2025 Product of the Year Award - Filter Media

🏆 Hollingsworth & Vose Wins WFI’s 2025 Product of the Year Award - Filter Media

The World Filtration Institute is pleased to announce that Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V) has been awarded the 2025 Product of the Year Award - Filter Media for their groundbreaking Nanowave® synthetic filter media, a technology redefining performance, efficiency, and sustainability in commercial and data center air filtration.

Unveiled as a next-generation solution for high-efficiency HVAC systems, Nanowave® sets a new industry benchmark by combining superior airflow performance, low energy consumption, and exceptional durability.

🔬 Why Nanowave® Stands Out

Engineered for demanding environments such as data centers and commercial buildings, Nanowave® enables filters to consistently achieve MERV 13A and higher while maintaining an impressively low pressure drop. This translates to:

• Improved energy efficiency

• Reduced fan load and operating costs

• Enhanced Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

• Support for data center decarbonization goals

Its multi-layer gradient structure provides an expanded filtration surface and two to three times the dust-holding capacity of traditional synthetic or glass media—delivering longer filter life, fewer changeouts, and reduced system downtime.

Unlike electrostatically charged media, Nanowave® relies on mechanical filtration efficiency, ensuring stable performance and structural integrity throughout its entire service life.

🌱 A Meaningful Step Toward Sustainability

Nanowave® is not only high-performing—it’s also environmentally forward. According to a third-party life cycle review, this innovative media emits 32 times less CO₂e (cradle to gate) compared to conventional glass mat media.

By combining lower energy consumption, fewer filter replacements, and drastically reduced embodied carbon, Nanowave® embodies the type of sustainable innovation the industry urgently needs.

🎉 Recognized at WFI 2025

The Product of the Year Award was presented at the World Filtration Institute’s annual conference on December 2, 2025, themed “Filtration for a Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable World.” Nanowave® distinguished itself among global contenders for its exceptional technical merit and environmental impact.

Congratulations to Hollingsworth & Vose on this well-deserved honor!