The competition was intense in one of this year's categories, Refrigeration and Ice Machines, in The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards. The gold, silver, and bronze winners all brought cool and easy solutions to diverse refrigeration and ice machine issues.

Products in the Miscellaneous category of The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards are both great and small. While they're not a big piece of equipment or a large system, they make the installation of those units and systems better.

Simple, diverse, and hassle-free describes the winners of the HVAC Residential Equipment category of The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards. Taking the guess and grunt work out of installation, these winners worked to design products with contractors and technicians in mind.

Tools are what install and fix the world of HVAC. They are necessary for a successful contractor to have, and are highlighted in the Tools category of The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards.

Finding new ways to test old problems can be challenging. Winners of the Testing and Monitoring Products category in The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards, however, have met that challenge head on.

The winners of the Residential Controls Including Zoning category in The NEWS' third annual Dealer Design Awards clashed as old school took on state-of-the-art.

Recent reports from McGraw-Hill Construction show that nonresidential construction increased 5 percent to $171.9 billion last year, with much of the growth coming from institutional structures. This year seems to continue the upward trend sending a commercial construction surge through the United States.

Tri-City Mechanical has developed the Hydro-Kool, a pre-engineered and pre-assembled chiller in one boxed package.

Two major Florida associations have joined forces and the big winners in the merger are the contractors of Florida. The Florida Air Conditioning Contractors Association and the Florida chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America have united.

Maintenance is not the toughest situation a rooftop unit owner faces. The age-old repair versus replace argument can make or break an owner's budget and have a profound effect upon building comfort.