Emerson Cup 2014

01 Oct 2014 CW Team

A competition that recognises innovative HVACR solutions for empowering the future recently announced its winners.

Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson, recently announced the winners of The Emerson Cup 2014 during the CII-Green Building Conference at Hyderabad. The competition recognises outstanding designs and innovations for projects in the air-conditioning and refrigeration categories in India.

The jury comprised of industry experts in the fields of green building, energy-efficiency, engineering, HVACR designs and architecture who evaluated all the entries independently and selected the winners. Dr PC Jain, Chairman of CII-IGBC was the guest speaker.

The Emerson Cup 2014 had four award categories this year New Building, Retrofit Building, Cold Chain and Project with Emerson Technology. A new category-Cold Chain design was introduced this year to support the growth of cold storages and food preservation industry in the country.

Sridar Narayanswami, Vice President and Managing Director, Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Ltd, said, ¨This is the seventh consecutive year that the competition has been conducted. It is heartening to see the tremendous momentum it has gained in India by providing a valuable platform for industry professionals to showcase excellent designs and innovations.¨ He added, ¨Emerson´s involvement is not only in developing energy-efficient technologies, but also in enabling their wide adoption.

The ceremony began with the announcement of the Retrofit category for Emerging City. Airtech HVAC won this award for their project Shri Ganpati Netaralya Hospital, Jalna. This was followed by the winner from the Retrofit-Metropolitan City Category that was bagged by IBS Gulf Design for the HVAC Retrofit at Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai.

The New Building category got the highest response this year, with the New Building-Emerging City category won by Architecture Discipline along with Gupta Consultants for the project Hotel Mana Ranakpur at Udaipur. Bearys Properties and Developments was declared as the winner for the New Building-Metropolitan City award for their project Bearys Global Research Triangle at Bengaluru. Moreover, a Jury´s Special Mention Award was presented to Architect Sourabh Gupta, Archohm for the project Dilli Haat Janakpuri, New Delhi.

The newly introduced Cold Chain category saw the Emerging City award being won by Gubba Cold Storage for the project Seed Cold Storage, Shameerpet. The Metropolitan City-Cold Chain category was won by Thermal Energy Service Solutions for the project Plugnchill, Fuel Free Refrigeration System, Mumbai.

This was followed by the final award category of Project with Emerson Technologies, that was bagged by Vodafone India for their project Vodafone Mobile Telecom Exchange, Lucknow.

(Communication by the management of the company)

A competition that recognises innovative HVACR solutions for empowering the future recently announced its winners. Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson, recently announced the winners of The Emerson Cup 2014 during the CII-Green Building Conference at Hyderabad. The competition recognises outstanding designs and innovations for projects in the air-conditioning and refrigeration categories in India. The jury comprised of industry experts in the fields of green building, energy-efficiency, engineering, HVACR designs and architecture who evaluated all the entries independently and selected the winners. Dr PC Jain, Chairman of CII-IGBC was the guest speaker. The Emerson Cup 2014 had four award categories this year New Building, Retrofit Building, Cold Chain and Project with Emerson Technology. A new category-Cold Chain design was introduced this year to support the growth of cold storages and food preservation industry in the country. Sridar Narayanswami, Vice President and Managing Director, Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Ltd, said, ¨This is the seventh consecutive year that the competition has been conducted. It is heartening to see the tremendous momentum it has gained in India by providing a valuable platform for industry professionals to showcase excellent designs and innovations.¨ He added, ¨Emerson´s involvement is not only in developing energy-efficient technologies, but also in enabling their wide adoption. The ceremony began with the announcement of the Retrofit category for Emerging City. Airtech HVAC won this award for their project Shri Ganpati Netaralya Hospital, Jalna. This was followed by the winner from the Retrofit-Metropolitan City Category that was bagged by IBS Gulf Design for the HVAC Retrofit at Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai. The New Building category got the highest response this year, with the New Building-Emerging City category won by Architecture Discipline along with Gupta Consultants for the project Hotel Mana Ranakpur at Udaipur. Bearys Properties and Developments was declared as the winner for the New Building-Metropolitan City award for their project Bearys Global Research Triangle at Bengaluru. Moreover, a Jury´s Special Mention Award was presented to Architect Sourabh Gupta, Archohm for the project Dilli Haat Janakpuri, New Delhi. The newly introduced Cold Chain category saw the Emerging City award being won by Gubba Cold Storage for the project Seed Cold Storage, Shameerpet. The Metropolitan City-Cold Chain category was won by Thermal Energy Service Solutions for the project Plugnchill, Fuel Free Refrigeration System, Mumbai. This was followed by the final award category of Project with Emerson Technologies, that was bagged by Vodafone India for their project Vodafone Mobile Telecom Exchange, Lucknow. (Communication by the management of the company)

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