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Toshiba heat recovery VRF is HVR winner

UK: Toshiba’s SHRM-e 3-pipe heat recovery VRF air conditioner has been an award winner for the second time this year.

Having tasted success as the top air conditioning product at the H&V News Awards earlier this year, the newly-introduced product took the Industrial/Commercial Air Conditioning Product of the Year title in last night’s HVR Awards in London.

The SHRM-e beat off competition from eight other finalists including LG’s Multi V5 and Daikin’s Sky Air A Series.

At the same event at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, Brymec was awarded Wholesaler/Distributor of the Year.

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UK: Aiming to build on the success of its award-winning SMMS-e, Toshiba’s new SHRM-e 3-pipe heat recovery VRF air conditioning system boasts ESEERs above 7 on all models. Read more…

Toshiba 3-pipe wins H&V News Award21 April 2017
UK: Toshiba’s new SHRM-e 3-pipe heat recovery VRF air conditioning system was named Commercial HVAC Product of the Year at last night’s H&V News Awards. Read more…

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