Panasonic won the Collaboration of the Year award at the HVR Awards 2024.
The company won the award for a social housing project, working with Together Housing, installers, Concept Heating and Graham’s.
Panasonic were also awarded a Highly Commended accolade in the Heat Pump Product of the Year category for the Panasonic ECOi-W AQUA-G BLUE air-to-water reversible heat pump.
Paul Taylor, head of renewable heating for Panasonic UK, said: “We are delighted that Panasonic has been recognised in two categories at these highly acclaimed awards – a win and a highly commended is fantastic! Working closely with partners is really important to us, so it is lovely to win for our collaboration with social housing providers – Together Housing, Concept Heating and Graham’s.
“It is also great to see that one of our technological innovations has also been recognised. The new ECOi-W R290 AQUA-G BLUE reversible heat pump is designed to improve energy performance for light commercial, industrial and multi-occupancy applications and uses the more natural refrigerant, R290.”
A statement said that the collaboration, which Panasonic was awarded for, has enabled over 700 homes to transition from gas boilers to renewable solutions using the Panasonic J Series Aquarea Monobloc air-to-water heat pumps. Distributed by Graham’s, the Panasonic J Series air-to-water heat pumps were installed by Concept Heating. Panasonic provided 5, 7 and 9 kW units for retrofitting in 1 to 3-bedroom properties, primarily in Yorkshire and Lancashire. This year, the statement said that a further 750 homes will benefit from improved energy efficiency. This project was undertaken as a part of SHDF funding and Together Housing Groups commitment to installing 31,000 heat pumps by 2035, it noted.