SCANVAC Awards
SCANVAC has three awards. Anyone can suggest award nominees by sending an email to SCANVAC president ([email protected]). Please include a motivation why you are suggesting the person/organization for the certain award and if possible, a CV of the nominee.
The SCANVAC Award
The SCANVAC Award is a prize of honour for private individuals, companies or organisations in the Nordic countries who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of heating, ventilation and sanitation.
The SCANVAC Award for young researchers
The objective of the award is to appreciate and encourage young researchers in the Nordic countries who work within the field of heating, ventilation and sanitation. The award shall be awarded to a person under 35 years of age who has made a considerable effort that can be researched and confirmed in the scientific literature.
The Rydberg Gold Medal
The Rydberg Gold Medal is a recognition for outstanding contributions to the research on or the development of ventilation and room air distribution.
The medal is typically awarded every second year in connection with the international ROOMVENT conference or in accordance to the instructions of the SCANVAC assembly of delegates. The gold medal is named after Professor John Rydberg (1908 – 1986) in order to honour his international pioneer work with room air distribution at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in the middle of the nineteen-hundreds.
Honorary membership of SCANVAC
SCANVAC may honour a person with an honorary membership of SCANVAC.
The honorary membership can be given to:
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The SCANVAC Award
1971 NKB-gruppen
Paul Becher Danmark
K.O. Juel Rasmussen Danmark
Knud Meek Sverige
Ulf Rengholt Sverige
1975 Nordiska Ventilationsgruppen
Paul Becher Danmark
Erik Christophersen Danmark
Ole Valbjørn Danmark
Esko Kukkonen Finland
Veijo Siitonen Finland
Hallvard Hagen Norge
Svein Myklebost Norge
Bengt E. Erikson Sverige
Börje Löfstedt Sverige
Anders Svensson Sverige
1980 Folke Peterson Sverige
1981 Juha Gabrielsson Finland
1982 P.Ole Fanger Danmark
1984 Eystein Rödahl Norge
1986 Seppo Halttunen Finland
1987 David Wyon Sverige
1988 Tomas Lindvall Sverige
1989 Eimund Skåret Norge
1990 Olli Seppänen Finland
1992 Peter V. Nielsen Danmark
1993 Halvor Røstad Norge
1995 OSO Hotwater Norge
1997 Johannes Zoëga Island
1998 Oddbjørn Sjøvold Norge
1999 Jan Sundell Sverige
2000 Ole B. Stampe Danmark
2001 Helena Vuorelma Finland
2002 Nina Dawidowicz Sverige
2004 Enno Abel Sverige
2006 Per Rasmussen Danmark
2008 Gaute Flatheim Norge
2010 Bengt-Göran Jarefors Sverige
2012 Jørn Simonsen Danmark
2013 Jorma Railio Finland
2015 Bent Michael Nielsen Danmark
2018 Swegon Air Academy
2022 Siru Lönnqvist Finland
2023 Pekka Metsi Finland
The SCANVAC Award for young researchers
1993 Geo Clausen Danmark
1995 Per Heiselberg Danmark
1997 Jorma Säteri Finland
1998 Jørn Toftum Danmark
1999 John Rune Nielsen Norge
2000 Jarek Kurnitski Finland
2001 Pawel Wargocki Danmark
2005 Miimu Airaksinen Finland
2019 Quan Jin Sweden
2022 Ongun Berk Kazanci Danmark
The Rydberg Gold Medal
2000 Mats Sandberg Sverige
2002 Shuzo Murakami Japan
2004 Peter V. Nielsen Danmark
2007 Elizabeth Mundt Sverige
2011 Chen Qinyan China
2013 Risto Kosonen Finland
2014 Yuguo Li China, Hong Kong
2018 Arsen Melikov Danmark
2020 Francis Allard France
Honorary membership of SCANVAC
2001 Halvor Røstad Norge
2017 Per Rasmussen Danmark
The SCANVAC Award
The SCANVAC Award is a prize of honour for private individuals, companies or organisations in the Nordic countries who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of heating, ventilation and sanitation.
The SCANVAC Award for young researchers
The objective of the award is to appreciate and encourage young researchers in the Nordic countries who work within the field of heating, ventilation and sanitation. The award shall be awarded to a person under 35 years of age who has made a considerable effort that can be researched and confirmed in the scientific literature.
The Rydberg Gold Medal
The Rydberg Gold Medal is a recognition for outstanding contributions to the research on or the development of ventilation and room air distribution.
The medal is typically awarded every second year in connection with the international ROOMVENT conference or in accordance to the instructions of the SCANVAC assembly of delegates. The gold medal is named after Professor John Rydberg (1908 – 1986) in order to honour his international pioneer work with room air distribution at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in the middle of the nineteen-hundreds.
Honorary membership of SCANVAC
SCANVAC may honour a person with an honorary membership of SCANVAC.
The honorary membership can be given to:
- Persons in the Nordic countries who have worked meritoriously hard to strengthen the collaboration between the Nordic countries in HVAC matters.
- Persons in or outside the Nordic countries who have contributed considerably to establishing a cooperation between SCANVAC and other organisations outside the Nordic countries.
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The SCANVAC Award
1971 NKB-gruppen
Paul Becher Danmark
K.O. Juel Rasmussen Danmark
Knud Meek Sverige
Ulf Rengholt Sverige
1975 Nordiska Ventilationsgruppen
Paul Becher Danmark
Erik Christophersen Danmark
Ole Valbjørn Danmark
Esko Kukkonen Finland
Veijo Siitonen Finland
Hallvard Hagen Norge
Svein Myklebost Norge
Bengt E. Erikson Sverige
Börje Löfstedt Sverige
Anders Svensson Sverige
1980 Folke Peterson Sverige
1981 Juha Gabrielsson Finland
1982 P.Ole Fanger Danmark
1984 Eystein Rödahl Norge
1986 Seppo Halttunen Finland
1987 David Wyon Sverige
1988 Tomas Lindvall Sverige
1989 Eimund Skåret Norge
1990 Olli Seppänen Finland
1992 Peter V. Nielsen Danmark
1993 Halvor Røstad Norge
1995 OSO Hotwater Norge
1997 Johannes Zoëga Island
1998 Oddbjørn Sjøvold Norge
1999 Jan Sundell Sverige
2000 Ole B. Stampe Danmark
2001 Helena Vuorelma Finland
2002 Nina Dawidowicz Sverige
2004 Enno Abel Sverige
2006 Per Rasmussen Danmark
2008 Gaute Flatheim Norge
2010 Bengt-Göran Jarefors Sverige
2012 Jørn Simonsen Danmark
2013 Jorma Railio Finland
2015 Bent Michael Nielsen Danmark
2018 Swegon Air Academy
2022 Siru Lönnqvist Finland
2023 Pekka Metsi Finland
The SCANVAC Award for young researchers
1993 Geo Clausen Danmark
1995 Per Heiselberg Danmark
1997 Jorma Säteri Finland
1998 Jørn Toftum Danmark
1999 John Rune Nielsen Norge
2000 Jarek Kurnitski Finland
2001 Pawel Wargocki Danmark
2005 Miimu Airaksinen Finland
2019 Quan Jin Sweden
2022 Ongun Berk Kazanci Danmark
The Rydberg Gold Medal
2000 Mats Sandberg Sverige
2002 Shuzo Murakami Japan
2004 Peter V. Nielsen Danmark
2007 Elizabeth Mundt Sverige
2011 Chen Qinyan China
2013 Risto Kosonen Finland
2014 Yuguo Li China, Hong Kong
2018 Arsen Melikov Danmark
2020 Francis Allard France
Honorary membership of SCANVAC
2001 Halvor Røstad Norge
2017 Per Rasmussen Danmark