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.
ACQUISITIONS
Del-Air Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Electric (Sanford, Fla.) acquired ARS/Rescue Rooter Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Fla.).
R-Zero Systems (Salt Lake City, Utah) acquired SecureAire (Oldsmar, Fla.).
Total Comfort Group (Eatontown, N.J.) acquired Victor’s Air Conditioning Co. Inc. (Middlesex, N.J.).
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
Five Star Home Services (Columbus, Ohio) named Rhea Cunningham its CFO.
Same Day Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing (San Diego) expanded with the opening of Same Day North Bay (Windsor, Calif.).
MANUFACTURERS
LG Electronics (Seoul, South Korea) hosted the first-ever meeting of the Global Heat Pump Consortium.
Trane Technologies (Swords, Ireland) committed to reducing its embodied carbon by 40% by 2030.
DISTRIBUTORS
DSG (Plymouth, Minn.) opened new locations in Box Elder, South Dakota, and Spirit Lake, Iowa, and relocated another in Grand Rapids, Mich.
ORGANIZATIONS
The Building Performance Institute (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) named Amanda Hatherly as its next president.
The ACCA Educational Institute (Alexandria, Va.) announced American National Standards Institute (Washington) approval of ACCA 4 QM – 2019 (R2024), Maintenance of Residential HVAC Systems.
SOFTWARE
XOi (Nashville, Tenn.) partnered with software consultants Powerhouse Consulting Group (Austin, Texas).
Housecall Pro (San Diego) partnered with Supplyhouse.com (Melville, N.Y.). of $75.3 million for the second quarter of 2024.
