Trane recently secured a performance contract to upgrade the building HVAC infrastructure and climate control equipment in five buildings within the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Steuben County, in Angola, Ind.

Dee Cramer, a leading HVAC contractor in Flint, Mich., recently announced the promotion of Jaime Loncarevic to the new position of operations manager-service.

Master-Bilt, a manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, has announced the appointment of two new manufacturer's representative firms covering the Midwest.

The Akron-Canton Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) recently brought warmth to 100 low-income Summit County homeowners. The ACCA chapter, in conjunction with Rebuilding Together Summit County, offered them free furnace inspections and tune-ups in early October.

Peter J. Minton has joined Murphy Co. as a project manager in its Quick Response (QR) group. Murphy's QR group provides dedicated project management for mechanical, plumbing, and process piping projects needing expedited schedules and ranging in cost from $1,500 to $500,000.

The Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) SkillTech Academy announced the delivery of the first Residential Mechanical Ventilation training program in the state of Nebraska.

William L. Niehoff Jr., of Fresh Aire Test & Balance, Lemont, Ill., was installed as president of the Chicagoland Sheet Metal Contractors Association (CSMCA) at the association's Installation of Officers Dinner.

Craig Roberts died on November 15 at his deer camp, the apparent victim of accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Air Comfort Corp., an HVAC company based in Broadview, Ill., has reinstituted a training program originally coordinated by the company's predecessors in the 1970s.

Christopher B. Hiemenz has been promoted to vice president of business development at Murphy Co., St. Louis, one of largest mechanical contracting firms in the nation.