A variety of fuels have been used for heating throughout history. A new kid on the block is Bioheat® fuel. According to the National Oilheat Research Alliance’s (NORA’s) Website, Bioheat fuel is an industry-accepted term that NORA and the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) use “to describe a mixture of heating oil and biodiesel.”

The use of heating oil is not as prevalent in the United States today as it once was. The Northeast is the principal region where oil-fired equipment is still used today, though other areas of the country, including the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, also have spots where oil-fired equipment is installed.

Particularly over the last year it seems, there have been many articles and ads promoting green. Some companies in this industry have already gone green, while many others have not, or not yet. The NEWS spoke with several people whose respective companies have gone green to find out how it has impacted their business.

The NEWS’ sixth annual Dealer Design Awards in the Commercial Controls category go to two products that communicate and are flexible and easy to install and service admirably.

The NEWS’ award winners in the Miscellaneous category of the sixth annual Dealer Design Awards make technicians’ jobs easier, which can translate into time and money saved on the jobsite.

The winning products in The NEWS’ Components & Accessories category of the sixth annual Dealer Design Awards aid the HVAC equipment and system in performing the work better and in some cases more energy efficiently, too.

Each of the winners of The NEWS’ Contractor Services & Software category of the sixth annual Dealer Design Awards offers contractors features to present the contractor an opportunity to offer new services to his customers and/or run his business more efficiently.

People become aware of ventilation products if they’re too noisy. But being noisy is not a problem for the gold winner in The NEWS’ sixth annual Dealer Design Awards in the Ventilation Products category.

Many products may be a high-efficiency unit, but only a few have been chosen as The NEWS’ award winners in the HVAC High Efficiency Residential Equipment category of the sixth annual Dealer Design Awards.

Besides offering features and benefits to meet an edifice’s HVAC needs, the honorees of The NEWS’ HVAC Commercial Equipment category in the sixth annual Dealer Design Awards ease contractors and technicians’ burden by being easier to install and service.