Peter Ritter von Rittinger International Heat Pump Award

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Trittingerhe Peter Ritter von Rittinger International Heat Pump Award is the highest international award in the air conditioning, heat pump and refrigeration field and was introduced at the Las Vegas Conference (8th IEA HP Conference). This award highlights outstanding contributions to the advancement of international collaboration in research, policy development and applications for energy-efficient heat pumping technologies. It is awarded every three years in conjunction with the International Heat Pump Conference.

The Rittinger award is named for Peter Ritter von Rittinger who is credited with the design and installation of the first energy-conserving heat pump system at a salt works in Upper Austria in 1855.

 

Documents for nomination

rittinger-medaljIf you wish to nominate someone that has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of international collaboration in research, policy development and applications for energy-efficient heat pumping technologies - take a look at the documents below.

Make your nomination of candidate by filling out the nomination form below and return it to HPC!

Rittinger Award Guidelines

Rittinger Award Nomination Form

Previous Awardees
2023
Prof. Emirit. Per Fahlén, Chalmers University of Technology
Prof. Jeffrey D. Spitler is Regents Professor and OG&E Energy Technology Chair in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Rainer Jakobs of Informationszentrum Wärmepumpen und Kältetechnik
Prof. Min Soo Kim received his Ph.D. at Seoul National University
2021
M.Sc Jussi Hirvonen, Finnish Heat Pump Association,
Professor Ruzhu Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and
The Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) University of Maryland.
The team from the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering consists of:
• Dr. Reinhard Radermacher, Director of the Center and Minta Martin Professor of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Yunho Hwang, Co-Director and Research Professor
• Dr. Vikrant Aute, Co-Director and Research Scientist
• Dr. Jiazhen Ling, Assistant Research Professor
• Mr. Jan Muehlbauer, Faculty Specialist and Laboratory
2017
Prof. Eckhard A Groll,
Prof. Alberto Cavallini,
ORNL Building Equipment Team,
Prof. Per Lundqvist
2014
Mr. Frédy Burkhalter,
Mr. Daniel Ellis,
Dr. Andrew Pearson,
Dr. Koichi Watanabe,
Dr. Michel Bernier.
2011
Prof. Per-Erling Frivik,
Prof. Hermann Halozan,
Mr. John D. Ryan.
2008
Prof. Eric Granryd,
Prof. Predrag S. Hrnjak,
Mr Gerald C. Groff.
2005
Dr Bernard Spinner,
Dr Katsuhiko Narita,
Mr Nance C. Lovvorn,
Research Team GEMINI,
Mr. Wayne R. Reedy.