2020 Product of the Year Finalists

Voting for the 16^th annual Product of the Year awards is now open! This year, companies submitted their new and improved products introduced to the North American market between Jan. 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to be judged for this distinguished honor. Here, we have listed the finalists in each of the 11 categories. It is now up to Consulting-Specifying Engineer subscribers to determine which products will stand out from the crowd and win gold, silver and bronze.

Read full product descriptions using the links below and vote for the products you feel are the best in their categories by Sept. 18, 2020. The product that receives the most votes within the program will be named the Most Valuable Product (MVP) of 2020. The results will appear in December 2020 in print and online, and award winners will be honored at the annual Engineering Awards in Manufacturing dinner in Spring 2021, in Chicago, hosted by CFE Media and Technology.

2020 Product of the Year Finalists

BAS, Controls, Energy Management

• LF Chiller Controller, AAON
• Hydrovar with Curve Control, Bell & Gossett
• UNIWAVE wireless interface, Distech Controls Inc.
• Building Connect+, Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC
• Building Operator, Siemens Smart Infrastructure

Electrical Systems & Equipment

• Arc-reduction VFI Transformer, Eaton
• Bypass isolation contactor type 600-1600A automatic transfer switch, Eaton
• Pow-R-Line XD, Eaton
• Pow-R-Way III integrated infrared window, Eaton
• Smart EBMX enclosure, Eaton
• Arrow Hart color-coded locking device, Eaton Wiring Devices
• TERMINATOR premium wire connector, NSi Industries
• VeriSafe Access Control Kit, Panduit

Electrical: Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Safety

• Bussmann series 200A Compact Circuit Protector with Class CF CUBEFuse, Eaton
• Class I, Division 2 STE main breaker, Eaton
• POWR-SPEED PSR high-speed fuse, Littelfuse
• Square D Model 6 motor control center with ArcBlok, Schneider Electric

Equipment-Level Sensors & Controls

• HMIS Multi-Legend Indicator, EAO
• Series 09 rugged CAN keypad, EAO
• Series 82 stainless steel 316L pushbutton, EAO
• Vertiv Wireless Sensor Network, Vertiv

Fire & Life Safety

• EV4D-02WAL emergency light, Hubbell Lighting
• DuraLife 2-hour fire-rated multi-conductor dual-rated CI/CIC cable, Radix Wire & Cable
• DuraLife II 2-hour fire-rated CI/CIC cable in phenolic conduit, Radix Wire & Cable
• Cerberus Cloud Apps suite, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• FCL2004-U1 fire panel migration module, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• OpenAir fire, smoke damper actuator, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• XMS manual pull station, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• VicFlex Style AB6 Bracket, Victaulic
• Pressure-Tru ZW5000/5004 valve, Zurn Industries LLC

HVAC/R Systems & Equipment

• Baldor-Reliance EC Titanium, ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.
• Series e-HSC double suction centrifugal pump, Bell & Gossett
• Pathfinder Air-Cooled Chiller with Integrated Water-side Economizer, Daikin Applied
• Copeland Digital Outdoor Refrigeration Unit, X-Line Series, Emerson
• THX In-Floor Convector, Marley Engineered Products
• RDS120-B Smart Thermostat, Siemens Smart Infrastructure

HVAC: Air Movement, Compressors, Etc.

• RN Rooftop Unit with Variable Speed Compressors, AAON
• Rebel Applied Packaged Rooftop System, Daikin Applied
• Turbocor TGS490 compressor, Danfoss
• Copeland 6-40 ton ZPKZ fixed-speed scroll compressor, Emerson
• DC-5 HVLS fan, Greenheck
• Trak fan, Hunter Industrial Fan
• WallFlow Custom AHU, STULZ Air Technology Systems Inc.

Lighting & Lighting Controls

• ENVEX LED fixture, Acuity Brands Lighting
• I-BEAM XIB IP65 LED high bay, Acuity Brands Lighting
• Lithonia Linear fixture, Acuity Brands Lighting
• RADEAN post-top luminaire, Acuity Brands Lighting
• WDGE LED architectural wall luminaire, Acuity Brands Lighting
• InDepth LED luminaire, Cooper Lighting Solutions
• Cadiant Dynamic Lighting Experience, Cree Lighting
• Crouse-Hinds Champ CPMV LED wallpack, Eaton
• Crouse-Hinds Champ Pro PVMA LED light fixture, Eaton
• PGL8 edge-lit luminaire, Hubbell Lighting
• SpectraClean luminaire, Hubbell Lighting
• T-Series downlight driver, Lutron

Plumbing & Water Management

• Navigator Thermostatic Mixing Valve, Bradley Corp.
• LG Hydro Kit, LG Air Conditioning Technologies
• ProPEX engineered polymer reducing tee, Uponor
• MegaPressG fitting, Viega LLC
• 20XL Pressure-reducing Valve, Zurn Industries LLC
• 400ST Stainless Steel n-Pattern Backflow Preventer, Zurn Industries LLC
• Connected Sensor Flush Valve, Zurn Industries LLC

Power Systems & Equipment

• HSK78G natural gas generator, Cummins
• 5P lithium-ion UPS, Eaton
• Microgrid Controller, ETAP
• SSG-RP-1H Extreme Temperature UPS, Falcon Electric
• Industrial generator hurricane-rated enclosure, Kohler Power
• KG gas-powered generator, Kohler Power
• Portable automatic transfer switch, Trystar

Software: Design, Modeling, Monitoring

• Cat Remote Asset Monitoring, Caterpillar
• Cat SpecSizer, cloud version, Caterpillar
• Prometha Connected Boiler Solutions, Cleaver-Brooks
• Design Master Electrical 8.6, Design Master Software
• ETAP iLS Intelligent Load Shedding Solution, ETAP
• EcoStruxure Access Expert v3, Schneider Electric
• LayoutFAST 6.0, Schneider Electric
• Desigo Optic, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• Victaulic Tools for Revit, Victaulic

How to Cast Your Vote

Voting for the Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2020 Product of the Year program opened July 6, 2020, and is hosted within the New Products for Engineers platform, https://gspplatform.cfemedia.com/pe/award-programs. Voting is only open to qualified subscribers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer products (magazine—print or digital, enewsletters, white papers, etc.). Qualified subscribers are encouraged to vote in as many categories for which they are qualified based on technological advancement, service to the industry and market impact. Read more about voting eligibility via the program’s Official Rules.

1. Qualified voters, please register for a new user account or sign in to your existing user account within New Products for Engineers: csemag.com/NP4E
2. Select “Product Voting” from the menu bar to arrive at the “Product Award Voting” page (direct link: https://gspplatform.cfemedia.com/pe/award-programs). Select “Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2020 Product of the Year” to view the finalists in their categories and cast your votes.
3. Review, submit and/or edit your votes by Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.

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