Taking environmental control to the next level, the large field of competitors in The NEWS’ eighth annual Dealer Design Awards’ Commercial Controls category examined the aspects they already controlled and added enhancements that further define what true temperature control on a large scale really means.

Today, we have an incalculable number of tools to do at least as many different tasks. Examples include tools for preparing our food, to making wooden furniture, to installing and fixing HVACR systems. It is this last type of tool that we honor with the 2011 Dealer Design Awards in the Tools category.

IAQ can play an important part in people’s comfort and health. Making IAQ products easier to install and service helps contractors with their financial health. Winners of the 2011 Dealer Design Award in the Indoor Air Quality category get kudos for what they can do to help a contractor’s bottom line through ease of service and installation.

In the case of the winners of the 2011 Dealer Design Awards in the category of Residential Equipment, the fame and recognition bestowed on these units is rightly earned, especially from contractors and technicians for the ease of installation and service the products provide.

One thing that contractors can agree on is ease of installation and servicing makes their work life better and simpler. That’s something that the winners of the 2011 Dealer Design Awards in the Light Commercial category have in common.

Besides performing their duties capably, another way refrigeration and ice machines can show how good they are is to be easy to install and service. As winners of the 2011 Dealer Design Award in the Refrigeration and Ice Machines category, the products described here have all displayed this characteristic.

Winners of the The NEWS’ eighth annual Dealer Design Awards’ HVAC Commercial Equipment category have brought new ideas to the commercial market that should help contractors meet the commercial challenges they face.

Ask any fashionista and she’ll tell you her outfit is nothing without accessories. The winners in The NEWS’ eighth annual Dealer Design Awards’ Components and Accessories category know this to be true too, but they aren’t dealing in cheap jewelry and ridiculous shoes.

The winners of the 2011 Dealer Design Awards in the Residential Control category have gone beyond making it possible for homeowners to control their indoor environment - they also put contractors more in control of scheduling their workforce because of the products’ ease in being installed and serviced.

The battle has been fought and the winners declared in The NEWS’ 2011 eighth annual Dealer Design Awards program. Approximately 30 contractor judges examined the 127 product entries and the 39 gold, silver, and bronze winners have been added to the pantheon of Dealer Design champions.