Dave Hughes, technical adviser with the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating and past chair of the Canadian Hydronics Council, was honored with the Carlson-Holohan Industry Award of Excellence on Feb. 6 during the AHR Expo in Atlanta.

A top honor in the field of hydronics in North America, the award is presented once every two years (last year was an exception) to an individual in Canada or the U.S. who has demonstrated a passion for hydronic technologies manifested through education, marketing and philanthropy. (Read more about the award here.

The award was founded in 2006 by Dan Holohan and Robert Bean, and the winner is selected by the inductees and is presented with a replica of a Bell & Gossett System Syzer wheel which was invented by Gil Carlson. The unique circular slide rule calculates the relationship between flow rate, temperature change and heat transfer rate.

Hughes is the ninth recipient of the award.