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Chillventa launches
awards for industry projects

#Chillventa16

The newly launched Chillventa Award will be presented in recognition of special
and exemplary expert team projects in four categories: commercial refrigeration,
large-scale refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps.

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hillventa is one of the world’s
largest and most important
trade fairs for the refrigeration
industry with air-conditioning, ventilation
and heat pump sectors. For 2016, all
the indicators are once again pointing
towards success. Event organisers are
already expecting an increase in both
floor area and exhibitor numbers.
Chillventa is far more than just a trade
show: this is where projects are brought
to life, trends are set and innovative
products are presented to the market.
This is also where the community meets
and experts from around the world come
together. It was thus an obvious decision
for NürnbergMesse to work together with
a strong partner, Bauverlag, to launch the
Chillventa Award.
“We are very pleased that we will
be awarding the Chillventa Award this
year for the first time. There are not many
sectors of industry that are as innovative
and inventive as the refrigeration, airconditioning, ventilation and heat pump
community, and it is only right to highlight
and pay tribute to this,” say Chillventa
Award initiators, Christoph Brauneis,
senior editor KKA, tab and jury member,
and Daniela Heinkel, director Exhibition
Chillventa, NürnbergMesse.
“At Chillventa, experts from around the
world meet, develop projects together

and set them on track. It was therefore an
obvious opportunity to invite entries for a
high-quality competition to evaluate the
best, most exciting and most innovative
projects in four categories and to present
them with the Chillventa Award. Chillventa is
an ideal platform for a prize of this quality.”
The Chillventa Award will honour teams
of experts (planners, system builders,
principals/operators) who, in an exemplary
collaboration going beyond normal
technical standards, have realised a project
that excels in terms of functionality, energy
consumption and technical innovations.
In evaluating the projects, the jury – in line
with the Chillventa motto of “Connecting
Experts” – will focus in particular on the
interplay between the people involved in
the project, from conceptual formulation,
through planning and system construction
to the operation of the system. Projects
submitted for the award must clearly
demonstrate and map the level of quality
reached through co-operative planning.
Alongside these points, the Chillventa
Award will also consider the abovementioned aspects of the system’s
functionality, energy consumption and
technical innovation. Other aspects, such
as compliance with the planned budget
and timetable, environmental safety
requirements, certifications, etc. will be
integrated into the jury’s assessment.

The Chillventa Award considers any form
of refrigeration, air-conditioning or heat
pump system (new or refurbished) that has
been carried out in Europe. Projects may
be submitted which have bee