Hydraulic Institute Celebrates 2nd Annual Pump Industry Excellence Award Program
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Program recognizes and honors North American organizations committed to using pumping systems to
advance their business and improve the world around them.
Parsippany, NJ, March 15, 2018 – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2018 Annual Conference closed
in customary fashion with the Gala & Awards Dinner, Friday, March 2 at the
Wigwam Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. During the Gala, HI presented awards to organizations
committed to advancing their business and the world around them. The three
categories include:
- Energy Efficiency – Developed
to recognize the company or organization which, through their pump/system
related activities, has made a significant impact on the advancement of Energy
Efficiency in North America.
- Innovation & Technology – Developed to recognize the company or organization which,
through their pump/system related activities, has made a significant impact on
the advancement of Energy Efficiency in North America.
- Workforce Development – Developed to recognize the company or organization which, through their
pump/system or related activities, has made a significant investment in
developing and training individuals to advance their knowledge and careers by
building an infrastructure devoted to improving job skills in North America.
The Pump
Industry Excellence Award for Energy Efficiency was bestowed to Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The medical center reduced energy consumption by 27% in five years and achieved a 99% energy
star rating in 2017 by installing one of the largest solar-covered parking
structures in the United States which now provides 28% of their electricity, adopting
a total systems approach for pumping systems from boilers and chilled water units
to heating hot water systems and working with vendors and utility partners to
solve efficiency problems. The
award was sponsored by HI member company, TACO Comfort Solutions, Inc.

The Pump
Industry Excellence Award for Innovation & Technology was presented to Chevron
Energy Technology Company specifically for
driving innovation to new depths with their Jack / St Malo Deepwater Challenge
project. Chevron’s project
pushed the limits of technology in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico to find
oil beneath 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water and more than 19,500 feet (5,944 m)
of earth. A multitude of new technologies were deployed to safely develop and
deliver production in extremely challenging, high temperature and high pressure
environment. This award was sponsored by HI member company, SULZER.
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The
Pump Industry Excellence Award for Workforce Development was given to Palo Verde Generating Station for their proactive approach to ensure the availability of
qualified workers to build, operate and maintain their nuclear power plant into
the future, developing joint training programs with the broader community, making
training real by using live-streaming data and monitoring systems to
demonstrate real plant operations in real time and forging a workforce development
partnership that blends hands-on training with theory, in addition to, partnering
with local schools and education centers to build awareness at an early age of
the rewarding career opportunities in electricity generation. This award was jointly sponsored by HI
member companies, SPP Pumps, Inc. & Kirloskar Brothers Limited.

To
learn more about the pump industry excellence awards program, visit www.pumps.org/excellence. The Hydraulic Institute
congratulates all award winners. For high resolution versions of the images
found in this release, please contact Pamela Roccabruna, Director, Marketing,
Communications & Events, Hydraulic Institute, at proccabruna@pumps.org.
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the pump manufacturing industry by becoming the world’s resource for pumping
solutions by: Addressing Pump Systems, Developing Standards, Expanding
Knowledge and Resources, Educating the Marketplace and Advocating for the Industry.
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