Fred H. Kobie, president and CEO of Kobie Kooling Inc., Fort Myers, Fla., has announced that he will be “arrested,” complete with the assistance of a Lee County squad car, to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

Independent sales agent Russ Tuttle of The Tuttle Company has received the 2007 Brass Ring. Award from ICOR International Inc. ICOR presented the award to Tuttle for outstanding territory sales growth over the 2006 calendar year.

The Unified Group, an independent association of 53 HVAC commercial contractors, has presented its Member of the Year award to Charlotte, N.C.-based AirTight Mechanical.

Jo Rae Wagner, the national president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association for 2006-2007, has been honored with a resolution in the Texas Senate Chamber presented by Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.

While a clean, healthy environment is imperative to any health care facility, it was paramount to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as engineers there selected the air-handling units for a new, state-of-the-art tower, dedicated to both research and clinical care.

Friedrich Air Conditioning’s 600,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in San Antonio has been awarded the San Antonio Water System’s (SAWS) top environmental distinction - the Environmental Excellence Award.

Six facilities in Texas and one each in Kentucky and Tennessee were among 21 nationwide to receive 2006 Clean Air Awards from the National Air Filtration Association (NAFA).

To reduce energy costs, the city of Carrollton, Texas, contracted with TAC to implement energy saving measures at several city facilities. Now complete, the $1.6 million project is expected to save Carrollton more than $200,000 per year in utility costs.

Kohler Power Systems, a supplier of mobile generator technology, has selected Dometic Environmental Corp. as the supplier of HVAC components for its new auxiliary power unit (APU).

Hill Phoenix, a manufacturer of commercial and industrial refrigeration systems and display cases, has announced the sale of its Southeast branch operation to Excell Refrigeration of South Carolina Inc., a Hill Phoenix dealer.