Koldwave has named the Rankin Group as a master distributor for its Airmaster and Kompac lines of portable air conditioners and heat pumps.

Nearly four years ago, Mitch Groters set out to tackle his "honey-do" list and spent two frustrating hours on the phone trying to locate a contractor. Feeling he was getting nowhere, he came up with the idea for what has become Home Project Central (HPC) (www.GoToHPC.com), a home improvement print directory and online directory for southeast Michigan.

A contractor used an IAQ monitor to test the air in an architectural firm, and reaped clients from elsewhere in the building.

Watts Radiant held an open house and ribbon cutting for its new facility in Springfield, Mo. The manufacturing plant has 143,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space.

Richard J. Cramer Sr., of Dee Cramer Inc., Holly, Mich., was elected to serve as secretary/treasurer of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA).

Jim Hausman, of Hausman Metal Works and Roofing, St. Joseph, Mo., was recognized as the Legislative Contractor of the Year at the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) convention.

Ames, Iowa, fire department warns about dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.

A dead squirrel that was stuck in a chimney is being blamed for the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a man and woman in their home in Eastlake, Ohio.

Industry People Group™, a provider of executive recruitment and job posting/résumé board services in the HVACR, sheet metal, control, electrical, plumbing, and piping (MEP) trades, has moved to new offices in Urbandale, Iowa.

Air Comfort Corp. has opened a second northwest Indiana location, in Merrillville.