• Panasonic Eco Solutions North America (Newark, N.J.) earned the 2014 Energy Star Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

• ecobee (Toronto) received OpenADR 2.0b certification from the OpenADR Alliance (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

• ClimateMaster Inc. (Oklahoma City) received the 2013 R&D 100 award from R&D Magazine for its Trilogy Q-Mode geothermal heat pump system.

• Bosch Thermotechnology (Londonderry, N.H.) announced projects for its 2014 Green Living awards are due no later than Dec. 15.

• Distech Controls (Brossard, Quebec, Canada) ranked 79th in Branham Group Inc.’s (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 2014 Branham300, a listing of the top Canadian information and communications technology companies.

• LG Electronics USA Commercial Air Condition Division (Alpharetta, Ga.) named Integrated Cooling Solutions (Miami) and The Joyce Agency (Chantilly, Va.) as its sales representatives in the Eastern region.

• Unico Inc. (St. Louis) launched its live webinar series, “Pints with Pete,” with monthly dates scheduled through December.

• Exact Pipe Tools Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Exact Tools Oy (Helsinki, Finland), opened a U.S. office in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

• WAGO Corp. (Germantown, Wis.) named Darick LaSelle as Northwest senior sales & I/O application engineer for Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the four western provinces of Canada.

• Superior Boiler Works Inc. (Hutchinson, Kan.) named Locke Equipment (Olathe, Kan.) as its Presidents award winner, Rasmussen Mechanical Services (Council Bluffs, Iowa) as its Sales Excellence award winner, Boiler Equipment Co. (Chicago) as its Sales Achievement award winner, and Plains Plumbing (Amarillo, Texas) as its Sales Appreciation award winner. Affiliated Power Services (Dallas) earned the Million Dollar Club award.

• Mitsubishi Electric US Cooling & Heating Division (Suwanee, Ga.) appointed Jeff Whitelaw as senior director, engineering management and testing.

Publication date: 5/5/2014 

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