Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Ltd., a business of Emerson, has launched the 7th edition of The Emerson Cup, an annual competition that recognizes outstanding designs and innovations for projects in the air conditioning and refrigeration categories in India. As one of the most prestigious competitions in the industry, The Emerson Cup receives a large number of nominations for outstanding projects from all over India, and follows a rigorous selection process for selecting the winners by an independent jury panel. The Emerson Cup 2014 has made several changes this year, including the addition of ‘Cold Chain design application’ as an award category, to support the current growth of cold storage and food preservation industry in the country. The competition has, for the first time, introduced a two stage application process with the aim of encouraging more entries. In the first stage, the applicant has to just submit the nomination form along with a 500-word design intent. After the Jury’s preliminary selection, the complete application will need to be submitted. The Emerson Cup 2014 once again has a distinguished panel of judges consisting of industry experts in the fields of green building, energy efficiency, engineering, HVAC designs and architecture. Participation in The Emerson Cup competition is open to engineers, architects, consultants, developers, institutional owners and end-users. The award categories for 2014 are: