Optimum Energy, a provider of software solutions and mechanical engineering services to reduce energy consumption in HVAC systems, has announced two senior level leadership additions to better serve its clients and business partners.

Carrier distributors nationwide have announced the recipients of their annual college scholarship, and awarded grants this year totaling nearly $40,000. Carrier is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

The International District Energy Association (IDEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in conjunction with the Korea District Heating & Cooling Association, the China District Heating Association, Euroheat & Power, and the Ministry of Energy of the Mongol Government.

Munch’s Supply Co. Inc., a leading HVAC distributor operating in Chicago and northwest Indiana, reached a definitive agreement with Trane and American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning, both brands of Ingersoll Rand, to become the exclusive distributor for both brands in the lower peninsula of Michigan.