WESTPORT, Conn. - The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) has added a new category to its fourth annual Innovation Awards competition. The Greenovation Award, recognizing excellence in green building products and technology in the HVACR industry, joins the other eight categories in the award competition.
The first winner of the Greenovation Award (for 2006) is VRTX Technologies LLC for the VRTX Systems, which treats industrial cooling water from condensers and cooling towers. It relies on kinetic energy, hydrodynamic cavitation, and chemical equilibrium to control scale, corrosion, and biofouling without hazardous chemicals. The system is said to reduce water usage, operating costs, and environmental impact, and also improve worker safety.