2019 Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Commissioners Award – ECCJ Awards in product & business model category.

Tokyo, Japan, February 2020 – Plug-in hybrid transport refrigeration units made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems Ltd (MHI Thermal Systems), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, have received the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Commissioner’s Award (Transportation Field) in the Product & Business Model category of The Energy Conservation Centre, Japan’s (ECCJ) 2019 Energy Conservation Grand Prize Awards. The awards program is sponsored by ECCJ with support from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The refrigeration units were highly acclaimed for their dual achievements in 1) maintaining the temperature inside the cargo room during vehicle parking and stop-start idling, a common issue in refrigerated transport, and 2) reducing CO2 emissions while saving energy. The awards ceremony was held on January 29.

ECCJ’s Energy Conservation Grand Prize Awards are presented in recognition of outstanding energy-saving initiatives at businesses or workplaces that should serve as model examples for other companies, or outstanding energy-saving products and business models. The awards program was created to contribute to the formation of an energy-saving society by spreading energy conservation awareness throughout Japan and promoting the adoption of energy-saving products.

MHI Thermal Systems’ award-winning transport refrigeration units are the TE20/TE30 Series of plug-in hybrid systems suited to delivery applications.