ATMOsphere, publisher of R744.com and organizer of the ATMOsphere (ATMO) Europe Summit 2023, announced the winners of the ATMO Awards/Europe during a ceremony on September 19 at the Summit in Brussels, Belgium.
The awards honor excellence in the development and implementation of natural refrigerant-based HVAC&R systems, as well as advocacy for those systems. Awards were given in five categories:
- Best in Sector/Retail, to Delhaize
- Best in Sector/Industrial, to DIN Forsyning
- Person of the Year, to Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Bas Eickhout
- Innovation of the Year/Refrigeration, to Ecooltec’s TM182 transport refrigeration machine; runners-up were Viessmann’s ESyCoolgreen modular system, Copeland’s CO₂ Scroll Refrigeration units, and Energy Recovery/Fieuw Koeltechniek’s PX G1300 Energy Efficiency Module.
- Innovation of the Year/Heat Pumps (presented for the first time), to Fenagy’s heat pump range; runners-up were Hanon Systems’ R744 heat pump for electric vehicles, Copeland’s YHV*RG low-sound variable-speed scroll compressors, and Güntner’s flat VARIO dry coolers.
The awards were based on industry nominations and other criteria. The Best in Sector awards and the Person of the Year were selected by ATMOsphere, which also selected a short list of Innovation of the Year product finalists. Online voting by industry stakeholders leading up to and at ATMO Europe determined the winner of the Innovation of the Year awards.
