Taco Comfort Solutions was recently honored with a 2016 Best Places to Work in Rhode Island Award from the Providence Business News. Taco received the same award back in 2011.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced nearly $16 million in funding to help businesses move promising energy technologies from the DOE’s National Laboratories to the marketplace. 

Customers purchasing a minimum of 100 residential baseboard radiation and/or a minimum of five Beacon Morris Twin-Flo III kickspace heaters were entered to win a multitude of prizes including three grand prizes. The nationwide promotion ran from Oct.15, 2015, through Feb. 15.

Due to outstanding performances by Ruud contractors, Ruud is rewarding 20 Top Contractors for 2015 instead of 10. These exceptional contracting businesses, and one utility company, stand out against hundreds across the nation for excelling in sales, customer support, and overall service to local homeowners. 

The CCI is calculated based on a survey of the association’s contractor members, who are asked how positive they feel about new business prospects, existing business activity, and expected staffing decisions in the short-term future. 

A new law that provides local governments with flexible financing plans to conserve energy is expected to make energy performance contracts more commonplace and affordable, according to Johnson Controls Inc.

Hamilton Sanchez, lead technician at Bowman Mechanical Services Inc. in Garner, North Carolina, is known for both his technical expertise as well as his finesse with the customers he interacts with on a daily basis.

R.S. Mowery & Sons renamed the company Mowery, unveiled a new logo, and redesigned its website; more HVAC commercial contractor news briefs.