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26 NOVEMBER 2016 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com software and consulting company specializing in: mobile and back office software for fuel delivery and HVAC service companies, and Intacct cloud accounting, Microsoft Dynamics, and custom software solutions. ¦ AHR EXPO INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS International Exposition Co. announced the winners of the 2017 AHR Expo (International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition) Innovation Awards. The annual awards competition honors the most inventive and original products, systems and technologies showcased at each year's AHR Expo in the categories of: building automation; cooling; green building; heating; indoor air quality; plumbing; refrigeration; software; tools & instruments; and ventilation. Winners were selected by a panel of third-party ASHRAE member judges who evaluated all award entries based on innova- tive design, creativity, application, value and market impact. Award winners will be recognized in a formal ceremony during the 2017 AHR Expo, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Additionally, one 2017 AHR Expo Product of the Year award winner, selected from among the 10 category winners, will be announced at that time. "This year's AHR Expo Innovation Award winners have shown, once again, that the parameters for HVACR advancement are truly ever expanding," said Clay Stevens, president of International Exposition Company. "We congratulate those who have been rec- ognized as 2017's pioneers from across all areas of the industry, by proving there is always more to be achieved, and farther to be pro- pelled, when it comes to HVACR innovation. This is the spirit that makes each year's competition so fresh and exciting, and is what we are proud to see, year after year, as a cornerstone of inspiration for the HVACR industry's ongoing creativity and advancement." Among the 2017 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners are: BUILDING AUTOMATION Company: Danfoss (2017 AHR Expo booth No. C4506) Innovation: Danfoss Enterprise Services Designed specifically for food retail applications, Danfoss Enterprise Services is a cloud-based service delivery platform that collects a range of data points from connected devices to provide powerful insight into nearly every aspect of HVACR operations, energy management and usage, benchmarking, and safety. Danfoss Enterprise Services provides real-time, actionable information that enables store management to make fast decisions which translate to notable savings, with modules (available à la carte or in structured bundles) to monitor an array of parameters, including alarm management, compressor status, leak detection and refrigerant levels. Functions including password lockdown, global setpoint control, and HACCP, TQI and executive reporting further streamline store operations management. Services such as energy information benchmarking, a continuous commissioning process, demand response and remote assist promote maximized energy efficiency and savings, while helping to troubleshoot and adjust overall HVACR system functions. COOLING Company: Daikin Applied (2017 AHR Expo booth No. C2509) Innovation: Pathfinder Air-cooled Screw Chillers with Variable Volume Ratio (VVR) Technology The new Daikin Pathfinder AWV air-cooled screw chiller features an industry-first Variable Volume Ratio (VVR) technology which allows the chiller's compressor to adjust its own internal com- pression ratio as water and air temperatures fluctuate. With VVR technology, its compressor senses the amount of lift needed and adjusts the compression ratio automatically to provide optimal efficiency under any operating condition, equating to reduced energy use, cost of ownership, and carbon footprint. The Daikin Pathfinder AWV air-cooled screw chiller also features VVR slides that operate on the discharge side of the screw to control the refrig- erant compression ratio without altering the per-stroke refrigerant volume, unlike typical capacity control slide valves. Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are used in conjunction with the VVR slides to control motor speed, and subsequently compressor capac- Instructor Bill McDermott addresses attendees of an Entech Advanced Energy Training "low- tech" seminar, held this fall at the headquarters of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association in Cromwell. The seminar is designed to give fuel dealers' employees, especially non-techs, an overview of equipment found in customers' homes. Among the twenty or so attendees from oil and energy companies around the state was Jamie Densmore, who handles operations and business development for Densmore Oil Co. in Mystic, Conn. PHOTO BY STEPHEN BENNETT HVAC/HYDRONICS NEWS