (GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies)
Marketing Initiative
Winner
With You on the Journey (Grant Engineering UK)
Highly Commended
Let’s START a Global Conversation! (OMEGA Solutions & Refrigeration Mentor)
Heat Pump Product
Winner
Aerona³ R32 Air Source Heat Pump Range (Grant Engineering UK)
Highly Commended
Ecodan Hydrodan (Mitsubishi Electric)
Air Source Project
Winner
Grange Barn (UK Alternative Energy and Secon Renewables)
Highly Commended
Powerscourt Garden Pavilion (GS Renewable)
Domestic Ground Source Project
Winner
Lime House (GS Renewable)
Highly Commended
Urban GSHP Installation in Family Home (R A Brown Heating Services)
Non-Domestic Ground Source Project
Winner
West Ancroft 8,188kW Ground Source Heat Pump (Calibrate Energy)
Highly Commended
HFO Heat Pumps for E.ON Citigen City of London Energy Network (Carrier)
Heat Pump Installer
Winner
R A Brown Heating Services
Highly Commended
Calibrate Energy Engineering
ACR Trainee of the Year
Winner
Gemma Weston (J&E Hall)
Runner-up
Jordan Guy (GEA)
Highly Commended
Josh Eames (SURE Solutions)
Heat Pump Trainee of the Year
Winner
Stuart Perfect (GS Renewable)
Runner-up
Sam Groves (Finn Geotherm)
RACHP Woman of the Year
Laura Bishop
Phil Creaney’s ACR Champion
John Emm
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