Technology Awards Program

The ASHRAE Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements by members who have successfully applied innovative building design in the areas of occupant comfort, indoor air quality and energy conservation. Their designs incorporate ASHRAE standards for effective energy management and IAQ. Performance is proven through one year’s actual, verifiable operating data.

2025 First Place Winners

Existing Commercial Buildings Wyatt Ross, Thom Anderson, and Kyle Waymeyer Pepper Construction Cincinnati Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio Owner Representative: Jerry P. Noble with Pepper Construction

New Commercial Buildings Hiroshi Ito and Kitaro Mizuide  HD Hyundai Global R&D Center (GRC), Seongnam, South Korea  Owner Representative: Kim Gyeong Jin with HD HYUNDAI

Existing Educational Facilities Megan Brangers-Wandling, Douglas Hundley, Jr., P.E., Taylor Leigh, and Jess Farber  Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa Owner Representative: Brian Schultes with Simpson College

New Educational Facilities Benn Hobbs, P.E. and Chris Reeves Audubon Area Community Services Chapel Hill Head Start Center, Ownesboro, Kentucky Owner Representative: Brad Wright with Audubon Area Community Services

EBCx Institutional Buildings Hiroki Yokoyama, P.E.Jp, Masaya Okumiya, Dr.Eng., Kunita Shindo, P.E., and Hideki Tanaka, Dr.Eng. Aichi Environmental Research Center, Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya, Japan Owner Repres: Toshikazu Nagai with Aichi Prefectural Government

New Institutional Buildings  Koki Toyomura, Hiromasa Tanaka, and Kitaro Mizuide   Kyoto City Hall Annex Building, Kyoto, Japan Owner Representative: MATSUI Koji with City of Kyoto

New Health Care Facilities Mário Sérgio Pintos de Almeida and Kelvin Cruz de Oliveira  Mater Dei Salvador Hospital, Salvador, Brazil Owner Representative: Fábio Mascarenhas Silva with Mater Dei

EBCx Public Assembly  Matthew Strebe, Sawyer Moorse, and Nate Douvier  Westwood Church Recommissioning, Excelsior, Minnesota Owner Representative: Jim Theis with Westwood Community Church

Existing Public Assembly Nicholas Filamini, P.E., Andrew Collins, P.E., Gregory Swaluk, P.E., and Joel Sarmiento Cub Run Rec Center, Fairfax County, Virginia Owner Representative: Keith Snyder with Fairfax County Park Authority

New Residential  Félix Robert Bureaux Rayside Labossière, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Owner Representative: Antonin Labossière with Rayside Labossière architectes

Exemplary Decarbonization Recognition

Paul Erickson, David Conant Gilles, P.E., Brett Friedman, P.E. California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters, Riverside, California Owner Representative: Joel Griffith with the State of California, Department of General Services

Purpose of ASHRAE Technology Awards

The purpose of the ASHRAE Technology Awards program is to:

• Recognize ASHRAE members who design and/or conceive innovative technological concepts that are proven through actual operating data;
• Communicate innovative systems designs to other ASHRAE members;
• Highlight technological achievements of ASHRAE to others, including associated professionals and societies worldwide, as well as building and facility owners.

Each year the Society may present awards in six categories: Commercial Buildings (New, Existing, Existing Building Commissioning); Institutional Buildings (New, Existing, Existing Building Commissioning) Health Care Facilities (New, Existing, Existing Building Commissioning); Industrial Facilities or Processes (New, Existing, Existing Building Commissioning); Public Assembly (New, Existing, Existing Building Commissioning); Residential

For each category first, second, and honorable mention winners may be named. Also, one of the category first place winners may be selected to receive the ASHRAE Award of Engineering Excellence. The recipient will have demonstrated the best overall compliance with the judging criteria...

Benefits of Winning a Technology Award

Resources

 Technology Award Application