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Business Management Tools Win High Marks

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
The Contractor Services and Software category of The NEWS’ Dealer Design Awards highlights products that contractor peers felt were the most helpful in navigating back and front office challenges. FastEST Inc. won the gold award for its On-Screen Digitizer. Wrightsoft Corp. took silver for its Right-N® software and bronze for its Right-Contact™ software.
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Features Smooth Transition for 2010 Deadline

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
The NEWS’ fifth annual Dealer Design Awards’ Refrigeration & Ice Machines category winners are: Hoshizaki America Inc.’s self-contained DT-400BAH-OS, Heatcraft Refrigeration Products’ Mohave™ Advanced Hot Gas Defrost System, and Heatcraft Refrigeration Products’ PRO3 Side Mount Packaged Refrigeration System.
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Efficiencies Reward Manufacturers

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
Manufacturers have answered the legislative, contractor, and consumer challenges for greater efficiencies with a multitude of products, including The NEWS’ award winners in the HVAC High Efficiency Residential Equipment category of the fifth annual Dealer Design Awards.
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Products Feel Good, Look Good

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
Consumers not only want their home to feel good, but they also want it to look good too. Winners of the The NEWS’ fifth annual Dealer Design Awards’ HVAC Residential Equipment category killed two birds with one stone when they designed their award-winning products.
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Bits and Pieces Contribute to Contractor Success

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
The NEWS’ fifth annual Dealer Design Awards Components and Accessories winners were a few among the many. The diverse and vast entries from a bevy of manufacturers challenged the contractor judges to examine closely the bits and pieces that create entire systems.
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Manufacturer Offerings Take Commercial Control by Storm

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
Larger facilities require greater measures to control the intricacies of their HVAC systems. The new technologies of these facilities have brought commercial contractors greater challenges and the winners of The NEWS’ Dealer Design Awards’ Commercial Controls category have provided superior solutions.
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Solutions Promote Clean, Comfortable Air

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
With the growing desire for healthy homes and expanding awareness of sick building syndrome, residential and commercial contractors are seeking new solutions to offer customers. The NEWS’ Dealer Design Awards’ Indoor Air Quality category awarded manufacturers endeavoring to assist contractors in their quest.
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International Ingenuity Takes Gold Award

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
The variety of installation scenarios that contractors face requires manufacturers to continually produce new products to meet each creative application’s ventilation needs. It is this creativity and ingenuity that The NEWS awarded in the Ventilation Products category of the fifth annual Dealer Design Awards.
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Tools Enhance Tech Safety and Accuracy

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
Tools of the HVAC trade help technicians and installers perform at increased efficiency and accuracy levels. Some tools even provide the ability to accomplish a task that couldn’t be done otherwise. The winners of The NEWS’ Dealer Design Awards’ Tools category represent equipment from both sides of the toolbox.
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Residential Zoning Makes Temperatures Just Right

Angela Harris - The ACHR News
Angela D. Harris
July 14, 2008
This year’s winners in the residential controls (including zoning) category of The NEWS’ fifth annual Dealer Design Awards are providing contractors with new ideas to make every zone in the house accurately controlled and comfortable.
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