HTS was selected due to a number of compelling business attributes that make for a Best Managed winner including:

• • Innovative marketing – proven implementation of a customer-focused approach to sales and marketing to promote and strategically position HTS as a leader in the commercial HVAC market;
• • Commitment to excellence – dedication to long-term planning and execution to ensure leadership succession;
• • High employee retention rate – development of a supportive, team-player culture to retain top talent;
• • Ongoing professional development – creation of mentoring and training opportunities for employees to leverage and further build professional skills;
• • Active entrepreneurial spirit – shared belief between HTS and its employees to encourage and foster innovative business development opportunities and;
• • Implementation of an Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) – ability to raise capital, manage finances and invest in senior company representatives to drive business objectives and achieve success.

“HTS is extremely proud to receive the Best Managed designation and share this award with our employees, partners and customers across Canada who have helped our business achieve Real Success™,” said Paul Pilutti, director of HTS Canadian business operations. “As one of North America’s largest private companies, this is a true testament to HTS’ substantial business growth that has established us as an undeniable industry leader.”

Established in 1993, the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies is a national awards program, recognizing Canadian companies that have implemented world-class business practices and created value in innovative ways. Applications are reviewed by an independent judging panel that evaluates how companies address various business challenges, including new technologies, globalization, brand management, leadership, leveraging and developing core competencies, designing information systems, and hiring the right talent to facilitate growth. 

“We believe there are three vital building blocks to sustainable growth: strategy, capability, and commitment. HTS has demonstrated it is a model of success in all three areas and is duly recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed,” said John Hughes, partner, Private Company Services group with Deloitte.

About Canada’s Best Managed Companies
Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies continues to be the mark of excellence for Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on three levels: 1) Best Managed winner (one of the 50 new winners selected each year); 2) Requalified member (repeat winners retain the Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review); 3) Gold Standard winner (After three consecutive years of maintaining their Best Managed status, these winners have demonstrated their commitment to the program and successfully reapplied for the designation. Companies may requalify for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review; 4) Platinum Club member (winners that maintain Best Managed status for a minimum of six consecutive years). Program sponsors are Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, and Queen’s School of Business. For further information, visit www.canadas50best.com. Visit the online community for private companies the Best Managed channel on the Financial Post Executive site: http://www.financialpost.com/executive/best-managed/index.html.

“I am passionate about positively contributing to the customers HTS Texas supports, the HVAC industry, and the communities we serve,” said Mike Donovan, principal, HTS Texas. “When I reflect on my career, I am grateful for my family, and the HTS Texas team members and customers who supported me through risks, failures and real successes.”

As principal of HTS Texas, Donovan leads his team to strive for Real Success® and will not accept a complacent status quo that allows the competition to catch up. Due to his market-changing concepts, Donovan has grown the company from $500,000 in sales in 2001 to $60 million in 2010. Further, the company’s success is visible through the substantial projects successfully completed in the past decade under his leadership including:

• • A City of Houston energy retrofit project where HTS Texas provided 3,300 tons of energy-efficient HVAC equipment to municipal buildings including the Houston Police Department Headquarters and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts;
• • The Rice University Bioscience Research Collaborative Laboratory, a 300,000 square foot LEED-Silver certified facility; and
• • The Texas A&M University Texas Institute for Preclinical Studies, a premier veterinary research institution that HTS Texas provided LEED-certified HVAC equipment to as they closely followed U.S. Food & Drug Administration Good Laboratory Practice regulations.

Donovan is a USGBC LEED Accredited Professional (AP) and an ASHRAE High Performance Building Design Professional. He currently serves as Vice-President of the ASHRAE Houston Chapter and has served on the ASHRAE board of governors for the past seven years and the Houston Chapter of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers for more than 13 years.

He has also been honored as a Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 recipient, Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, a Texas A&M University Aggie 100 for heading one of the fastest growing, Aggie-led businesses in the world, and as a McQuay Sales Professional of the Year. Donovan’s commitment to expanding HTS Texas’ business, his regular volunteer outreach at the St. Cecilia Catholic School to help create awareness about autism and his annual financial contributions to the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, the Parish School in Houston, ASHRAE research, muscular dystrophy, cancer research and other charities make him a prime example of how young entrepreneurs can run a thriving company while staying true to their values.

About HTS:
With nearly 400 employees, HTS has offices in 16 cities across the U.S. and Canada, representing more than 70 HVAC suppliers. Delivering Real Success® to all involved in its projects, HTS provides HVAC and refrigeration solutions to commercial, institutional, residential and industrial markets that represent leading manufacturers such as Daikin AC, McQuay International and Haakon Industries. For more information about HTS, visit www.htseng.com (HTS Texas http://texas.htseng.com), call toll-free at 1-866-544-1487 and connect via LinkedIn, Facebook , Twitter and Google+.

“The success of HTS New York over the years has provided us the opportunity to continue to increase our staff and deliver real success to our clients,” said Stephen Madaffari, principal of HTS New York. “Klimtzak’s vast array of knowledge, ability to communicate effectively, and experience in the HVAC business will make him a great asset to our team”.

Klimtzak, a Marketing graduate from the University of North Florida, has over 10 years of experience in the project development, implementation and coordination of industrial and commercial markets with a specialization in custom HVAC equipment solutions.

In 2000, Klimtzak joined The Stellar Group as a Business Development Representative where he focused on marketing efforts for their Power and Utilities Business unit.

Klimtzak then spent three years at York International selling and maintaining service contracts with high level customers and selling modular central plants. During his role as a York Service Sales Representative in New York City, Klimtzak was recognized as a top 25 sales person in the country. He quickly followed this honor by ranking as the number three sales person in North America under his title as Senior Service Sales Representative.

In 2006, Klimtzak was asked to return to The Stellar Group as National Business Development Manager for commercial and industrial modular utility plants with a focus on pharmaceutical, data center and healthcare markets.

Before joining HTS New York in September of 2011, Klimtzak held the role of Director of Marketing and Business Development for MAS Global where he was responsible for significant overall revenue growth for the MAS global product line.

Klimtzak is an active member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In his free time, Klimtzak enjoys a round of golf or traveling with his family.

About HTS New York:
Delivering Real Success® to all involved in its projects, HTS New York, a built-to-order full service HVAC manufacturer’s representative, provides solutions to commercial, institutional, luxury and high-rise markets. For more information about HTS New York, log on to http://ny.htseng.com, email us at htsnewyork@htseng.com or connect via Facebook, LinkedIn, andTwitter.

The HTS NY office, originally located in Garden City, New York, now has a home adjacent to Madison Square Garden at One Penn Plaza, Suite 2828 New York, NY 10119. This new office space provides the HTS team a more central location to provide better sales support and project management to their growing customer base and to ultimately Deliver Real Success® on every project.

“As HTS grows, it is important to continuously evaluate our business and select a location where our team can be most efficient,” said Jason Eitel, Principal of HTS New York. “By relocating our office into the city, we are now able to more effectively manage projects and communicate with our customers.”

The HTS NY team, with over 70 years of combined experience in the HVAC industry, brings industry leading products from Haakon, Heat Pipe Technology, Inc., Innovent, Mueller, Omega, Plasticair, Thermotech and Valent to the New York market.

HTS New York Contact Information:

One Penn Plaza

Suite 2828

New York, NY 10119

Phone: (516) 747-9477

Fax: (516) 747-9178

About HTS New York:

Delivering Real Success® to all involved in its projects, HTS New York, a built-to-order full service HVAC manufacturer’s representative, provides equipment solutions and construction services to commercial, institutional, luxury and high-rise markets. For more information about HTS New York, log on to http://ny.htseng.com, email us at htsnewyork@htseng.com or connect via Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

The U.S. Green Building Council LEED project is being conducted in tandem with project partners, Mitchell Carlson Stone, Inc., TGK + Associates, EBCO General Contractor, LTD and Comfort Systems USA. The collective team was chosen for their proven abilities to help New Horizons Hospitality achieve their desired LEED Gold rating for the hotel.

In an effort to reduce sound and provide a cost-effective, energy-efficient solution, HTS Texas, DXS and their partners provided the 172-room hotel, including 6,000 square feet of banquet space, with an ASHRAE Standard 15- compliant solution including 208 tons of Daikin-McQuay VRV heat pump and heat recovery equipment, which was the basis for design, and 50 tons of Daikin-McQuay MPS rooftop units with air-to-air enthalpy wheels for energy recovery. Also, a Daikin Intelligent Touch Controller provides central monitoring and controls for the building’s VRV equipment and rooftop ventilation units.

From Houston to San Antonio and Austin, Texas to Wichita, Kansas, HTS Texas and DXS have supplied water- and air-cooled chiller systems, air-handling units, fan coil units, VRV, specialty dehumidifying equipment, and other large-scale HVAC systems to provide hotels energy savings with a focus on using noise management control systems for optimal guest experience.

“The hospitality industry continues to look for reliable, eco-friendly cooling solutions when selecting required large-scale HVAC equipment to meet environmental standards,” said Joel Hill, Daikin Product Specialist, DXS.  “DXS is proud to team with HTS Texas and our partners to provide New Horizons Hospitality and the Hilton Garden Inn with a comfortable interior climate for their valued guests, while increasing savings and energy efficiencies for the property.”

“We continue to see a trend among companies seeking hotel properties with the highest-possible environmental business and sustainability practices,” said Aly Valiani, vice president of New Horizons Hospitality.  “Certainly the efficiency of our new hotel’s cooling system will play an important role in helping us achieve this goal.”

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About HTS

With nearly 400 employees, HTS has offices in 16 cities across the U.S. and Canada, representing more than 70 HVAC suppliers. Delivering Real Success® to all involved in its projects, HTS provides HVAC and refrigeration solutions to commercial, institutional, residential and industrial markets that represent leading manufacturers such as Daikin AC, McQuay International and Haakon Industries.  For more information about HTS, visit www.htseng.com (HTS Texas http://texas.htseng.com), call toll-free at 1-866-544-1487 and connect via LinkedIn, Facebook , Twitter and Google+.

About Direct Expansion Solutions

Direct Expansion Solutions (DXS) was created by HTS Texas in 2007 to develop a dedicated team of specialists to address the rapidly growing Variable Refrigerant Volume “VRV” segment of the air conditioning industry.  Due to the rapidly growing demand for high efficiency and green building standards, DXS has experienced tremendous growth by helping owners and developers save time and money with the state-of-the-art Daikin VRV air conditioning system.  DXS serves the state of Texas with offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.  The DXS experience includes nearly all market sectors from retail, office, residential, military, healthcare, educational and industrial applications.  For more information, visit www.DXSeng.com.

About New Horizons Hospitality

New Horizons Hospitality is a property management company offering a range of management and development services for the lodging properties.  Since its founding in 1996, the company has successfully owned and operated flagship brands including Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites.  Its executive team includes seasoned hoteliers in the areas of development, operations and management.

Media Contacts: 

Molly LeCronier or Shar-Day Campbell

Ward Creative Communications

713-869-0707

mlecronier@wardcc.com or scampbell@wardcc.com

HTS Texas, one of the largest independent commercial HVAC manufacturers’ representatives in North America, and DXS, a division of HTS Engineering Ltd. that specializes in VRV implementation and design, have a 4-year history of helping every client team reach their project goals.

“ASHRAE is an amazing resource for HVAC professionals and I always consider it an honor to share best practices on how HTS/DXS helps its customers and partners achieve real success – where everyone involved wins,” said Hill.

Presentation attendees not only walked away with a comprehensive overview of the team’s vast experience in VRV project installations, but also with a better understanding of:

• the history of VRV technology and new improvements to the system;
• the primary advantages of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (DOAS);
• the benefits of a low dewpoint in typical K-12 classrooms; and
• the disadvantages of “normal” neutral air supply in school and work environments.

                   

About HTS:
With nearly 400 employees, HTS has offices in 16 cities across the U.S. and Canada, representing more than 70 HVAC suppliers. Delivering Real Success® to all involved in its projects, HTS provides HVAC and refrigeration solutions to commercial, institutional, residential and industrial markets that represent leading manufacturers such as Daikin AC, McQuay International and Haakon Industries. For more information about HTS, visit www.htseng.com (HTS Texas http://texas.htseng.com), call toll-free at 1-866-544-1487 and connect via LinkedIn, Facebook , Twitter and Google+.

About Direct Expansion Solutions:
Direct Expansion Solutions (DXS) was created by HTS Texas in 2007 to develop a dedicated team of specialists to address the rapidly growing Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) segment of the air conditioning industry. Due to the rapidly growing demand for high efficiency and green building standards, DXS has experienced tremendous growth by helping owners and developers save time and money with the state-of-the-art Daikin VRV air conditioning system. DXS serves the state of Texas with offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The DXS experience includes nearly all market sectors from retail, office, residential, military, healthcare, educational and industrial applications. For more information, visit www.DXSeng.com.

Media Contacts:
Shar-day Campbell
Account Executive
Ward Creative Communications
713-869-0707 | scampbell@wardcc.com 

If you’re in the healthcare construction field, this is an informative article from the Medical Construction & Design Magazine about the current trends in your industry (p 62-64). For questions, please contact us at htstexas@htseng.com.