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Winners Announced at Inaugural Control Trends Awards Luncheon

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Companies, Products, Technologies and Individuals in the HVAC and Building Automation Control Industry Recognized by Peers

DALLAS, TX February 1, 2013-, More than 150 HVAC and Automation Control executives gathered at the Control Trends Awards luncheon on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, to recognize and honor the finalists and winners of the 2012 Control Trend Awards (CTAs), a first-of-its-kind event established by the industry for the industry.

The Control Trends Awards recognize and honor leading companies, products, technologies and persons in specific categories from the Building Automation and HVAC Controls industry that are making a difference. Category nominees were selected by the Control Trends Academy, the 100-members plus global governing body and nominating committee with the winners selected by industry wide vote. The winners in each category represent the products and persons selected by the industry who are making an impact on their segment and are continuing to move the industry forward.

2012 Control Trends Award Winners

Variable Frequency Drive of the Year
Honeywell Smart VFD

Thermostat of the Year
Viconics VT7600 Series

Commercial Product of the Year
Belimo Energy Valve

Automation Graphic Tool of the Year
DGLux by DGLogik

Building Energy Management Application
Johnson Controls Panoptix

Building Automation Controller of the Year
Easy IO-30P-SF

Vendor Technical Support Company of the Year
Belimo

Building Automation System of the Year
Vykon

Commercial HVAC Control Vendor of the Year
Honeywell

Most Valuable Support Person of the Year
James Johnson, Vykon
Barry Gordon, ACI

Person of the Year Passion, Integrity, Dedication
Roger Rebennack, Honeywell

HVAC Executive of the Year
Chris Eichmann, Johnson Controls
Mike Keller, Honeywell

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Also at the awards ceremony, The Control Trends Academy introduced the addition of two prestigious annual award categories: the CTA Hall of Fame and the Petock Award. The CTA Hall of Fame recognizes an individual for their outstanding professional and community contributions; the Petock Award, named in honor of its namesake, Marc Petock, recognizes a person who demonstrates extraordinary passion and service to the industry.

The winner of the CTA Hall of Fame Award is Werner Buck, long-time executive with Belimo. The Petock Award was presented by Marc Petock of Lynxspring.

About the Control Trends Awards

Eric Stromquist of Stromquist & Company and Ken Smyers of Edward C. Smyers Company established the CTA Awards in June of 2012. The CTAs recognize the heroes and superstars of the HVAC, controls and building automation industry. There are twelve award categories with nominations and voting coming from the industry and overseen by an independent party. The CTA Awards program was released to the industry through Control Trends (www.controltrends.org).

See the video of the 2012 Control Trends Awards Show, where the best of the best in HVAC controls were honored http://ow.ly/htwCL



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