(Domestic sales only) MHI Thermal Systems Receives “2021 Minister of the Environment Award for Climate Action” for “Q-ton Circulation” Air-to-Water Heat Pump

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received 2021 Minister of the Environment for Climate Action Award sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment for its “Q-ton Circulation,” an air-to-water heat pump jointly developed with Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. The award was given in the Technological Development and Commercialization category in recognition of the development and promotion of an air-source type heat pump using a refrigerant with a low global warming potential (GWP)(Note1). The award ceremony will take place on December 8 at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition hall.