Industry excellence was recognised last night at a gala dinner which was held to formally announce the winners of the 2018 ARBS Awards.
The biggest winner of the night was Danfoss receiving awards in two categories. The first category was the Project Excellence Award which went to Strathbrook Industrial Services and Danfoss Australia for the F Mayer refrigerated storage project.
The Australian patented design is a great example of a sustainable storage freezer system.
Strathbrook recently completed installation of the first full scale refrigerated cold storage facility using the newly patented system which uses carbon dioxide as the refrigerant in both the cool rooms and freezer rooms. It also features a secondary cooling system which turns on during warm weather.
Danfoss also won the Outstanding Industry Education/Training Award for its mobile CO2 training unit which has already completed 32 training sessions in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
The Outstanding Service & Maintenance Award was presented to the A.G.Coombs Group for its ongoing commitment to customers while the Software/Digital Excellence Award went to HydroChem's Clarity which applies a big data approach to minimise the risk of Legionnaires' disease, increase the lifespan of assets and reduce water consumption associated with HVACR equipment including cooling towers, boilers and closed loops.
A popular award is the Product Excellence Award which was presented to Air Change for its Low Dewpoint Dehumidifier product, the ACDHUM-LD.
It dehumidifies air to low dew points utilising a combination of patented heat exchange technology and sophisticated evaporator pressure controls to achieve supply air conditions that would normally require the use of desiccants.
Applications include supermarkets, cool rooms or cold storage and process applications.
Finally, the winner of the Young Achiever Award was Airmaster's Jason Harrison, who has been involved in a number of impressive BMS projects including a $1.4 million installation at Chifley Square, Sydney.
Speaking at the gala dinner, ARBS chair, Ian Hopkins, said the exhibition has been a 'resounding success' with attendance numbers up on previous years.
Hopkins said there was 3,140 visitors on Tuesday and an estimated 3,800 on day two of the event.
A number of well known industry veterans were recognised for their dedication to the HVACR industry and were admitted into the ARBS Hall of Fame including John Bosci who was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian Refrigeration Council and Warren Cole who has been active in the industry for more than 50 years.
Stephen Gilchrist, a passionate building services practitioner, was also admitted into the Hall of Fame along with AREMA president, Mark Padwick, and former AMCA president, David Seedsman.