Over a decade of the Heating Installer Awards
We’re back to showcase the superstars of the industry in the 11th year of the Heating Installer Awards. Celebrating the achievements of heating installers across the UK who deliver top quality work and excellent customer service on a daily basis, our awards help to give them the credibility they deserve.
Many previous winners tell us that winning their region or category transforms their business – boosting their credibility locally and boosting their pipeline of orders in the process.
The Heating Installer Awards champion the heroes who improve the quality of life of families and households nationwide through incredible levels of service and top-quality heating solutions. Our winners will be announced at the June 2026 InstallerSHOW in Birmingham.
Our award categories
In the 11th year of the Heating Installer Awards, our award categories are bigger and better than ever. Win the original coveted title of the best in your region, or show off your amazing practices in the Best HVAC category. Our awards aim to celebrate the best-of-the-best.
We’re searching in particular for installers who are the most technical, the best problem solvers, the ones who care about their customers and the performance of the systems they install – the ones who push themselves day after day to produce better and better work. We’re searching for those who are upskilling themselves to be able to install the latest technological developments, understanding along the way why the solution they are fitting is the best one for that particular domestic setting.
The categories with awards up for grabs will be announced soon, but include:
Regional Awards
Celebrating the industry’s finest from every corner of the UK, and crowning one winner per region, this category recognises technical excellence, commitment to the industry, to new technologies, to understanding and adhering to the latest legislation, and to high standards nationwide.
Being crowned best in region in particular helps with local sales, staff recruitment and awareness. Winners display their logo proudly as it genuinely tells customers that they are dealing with the best-of-the-best.
National Award
Winners of each of the Regional Awards undertake a technical challenge, set and marked by the CIPHE and other judges. The scores from the challenge are added together with the scores from the original entry, and the public vote, and from here our National Heating Installer Awards Winner is crowned.
Becoming the National Winner enters each installer into the Hall of Fame and Legends Club. Brands from across the industry are encouraged to work with the National Winner; from manufacturers securing advice on NPD to trade associations influencing legislation, the National Winner’s opinion counts!
HVAC Award
Introduced in 2024, this award can be entered by installers who have delivered a system to customers that not only heats homes, but also cools to improve air quality and ventilation.
Sustainable Award
Continuously looking at ways to reduce your carbon footprint and recommending sustainable products and solutions to your customers? Then this is the category for you. One installer from the North, South and Midlands will receive regional recognition, before one goes on to win the national sustainability award.
Rising Star
For apprentices who aren’t afraid of hard graft, the Rising Star category celebrates those who may still be in training but are putting in that extra effort to achieve high standards. Winners describe how they balance the classroom with on-the-job training, and how they work with their employer to make suggestions and learn. In their award entries their passion for the sector always shines through. If you represent a college please support your students by letting them know about this award and encouraging them to enter!
Why enter? What can an award do for you?
Being a winner of the Heating Installer Awards is a way to show current and potential customers that your services are next-level. No matter which category, an award from the Heating Installer Awards is another notch on your belt.
So why not enter and show your customers, family, friends and peers the amazing things you’ve been doing? Share your win via social media, on your website, on your van or even through promotional business material, and add another layer of credibility to your services.
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FAQs
When do Heating Installer Awards entries open?
Entries for the Heating Installer Awards open in October. To submit an entry, head over to our enter page.
Can you enter more than one award at the Heating Installer Awards?
If you are entering for a Regional Award, you can also enter the Most Sustainable Installers or HVAC Installer of the Year categories too.
When do entries close for the Heating Installer Awards?
Entries for the Heating Installer Awards will close in February. Our panel of judges will then review and score each entry.
When does judging take place for the Heating Installer Awards?
Judging day takes place in March. Entries are reviewed and scored by a judging panel, and then one winner per region is put forward and a shortlist for each of the specialist categories is created ready for voting to open.
When are the Regional Winners of the Heating Installer Awards announced?
The winners of the Regional Award are announced in April. The winners are chosen by an expert panel of judges made up of our partners, independent parties, and previous winners. We also need a little time to contact the customer of the award-winning project to ensure we can verify all the details.
When does voting for the Heating Installer Awards close?
Voting for the 2025 Heating Installer Awards will close in May. Make sure to vote before this time.
When does the Heating Installer Awards announce the winners?
Winners of the Heating Installer Awards 2025 are announced in June at the InstallerSHOW in Birmingham. Here, the winners of each category will receive their awards in person.
Contact us
If you’d like more information, help writing your entry, to sponsor or partner with us, or anything else, please get in contact with the awards team and we’ll be happy to help.