Page 44 - Green Builder March-April 2021 Issue

HVAC FOLLOW THE LIGHT.

RANK COMPANY INDEX AVG SURVEY DATA SENTIMENT MENTIONS Philips and GE continued their
pacesetting ways. Philips finishes first
★ Carrier 2.1 1 9 2 for a fifth consecutive year, while GE
ends in the top five for a seventh time.
2 Trane (American Standard) 2.3 1 5 4 But although the former improved
slightly from 2020 with better word
of mouth, the latter lost public
3 Panasonic 5.3 3 8 9
favor, dropping from No. 1 to No. 9 in
sentiment.
4 LG 5.8 4 10 8
Carrier
4 YORK 5.8 7 13 1
CLASH OF

6 Rheem 6.1 6 7 6
THE TITANS.
7 Bosch 6.6 4 12 10
After three years, Trane was
8 Lennox 6.8 8 11 3 dethroned by two-time runner up
Carrier. It’s a weird category: Most
of the top five carry the most
9 Daikin (Goodman) 7.3 8 4 7
respect among builders, but carry
less brand clout with the public, in Philips
10 Mitsubishi Electric 9.2 12 5 5
terms of general “sentiment.” Trane
is a notable exception.

SURVEY SAYS... INSULATION

Owens Corning returned to the RANK COMPANY INDEX AVG SURVEY DATA SENTIMENT MENTIONS PAINT AND COATING
top after losing for the first time
in 2020, boosted by a marketing ★ Owens Corning 2.6 2 8 2
effort that got people talking
about the color pink again. 2 BASF 3.7 3 4 5
The company with the most
sustainability clout in the industry, 3 Dow 5.3 4 5 8
Greenfiber, finished near the
bottom of our survey when it came 4 Knauf 5.5 6 10 3
to public sentiment and chit-chat.
5 CertainTeed 5.7 4 12 7

6 Greenfiber 5.9 1 14 13

7 Insulfoam 7.5 7 3 10

8 Johns Manville 7.9 9 7 6

9 Huntsman Building Solutions 9.9 11 6 9

Owens Corning 10 Kingspan 10.2 14 15 1

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