In the Contractor Services & Software category in The News' 2004 Dealer Design Awards, the Right Proposal Plus Module from Wrightsoft Corp. struck gold, and the Luxaire Business Analyzer from York UPG struck silver.
In coming up with the categories for the Dealer Design Awards, The News staff realized there might be some HVACR products that were not going to fit into one of the nine established categories. Hence, the need for a 10th category: Miscellaneous.
Talk about an onslaught of testing and monitoring products. The Testing and Monitoring Products category had by far the largest number of entries in The News' first-ever Dealer Design Awards.
It was nearly a dead heat for the gold between the Copeland Scrollâ„¢ UltraTechâ„¢ compressor and Check-Trolâ„¢ isolation flange among the Components and Accessories entries competing in The News' Dealer Design Awards. At the finish line, Copeland came out ahead.
Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions' Digital Roundâ„¢ thermostat received gold, Invensys Climate Controls Americas' Robertshaw I-Series thermostats received silver, and the EWC Controls' Ultra-Zone Model BMPlus 3000 received bronze in the 2004 Dealer Design Awards.
Paramount H won the gold medal in the Ventilation Products category in The News' first-ever Dealer Design Awards. FlexFlow Elbow, by Flexible Technologies Inc., Thermaflex Division, won the silver medal, and Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions' Fresh Air Ventilation System won the bronze medal.
One contractor-judge was impressed with the flexibility and potential savings offered by the Industrial OAM-Purger from Redi Controls. He was not alone in his assessment, as the product earned the gold award in the Refrigeration Equipment and Accessories category in The News' Dealer Design Awards.
Two products submitted in The News' first-ever Dealer Design Awards stood head and shoulders above the competition to capture top honors in the Commercial Controls, including Building Automation category.
The contractor-judges in The News' first-ever Dealer Design Awards were certainly impressed by the entries in the HVAC Equipment - Residential category. When the votes were tallied, the Evolution Controlâ„¢ from Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems garnered the gold medal.
A rooftop unit with a notable dehumidification system; a boiler with strong features, including a small footprint; and a split ductless A/C and heat pump were the respective first-, second-, and third-place vote-getters among the HVAC Commercial Equipment entries in The News' Dealer Design Awards.