Jan.-Feb.-March 2012 Vol.XXXII No.1

Re. 1. Subscriber’s Copy.

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The 7th Bry-Air Awards for Excellence in HVAC&R functionheld on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Bangalore International

Exhibition Centre, Bangalore coinciding Acrex 2012. It was an eventfor the entire Industry to celebrate innovation and excellence.

T h e g l i t t e r i n g a n d g r a n d c e r e m o n y w a s g r a c e d b y m a n ystalwarts f rom internat ional as wel l Indian HVAC&R industry.

The Guests of Honour of the spectacular night were Mr. RonaldJarnagin, Pres ident ASHRAE, Mr. Michael Schmidt , Pres ident ,

Federat ion of European Heating, Venti lat ion and Air-condit ioningAssoc ia t ions (REHVA) and Ms. Ma i ja Vi r ta : CEO, F in land Green Bu i ld ing Counc i l amongs t many o thers .

Instituted in 2005, Bry-Air Awards are held annually to reward and recognize outstanding contributions and technological

breakthroughs undertaken by corporates and students in rapidly expanding HVAC&R field. The awards have become a cornerstone for recognition

for the Indian HVAC&R Engineers.

The key criteria for adjudging winners are Innovation, Energy efficiency & Environment friendliness of the project/product.

The Bry-Air Awards are presented to individuals, corporate or students who have made an outstanding contribution in the following categories :

New/Innovative Systems Design New/Innovative Product DesignStudents Category for Most Outstanding and Innovative Projects.

Bry-Air & DRI Booth at ACREX 2012

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Mr. Deepak PahwaManaging Director,

Bry-Air (Asia) & Group Chairman

Pahwa Enterprises welcoming guests.

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The Bry-Air Awards epitomizes the spirit of excellence in innovative

thinking that enhances India's competitiveness in the HVAC&R industry,

worldwide.

The Awards function, which is a culmination of a year long process,

starting with the nomination being received and then reviewed through

a transparent system by an independent and eminent Jury.

This year’s Jury under the Chairmanship of Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director

General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, selected the winners after a day’s

deliberation.

The winner were honoured at the Bry-Air Awards Function amidst

1000+ HVAC&R professionals.

Ms. Maija VirtaGuest of honour

CEO, Finland Green Building Council

Shar ing he r v iews on how innova t ionhappens . . . . . . “by asking questions”.

Mr. Ronald JarnaginGuest of honour

President, ASHRAE

Congratulat ing the winners and sharing

his views "how innovation and leadership

goes hand in hand".

Mr. Michael SchmidtGuest of honour

President, REHVA

U r g i n g t h e i n d u s t r y t o e n c o u r a g e

youngsters as "Youngsters are the key to

innovate".

Dr. Ajay MathurChairman, Jury

Director General, Bureauof Energy Efficiency

Mr. Ramesh ParanjpeyFellow ASHRAE, Senior

HVAC&R Consultant, ARTI

Dr. Sanjeev JainProfessor, IIT Delhi

Mr. Manoj ChakravortiChief Executive,

EngineeringConsultancy Services

Mr. V. KrishnanNational President,

ISHRAE

More at www.bryairawards.com

Mr. Carlos Massaru KayanoGuest of honour

Member, ABRAVA

Talks about how the HVAC&R industry inBrazil and India can work together.

Mr. Rajinder Singh from Delhi College of Engineeringfor “Development of Scraped Surface Ice SlurryGenerator for Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Industry”

Ms. Pooja Mahanty, Mr. Saurav K. Murarka from BirlaInstitute of Technology, Mesra, Patna Campus for“Energy Efficient Solar Powered Air-conditioning System”

Mr. Santanu Prasad Datta from IIT, Kharagpur for“Assessment and Improvement of an automotive HVACsystem for a better fuel economy, fault diagnosis andprognosis”

Mr. K. Premkumar from U V Krishna Mohan RaoAssociates for “Efficiency Improvement of ExistingHVAC Systems at ITC”

Mr. Rohan Parikh, Mr. Guruprakash Sastry,Mr. VVS Raju, Mr. Punit & Mr. Samit Bhowmick fromInfosys Limited for “Radiant Cooling System”

Mr. Surendra H Shah from Pan Asia Corporation for“Zero Impact Structure Cooling”

Mr. Anil D Kumbhar from Voltas Limited for “LowTemperature Vapour Absorption Machine (-5°C brine)using LiBr-Water”

Mr. Surendra H Shah, Proprietor from Pan AsiaCorporation for “Low Energy Two Stage Heat PumpAir Drier”

Attention!Nomination forms for the

8th Bry-Air Awards will be

available from June 15, 2012

at www.bryairawards.com or

E-mail to

bryairawards@pahwa.com

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