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NATE Announces March NATE Bowl Winners
Division Winners Eligible for Super Bowl Tickets

(April 10, 2008, Arlington, VA.) — North American Technician Excellence (NATE) is
pleased to announce the second group of winners in the inaugural NATE Bowl contest,
which kicked-off on Feb. 1. These monthly winners are awarded prizes for a variety of
accomplishments, including: The Most New Certifications—the contractor with the most
new certifications in a given month; the Most Re-Certifications—the contractor with the
most re-certifications in a given month; and the Highest Certification Score—the
contractor or technician with the highest NATE certification score for the month.

• March Division Leaders are: Division 1 – IBS-Industrial Building Service,
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL.; Division 2 – Stevenson Service Experts, Springfield, OH;
  and Division 3 – Grisham Airecare, Hot Springs, AR., and Gochnauer
  Mechanical, Hilton Head, S.C.
• Most New NATE Certifications: Brothers Air & Heat, Rock Hill, S.C.; Horne
  Heating and Air, Charlotte, N.C.; Parker Pearce Service Experts,
  Gaithersburg, MD.; and Casteel Heating and Cooling, Marietta, GA.
• Most NATE Re-Certifications: Flame Heating, Cooling and Electrical, Warren,
  MI.; AD/DAC, LLC, Nashville, TN.; Parker Pearce Service Experts,
  Gaithersburg, MD.; and Gochnauer Mechanical, Hilton Head, S.C.
• Highest NATE Certification Score: Philip DeCamillo, with Flame Heating,
  Cooling and Electrical in Warren, MI.; and Thomas Bell, with Casteel Heating
  and Cooling in Marietta, GA.

“We congratulate the most recent NATE Bowl winners and look forward to
announcing many more as the contest continues through October,” says Rex Boynton,
president of NATE. “It’s still very early in the going, so it’s our hope that all HVACR
contractors will get involved in this good-natured competition.”

In addition to monthly prizes, the five contractors at the end of the contest with
the most NATE Bowl points in each of the three “divisions” will be entered into a grand
prize drawing for a Super Bowl package to be announced in early November. Teams
can get points for every NATE-certified technician they have on staff. Additional points
can be earned each time a technician gets certified (or re-certified) or earns additional
NATE credentials. All points accrue during the NATE Bowl season, which lasts from
February through October 2008. Any HVACR contractor in the United States or Canada
interested in learning more about NATE Bowl, or registering, can go to www.natex.org.

Special thanks go to JB Industries, Johnstone Supply, Baker Industries and
Testo for their support of providing tools of the trade for NATE Bowl prizes.

NATE, headquartered in Arlington, VA., was founded in 1997 and is the only
technician certification organization governed, owned, operated, developed and
supported by the HVACR industry.

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Philip DeCamillo, with Flame Heating,
Cooling and Electrical in Warren, MI., tied for
the highest score on a NATE certification test
during March. For his accomplishment,
DeCamillo will receive a prize of trade tools,
while his firm gains one more chance to win
the NATE Bowl grand prize of a trip for two to
the 2009 Super Bowl.
Thomas Bell, with Casteel Heating and
Cooling in Marietta, GA., tied for the highest
score on a NATE certification test during
March. For his accomplishment, Bell will
receive a prize of trade tools, while his firm
gains one more chance to win the NATE Bowl
grand prize of a trip for two to the 2009 Super
Bowl.