• BUILDINGS Spotlights 36 Winners of 2024 Product Innovation Awards

    Explore the products and projects that stand ready to solve your most pressing building challenges in our annual awards program.
    Dec. 4, 2024
    4 min read
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    Thousands of new and improved product ideas hit the market every year. Some can solve real facility problems, while others make big promises and don’t deliver. We’re proud to unveil the winners of BUILDINGS’ Product Innovation Awards (PIAs), an awards program celebrating innovative building materials and solutions that can help you create and maintain beautiful, functional, and high-performance commercial buildings.

    Judged by an esteemed and experienced panel of industry insiders, the PIAs spotlight those manufacturers offering innovative and creative concepts, products, and systems for the built environment. Our judging panel included:

    • Finland Alejo is a senior property manager for Kilroy Realty Corporation. She has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and has earned three BOMI designations: RPA, FMA, and BOMI-HP. She is a director on the BOMI Board of Trustees and has been a BOMA member for years, receiving the Property Manager of the Year Award from BOMA Greater Los Angeles.
    • Matthias Olt is a principal and studio design lead for Arcadis’ living practice. He has worked in the architecture industry for 30 years. In 2022, Matthias received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for his design of the unTower, also known as the Use-Neutral Tower.
    • Kevin Henry is a Professional Engineer at HDR. He is the Manager of the Building Engineering Services Business Group for Canada. Kevin is located in Toronto, Ontario.

    The products they selected represent the best of the best on the market—and we want to share them with you.

    Below you’ll find noteworthy solutions for all areas of the building—from the roof to the floor and everything in between. In addition, we spotlight two exciting projects and the real-world solutions that made a difference for them—Baptist Health Care at Brent Lane, a cutting-edge healthcare campus, and the Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS), a state-of-the-art laboratory that lets scientists simulate the environment of the ocean. These two projects demonstrate what’s possible when manufacturers see a need in the market and deliver.

    See below for the shortlist of PIA winners, and watch buildings.com for more details on each PIA winner.

    Acoustics

    3form Elements – Hush Stack

    Rockfon – Rockfon Contour

    Automation + IoT

    Trane – Tracer SC+

    Ceilings

    Armstrong World Industries – Templok Energy Saving Ceiling Panels

    Armstrong World Industries – Ultima Low Embodied Carbon Ceiling Panels

    Doors + Hardware

    Technical Glass Products – TGProtect FR System

    VanAir Design – VanAir Door

    Electrical + Power

    Aeromine Technologies – Aeromine

    Envelope, Structural, + Windows

    Advanced Architectural Products – GreenGirt CMH XO

    Construction Specialties – Facades by Design

    Kingspan Light + Air – KlearSky Metal Framed Glass Skylights

    Nakamoto Forestry – Gendai

    Siplast – WALLcontrol Monolith VP Adhered Air and Water-Resistive Barrier

    Flooring

    REGUPOL America – REGUPOL upscale

    Furniture

    Ghent – GRVT Mobile Collaboration Hub

    HVAC

    Residential and Light Commercial HVAC Business of Johnson Controls – YORK Sun Premier Rooftop Units

    Ruskin – TDFi-FA

    IAQ

    Exhale Fans – Exhale Fan

    Kaiterra – Sensedge Go Commercial Air Quality Monitor

    Interiors

    3form – 100% Recycled Textures

    Construction Specialties – Acrovyn with Recycled Content

    Lighting

    DMF Lighting – M Series Commercial

    Kenall Manufacturing – SimpleSeal CSSGI

    LightArt – Clear Coil Collection

    Modular International Inc. – Dim-to-Warm LED Modules

    PureEdge Lighting – Luca Recessed Downlight Series

    Plumbing + Washrooms

    Bradley Company – Elvari Washroom Accessories

    Delta Commercial – Architectural Design Series

    Excel Dryer – XLERATOR Hand Dryer with Electrostatic HEPA (eHEPA) Filtration

    GF Building Flow Solutions – Aqua Port

    Lochinvar – Veritus Heat Pump Water Heater

    Noritz America – Hybrid Hot Series

    Oatey Co. – Oatey QuickDrain WallDrain

    Walls + Partitions

    CRL – Fallbrook XL NY Interior Partition System

    Project/Product Winners

    YKK AP America, Inc. – Baptist Health Care at Brent Lane

    Solatube International, Inc. – Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) Lab

    GALLERY | See the Winners of the 2024 Product Innovation Awards

    This annual award program features products and projects sure to solve your facility challenges. Check out the winners in this gallery.

    About the Author

    Janelle Penny

    Editor-in-Chief at BUILDINGS

    Janelle Penny has been with BUILDINGS since 2010. She is a two-time FOLIO: Eddie award winner who aims to deliver practical, actionable content for building owners and facilities professionals.

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