Honors & Awards

ASHRAE’s Honors and Awards program recognizes the dedicated ASHRAE Members who give freely of their time and expertise to fulfill the Society’s mission of advancing the arts and sciences of HVAC&R to serve humanity and provide a sustainable world. Our award recipients exemplify the best in engineering and technology by continually bringing credit to the profession and the Society.

ASHRAE is proud of the many contributions its men and women have made on behalf of the Society and to our industry. We encourage you to help us recognize those members who deserve to be thanked by nominating them for an appropriate award.

ASHRAE Recognizes the Extraordinary Contributions of Members at the 2023 Annual Conference (June 2023)

Please note the new nomination deadlines for the following awards:

Previous Deadline	New Deadline	Award
lDecember 1	lMay 1	• ASHRAE Award for Distinguished Public Service
		• ASHRAE Hall of Fame
		• ASHRAE Pioneers of the Industry
		• Fellow
		• F. Paul Anderson Award
		• Honorary Member
lMay 1	lDecember 1	• Andrew T. Boggs Service Award
		• Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
		• Exceptional Service Award (ESA)
		• Louise & Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award

Download the above flowchart for a quick overview of the different awards

ASHRAE's awards fall into one of six categories:

Nominations for Personal Honors and Personal Awards for General Society Activities may be made by chapters, regions, committees or individual ASHRAE members. Nominations for Personal Awards for Specific Society Activities and Society Awards to Groups or Chapters are made by the committee which sponsors the award. Recommendations for Paper Awards are made by the Society Program Committee. Nominations for Regional Awards are made by the delegate from a candidate’s chapter at the Chapters Regional Conference (CRC).

Nomination deadlines can be found by clicking on the award below for more information.

All nominations and inquiries should be directed to:
Rhiannon Masterson, Honors and Awards Committee Staff Liaison | 678-539-1128 | HonorsandAwards@ashrae.org

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Click for details on each award below:

Personal Honors

ASHRAE Hall of Fame

ASHRAE Pioneers of the Industry Award

F. Paul Anderson Award

Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award

Fellow

Andrew T. Boggs Service Award

ASHRAE Award for Distinguished Public Service

E.K. Campbell Award of Merit

Honorary Member

YEA Inspirational Leader Award

Eunice Foote Decarbonization Award

Personal Awards for General Society Activities

Distinguished Fifty-Year Member Award

Distinguished 75-Year Member Award

Exceptional Service Award

Distinguished Service Award

Developing Leader Award

Paper Awards

Crosby Field Award

Willis H. Carrier Award

Best Paper Award

Journal Paper Award

Poster Presentation Award

Science and Technology for the Built Environment Best Paper Award

Personal Awards for Specific Society Activities

Lincoln Bouillon Award

William J. Collins, Jr. RP Award

Homer Addams Award

Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award

John F. James International Award

Milton W. Garland Commemorative Comfort – Process –Cold Chain Award for Project Excellence

Standards Achievement Award

Dan Mills Chapter Programs Award

Student Activities Achievement Award

Lou Flagg Award

George B. Hightower Technical Achievement Award

Service to ASHRAE Research Award

Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award

Donald A. Siller Refrigeration Award

Young Engineer in ASHRAE (YEA) Award of Individual Excellence

Youth Outreach Award

Government Affairs Award

Lower-GWP Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Innovation Award

Energy Genius Award

Residential Buildings Service Award

Society Awards to Groups or Chapters

Technology Award/Award of Engineering Excellence

Student Design Project Competition

Chapter and Regional Awards

Regional Award of Merit and Chapter Service Award

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ASHRAE Biographical Record Update

Nominations for most Society Honors and Awards require a current ASHRAE Biographical Record. You can create or update your ASHRAE Biographical Record and contact information using your member login.

If you do not have an ASHRAE ID, are not applying for ASHRAE membership, and are applying for a Society award that requires an current ASHRAE Biographical Record, you must set up an e-mail login and password. You may also use this link if you already have an ASHRAE ID as a non-member, but have no record of your ASHRAE ID.