For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.

 

PRICE INCREASES

Trane Technologies’ HVAC business announced a price increase ranging from 4-7.5% on select Trane applied and controls equipment, as well as certain unitary products.

 

ACQUISITIONS

User Friendly Home Services (The Woodlands, Texas) acquired Sal’s Heating & Cooling (North Royalton, Ohio).

 

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air opened a new location in the metro San Francisco area.

 

MANUFACTURERS

Lennox Industries (Richardson, Texas) won a 2022 GOOD DESIGN Award in the Building Materials category for its SL25XPV heat pump.

Burnham Holdings Inc. (Lancaster, Penn.) appointed Christopher R. Drew as CEO.

 

DISTRIBUTORS

Cochrane Supply & Engineering opened a new branch in Columbus, Ohio.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

PHCC (Falls Church, Va.) appointed Cindy Sheridan as interim CEO.

 

SCHOOLS

HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, Ill.) accredited the HVACR educational programs at Kiamichi Technology Center (McAlester, Talihina, and Poteau, Okla.), Southern Regional Technical College (Moultrie, Ga.), and Louisiana Delta Community College (West Monroe, La.).

 

SOFTWARE

XOi Technologies (Nashville, Tenn.) appointed Leon Weiss as chief financial officer and Jeff Grisenthwaite as chief product officer.

Prokeep (New Orleans, La.) appointed Scott Wolfe Jr. as board member, Bryan Hjelm as vice president of product, and Derek Halpern as vice president.