FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - October 6, 2025

For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each issue.
ACQUISITIONS
Hercules Industries Inc. (Denver) acquired the assets of NSC Home (Lenexa, Kansas).
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
Tucker Hill Air, Plumbing & Electric (Tempe, Ariz.) was named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list by Inc.(New York).
Reliable Heating and Air (Los Angeles) expanded its services into Ventura County, California.
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
Grizzly MEP (New York) named John K. Adamsas its CEO and partnered with mechanical and plumbing contractor Air Design Systems (Pensacola, Fla.).
MANUFACTURERS
The heat-pump rooftop unit from Lennox International Inc. (Richardson, Texas) was the first manufacturer to complete laboratory validation, for commercial unitary equipment in the 15-25 tons category, in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge.
Carrier Global Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) was the first manufacturer to complete laboratory validation, in the category of rooftop heat pumps between 10 and 14 tons, in the DOE’s Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge.
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Hudson Technologies Inc.(Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) partnered with DC Sustainable Energy Utility (Washington, D.C.), to launch a refrigerant recovery and reclamation pilot program.
CONTRACTOR SERVICES
Digital sales enablement platform EDEN (Seattle) joined the rewards program at Service Nation (Irving, Texas) as a preferred partner.
Interplay Learning (Austin, Texas) was named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 by Inc. (New York).
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