The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is seeking the next major advancement in refrigeration with a cash prize for the next J&E Hall International Gold Medal winner.
The internationally respected award recognises outstanding technical achievements in refrigeration and related fields.
The award, which has been sponsored by J&E Hall International consistently for 39 years with a prize award of £5,000 ($6,500), is open to individuals or teams with recent outstanding achievements in four areas defined as:
- Practical applications of innovative designs
- Projects which have made an original contribution to the field
- Systems which demonstrate substantial potential and evidence that they will be completed successfully
- Outstanding and significant work in a new or unusual areas
The 2015 award was made to Ian Tansley, CEO of SureChill Company Limited, based on his vaccine refrigerator that operates without the need for a constant power source and uses environmentally-friendly water-based cooling technology.
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