PISCATAWAY, NJ (INGERSOLL RAND NEWS SERVICE) -- Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) magazine has named Trane Commercial Systems' TRACE™ 700 version 6.2 a Product of the Year - Silver winner in the "Software: Design, modeling, analysis" category. This recognition affirms that Trane Customer Direct Service (CDS) software programs are best-in-class in the HVAC industry – Trane's System Analyzer won Product of the Year - Gold in 2007.

The Product of the Year is a two-part contest. First, a panel of industry experts narrows down the competition to five finalists in each category. These finalists are then published in the CSE Specifiers Guide and voted on by the subscribers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. All of the winners are profiled in the August 2009 issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer.

About TRACE 700
TRACE 700 is a design-and-analysis tool that helps HVAC professionals optimize the design of a building's HVAC system based on energy utilization and life-cycle cost.

The use of TRACE has increased significantly over the past few years, due in part to interest in use of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™. The latest version of TRACE delivers extensive functionality to optimize not only energy savings but additional LEED credits.