MULTI-VENDOR INSTALLATION AWARD

Following a LonWorld tradition, show organizers announced the winner of the 2004 Best Multi-Vendor Installation Award Winner.  An impressive collection of nominees made selecting a winner a challenge for the judging committee.  Nominations were received from Asia, Europe and North America compounding the difficulty of the judges task. 

Installation Nominations	Location	Pfizer Limited Central Research Building
Engenuity Systems Building	Chandler, AZ, USA
Pfizer Limited Central Research Building	Sandwich, Kent, UK
LonTech Interoperability/Education/Functional Test	Thun, Switzerland
Lyell McEwin Hospital	Adelaide, Australia
Metropolitan School District - Decatur Township	Indianapolis, IN, USA
Monterey Commerce Center	Monterey, CA, USA
Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover	Hannover, Germany
Shanghai Changxiang Computer Building	Shanghai, China
Shinagawa Building	Tokyo, Japan

Award Recipient
Eventually a winner was chosen for the Best Multi-Vendor Installation Award - Ove Arup & Partners and Pfizer Ltd. for Pfizer's new pharmaceutical research laboratory in Sandwich, Kent, UK.  Congratulations to Ove Arup and Pfizer for a job well done.

Accepting Multi-Vendor Installation Award (left to right): Mr. Seteuo Furuyoshi, Pfizer Ltd. and Mr. Tony Greenfield, Ove Arup & Partners. Presented by Bea Yormark, President, Echelon Corp., Ken Oshman, CEO, Echelon Corp. and Barry Haaser, Executive Director LonMark International.

Project Details

• Pfizer Limited Central Research Building
• Ove Arup & Partners provided engineering and design services
• Four story building, consisting of three floors of laboratories, a rooftop plant-room and undercroft contains further plant.
• LonWorks® system provides a wide range of functionality associated with a modern building automation system, including monitoring, metering, operational and supervisory control, trending, alarm handling and web browser functions.
• The system allows seamless integration of the utilities and building services systems
• The facility has a floor area of approximately 37,000m²
• 2435 LonWorks-based devices
• Project was completed in June 2004