By George A. Jackins, P.E., Presidential/Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, Chair, Honors and Awards Committee

The ASHRAE Honors and Awards Program is intended to make sure the Society gives credit to the thousands of loyal ASHRAE members who give freely of their time and expertise in an exceptional manner to “advance the arts and sciences of HVAC&R to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world.”

Any successful organization has a way of rewarding those who contribute to its mission in a meaningful manner—so it is with ASHRAE. Our award winners exemplify the best in engineering and engineering technology by continually bringing credit to the profession and the Society.

This year, the Honors and Awards Committee plans to publish a series of articles in ASHRAE Insights intended to help members use our programs successfully. Each article will highlight one or more awards and provide tips that may help nominees have the best chance for approval.

We encourage interested persons to use www.ashrae.org/honors as a source of information to review criteria of an award or download a nomination form. An important piece of advice is to be certain that the nominee’s ASHRAE bio is up-to-date when the nomination is reviewed. An out-of-date bio can cause a nomination to be rejected.

The ASHRAE Honors and Awards are:

Personal Honors

•    ASHRAE Hall of Fame

•    F. Paul Anderson Award

•    Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award

•    ASHRAE Fellow

•    Andrew T. Boggs Service Award

•    ASHRAE-ALCO Medal for Distinguished Public Service

•    E. K. Campbell Award of Merit

•    Honorary Member

Personal Awards
For General Society Activities

•    Distinguished 50-Year Member Award

•    Exceptional Service Award

•    Distinguished Service Award

Personal Awards
For Specific Society Activities

•    Lincoln Bullion Award

•    William J. Collins, Jr. Research Promotion Award

•    Homer Addams Award

•    John F. James International Award

•    Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award

•    Milton W. Garland Commemorative Refrigeration Award for Project Excellence

•    Refrigeration Comfort Cooling Award for Project Excellence

•    Standards Achievement Award

•    Student Activities Achievement Award

•    Dan Mills Technical Award

•    Lou Flagg Historical Award

•    Chapter Program Star Award

•    George B. Hightower Technical Achievement Award

•    Service to ASHRAE Research Award

•    Environmental Health Award

Paper Awards

•    Crosby Field Award

•    Technical and Symposium Awards

•    Willis H. Carrier Award

•    ASHRAE Journal Paper Award

•    Poster Presentation Award

Society Awards
To Groups or Chapters

•    Technology Award

•    Student Design Project Competition

•    Government Activities Award

Chapter/Regional Awards

•    Regional Award of Merit

•    Chapter Service Award

The opportunity to recognize or be recognized is great. We hope you will take advantage of it.

The Honors and Awards Committee wants to help you so do not hesitate to seek assistance from us or let us know of subjects we may address in our articles. Contact me at gjackins@aol.com or Rosy Douglas, staff liaison to honors and awards, at rdouglas@ashrae.org.