The Alliance to Save Energy has announced the winners of its 2015 Star of Energy Efficiency awards. The alliance said that, over the past 23 years, it has recognized more than 100 leaders and innovators in the field of energy efficiency.

Portacool LLC, a Texas-based manufacturer of portable evaporative coolers, announced it is addressing the rise in European demand for its products through a new warehouse facility in Barcelona, Spain.

JLL has signed a letter of intent to acquire CoR Advisors, a smart building consulting and solutions business. Founded in 2009 by Darlene Pope, CoR Advisors specializes in helping transform buildings into energy efficient, high-performance facilities. The acquisition is expected to close this month.

Trane, a brand of Ingersoll Rand, has introduced Nexia™ Diagnostics, a remote residential HVAC system monitoring capability, which the company said can help prevent minor issues from turning into major repairs.

Tencarva Machinery Co. LLC has announced a new Nashville branch office facility with state-of-the-art repair service center. The firm relocated its Nashville operations to 2937 Kraft Drive, Nashville, Tennessee, combining into one location its Nashville branch office and the Southern Sales Division.

The Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) today applauded the success of the Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces Working Group to negotiate conservation standards for these products.

Organizers have announced the inaugural Building Content Summit (BCS), a conference aimed at gathering manufacturers, engineers, architects, and building information modeling (BIM) users to discuss issues facing the BIM community.