T.F. O’Brien, a family-owned heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) company, is celebrating 85 years in business on Long Island. From what began as a one-man show to a full fleet of over a dozen service vehicles and a team of 40 employees, one thing has remained constant: T.F. O’Brien’s commitment to its family and Long Island roots. Kerry O’Brien, president of T.F. O’Brien In 1934, the first of four generations to follow founded his… Read More
Awair Inhales $10 Million Series B Led by The Westly Group to Scale Air Quality Monitoring Business
Awair, the creators of intelligent air quality monitors for homes and enterprise, announces an $10 million Series B financing led by The Westly Group, with additional investment from Altos Ventures, Emerson Electric, iRobot and Nuovo Capital. With the newly secured funding, Awair will focus on increasing production to fulfill the rising demand for both their consumer solutions, research and development for new products and continued growth of their enterprise business through an expanded sales process. Read More
PHCC Welcomes Aire Serv as a Franchisor Sponsorship Participant
Continuing its outreach to HVAC contractors, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association (PHCC) is pleased to welcome Aire Serv to its Franchisor Sponsorship program. The company, part of the Neighborly® community, represents more than 190 business owners throughout the United States and Canada. Through Aire Serv’s participation, their franchise business owners will have expanded opportunities to access a wide array of education and training programs, networking events and business coaches from PHCC, PHCC’s… Read More
Dettson Introduces the Right-Sized System
Dettson Industries, a Canadian manufacturer that has developed innovative HVAC products and technologies since 1952, has introduced their Right-Sized System® to the United States market. The Right-Sized System® combines a matched Chinook gas furnace or Supreme electric modulating furnace with the appropriate Alizé variable speed, side-discharge, heat pump outdoor unit to meet capacity requirements. The Dettson Alizé 18,000 BTU/h heat pump outdoor unit. The Chinook gas furnace has the smallest footprint of all gas furnaces… Read More
