Johnson Controls has announced that YORK® YZ Instruments Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller was presented a Bronze Award at the 2019 Edison Awards celebration on April 4 in New York City. The chiller was selected as a winner in the Environmentally Friendly Solutions sub-category of the Energy and Sustainability award category. Named after Thomas Alva Edison, the Edison Awards annually honour excellence and innovation in new product and service development, marketing, and human-centred design, and are one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of successful innovation. The YORK® YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller is optimized around next-generation low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant R-1233zd(E) for high efficiency. It provides efficiencies of the order of 0.1 kW/ton in off-design conditions where typical fixed-speed chillers experience performance issues. It has the potential to reduce annual electricity consumption by an average of 35%. The YORK® YZ Chiller had earlier received the AHR Innovation Award in the Cooling Category, China Refrigeration 2018 Innovation Product Award, Buildings Money-Saving Products Award and Consulting Specifying Engineer 2018 Product of the Year Award. It has also been named a finalist for RAC Cooling Industry Award, Energy Awards 2018 and HVR Awards 2018.

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