Bryant Earns Consumers Digest Best Buy for Premium Air ConditionerHonor for Evolution 180A marks third straight for company, rounds out family of award-winning HVAC products

INDIANAPOLIS, May 29, 2007 - Upholding its reputation for superior and consumer-friendly products, Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems, a leading provider of home comfort solutions for more than 100 years, recently received another prestigious Consumers Digest Best Buy award, this time for its Bryant Evolution™ System 180A air conditioner.

Honor for Evolution 180A marks third straight for company

The award is the third Consumers Digest Best Buy recognition Bryant has received within the past year in the premium category. Bryant's trio of award-winning heating and cooling products now includes the Evolution 180A air conditioner, the Evolution Plus 90i/Plus 95i or 95i gas furnace and the Evolution 288A heat pump.

Consumers Digest Best Buys are selected based on a combination of performance, ease-of-use, features, durability, warranty coverage, efficiency, styling and maintenance and servicing requirements. The rating is awarded, on average, to fewer than three percent of the competing models in any given product category. The Premium Selection for the Bryant Evolution 180A air conditioner indicates that this unit is not only of superior quality, but also full featured and value priced.

"We are thrilled that another one of our energy-efficient products has been recognized with this award," said Kevin Dudash, Bryant brand manager. "Bryant and its dedicated network of dealers continue to do Whatever It Takes™ to offer homeowners technologically advanced, yet easy-to-use products that demonstrate unmatched reliability, quality and value. These three Best Buys are a testament to the consumer-friendly design of our entire family of indoor comfort solutions."

The Evolution 180A air conditioner provides quiet, luxurious comfort and years of environmentally sound, energy-efficient performance. It saves significant cooling costs with energy efficiency available up to 20 SEER, which directly benefits the consumer by reducing long-term energy costs. Puron® refrigerant by Bryant keeps homes cool without using ozone-depleting hydrochloroflorocarbons (HCFCs). The top-of-the-line unit also features a variable-speed outdoor condenser fan motor and an exclusive AeroQuiet System II™ for sound as low as 70 dBA, ensuring quiet operation inside and out.

The 180A raises the bar for humidity control with Bryant's Perfect Humidity® function, which enhances home comfort with maximum humidity control over that of standard air conditioning systems.

With Bryant's user-friendly Evolution Control, which is designed for use with the 180A model, homeowners can regulate temperature, humidity, air flow, ventilation, indoor air quality and zoning (when an optional zoning system is applied) through a single control. Other features include preventative maintenance reminders that pop up on the thermostat's LED screen, which make scheduling service calls convenient for the homeowner and dealer. A remote access option lets the homeowner control the system remotely, either via internet or telephone.

About Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems
Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems, a leading supplier of HVAC equipment, is part of Farmington, Connecticut-based Carrier Corp., the world's largest provider of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, with operations in more than 170 countries. Carrier is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. Bryant has been dedicated to customer comfort and satisfaction since 1904. In addition to its best-in-class network of distributors and dealers, Bryant offers exceptional reliability and energy savings through an extensive line of durable heating and cooling products. Bryant is devoted to doing "Whatever It Takes" to deliver the highest quality in HVAC products and services for consumers nationwide, which is why so many people have trusted their indoor comfort needs to Bryant. For more information, visit www.bryant.com.

Suzanne Basista
MARC Public Relations
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