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American Residential Services, LLC. Acquires ESCO Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electrical
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — American Residential Services (ARS/Rescue Rooter), announced the acquisition of ESCO Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electric in Salt Lake City, Utah. ESCO Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electric has been serving residential customers in the greater Salt Lake City and Park City areas since 1977. "Acquiring ESCO Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Electrical are consistent with our strategic vision for continued growth in the West," said Scott Boose, CEO, ARS/Rescue Rooter. "I'm pleased to have the team join the ARS network. Their dedication to customers along with years of experience in the industry will be a successful partnership for our company."
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NEW CASTLE, Penn. — North America’s leading air curtain manufacturer and innovator, introduces the Architectural Elite, the debuting model of Berner’s new Architectural Collection, which has the most revolutionary and beautiful cabinet redesigns in air curtain history. The patented Architectural Elite air curtain combines the air curtain industry’s decades-old energy savings and thermal comfort protection performance with today’s industry-leading controls platform and efficient, quiet electronically commutated (EC) motors. The Architectural Elite’s sleek and discreet cabinet design incorporates Berner’s strong engineering foundation to deliver a quiet, technologically advanced, and beautiful air curtain that performs. The Architectural Elite 8 and 10 air curtains use 1/5-hp and 1/2-hp EC motors, respectively, for unprecedented air curtain efficiencies and better articulated fan speed control.
For information on Berner International air curtain products, visit www.berner.com.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — HVAC Excellence’s National HVACR Education Conference returned to a live event, March 21-23, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The question, “Would people return to live, face-to-face training when the dust settled?” and it was answered with a resounding YES, as the house was packed with nearly as many attendees as their last live conference in 2019. In speaking with conference attendees about why they attended, Bill Brown, owner of Brownson Technical School in Anaheim, CA, put it best, “While webinars are easier to attend, those in a hands-on industry such as HVACR need live, hands-on demonstrations that show us the technologies, and how to integrate them into our training programs.” As the in-person portion of 2022 National HVACR Education Conference has concluded, preparation is underway for the next event, March 20-22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The HVAC Excellence Conference provides an opportunity to learn about new and emerging technologies, get answers from, and be inspired by industry leaders, exchange ideas with industry peers, while gaining a better understanding of the future of the HVACR industry. Together, we can reshape the future of the industry, for the next generation of HVACR service technicians.
People serious about being part of the solution can sign up at escogroup.org.
Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical - 2021’s #1 Top Ruud ProPartner
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical (Hiller), the region’s premier provider of residential and commercial plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical service and repair, was included among Ruud’s “Top Market Maker” winners and honored as the #1 Top Ruud ProPartner for 2021. This award follows Hiller’s six first-place recognitions among Ruud’s list of Most Reliable Contractors. The Ruud Market Makers award recognizes exceptional U.S. based contracting businesses for sales, customer support, and overall service excellence. Hiller was also named Ruud’s “Most Valuable Player”, recognizing their “overall stellar performance” as the #1 Top Ruud ProPartner of 2021. The company was honored live at the 2022 International ProPartner Conference at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 7 and 8, 2022. Chief Executive Officer, Jimmy Hiller and Chief Operating Officer, Jimmy Hiller, Jr. accepted the award in person at the event. “We couldn’t be more grateful to receive the MVP recognition from Ruud this year”, remarked Jimmy Hiller, founder and CEO of Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical. “In partnership with our wonderful distributors, we are able to provide Ruud’s exceptional equipment to so many families across the southeast. Ruud’s commitment to installation and maintenance excellence,” he continued, “parallels our own high quality and service standards, so we are exceptionally thankful for this award, that acknowledges this commitment.”
To learn more, visit www.ruud.com.
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced findings from the 15th annual Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey, which revealed that 62 percent of organizations surveyed expect to increase investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, or smart building technology in 2022, indicating a return to pre-pandemic levels. The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advised that global scale transformation is urgently needed to combat climate change, however, the Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey found that organizations are still facing challenges to accelerate their sustainability efforts in key areas. Almost two-thirds of survey respondents say they struggle to scale sustainability initiatives across buildings, geographies, or business units. Global Progress has Accelerated in the Last Five Years The survey revealed that planned investment in energy generation has grown over five years, likely in response to the global focus on decarbonization, and as part of that effort, electrification. More than a third of respondents, plan to replace fossil fuel heating equipment with heat pump technology in the next year – 7 percent more than what was implemented in the year prior. Thermal energy storage jumped from 27 percent to 42 percent in the last five years. More than half of respondents implemented electric energy storage in the past year. The Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey collected responses from 1,000 participants globally between November and December 2021.
