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Survey names Trane as top brand for 8th year

USA: Trane has been named as America’s Most Trusted HVAC brand for the eighth consecutive year by a leading US market research firm.

The company, Lifestory Research, said that Trane produced the highest score and rank based on on a survey of 12,864 US consumers over the last 12 months.

Trane captured its 5-star rating with a net trust quotient score of 118.8 among people actively shopping for an HVAC system.  

The ranking was:

1.Trane
2. Carrier
3. Whirlpool
4. Lennox
5. Rheem
6. Samsung
7. York
8. American Standard
9. Bryant
10. Ruud
11. Heil
12. Goodman
13. Mitsubishi
14. Amana
15. Haier

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