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Thermo-Trol Systems

Thermo-Trol Systems Inc.

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Timeline

  • 1967

    Tom Shotton Starts Thermo-Trol Corporation of Tidewater.

    Manufacture's Representative of Westinghouse Mechanical HVAC Equipment.

  • 1972

    Thermo-Trol becomes representative of Command Aire, and becomes one of the first Water Source and Geothermal Heat Pump distributors in Hampton Roads. Becomes a market leader in Hampton Roads.

  • 1973

    Thermo-Trol becomes representative of Nesbitt Aire.

  • 1981

    Westinghouse applied equipment is acquired by Mcquay International.

  • 1980s

    Thermo-Trol adds Environmental Technologies, Pace, Addison Products, Bohn, Fasco, and many others to be a full service Mechanical System Representative.

  • 1994

    Floyd Evans joins Thermo-Trol to establish Control System Division.

    Becomes Alerton DDC local Dealer.

    Thermo-Trol installs DDC in multiple buildings at Kingsmill resort.

  • 1996

    John Sidlovsky joins Thermo-Trol Systems to add industrial systems integration and Control Panel Manufacturing to the Control Division.

    Thermo-Trol Systems installs DDC at Naval Weapons Station Torpedo School.

  • 1997

    Thermo-Trol Systems Panel Division receives UL508A listed rating for industrial panel manufacturing/fabrication.

  • 1997

    Thermo-Trol Systems is the first company in the "World" to install BACnet DDC Control System in seven (7) buildings for City of Portsmouth City Hall Complex.

    Thermo-Trol Systems adopts BACnet for all its install control systems. Becomes the leader in Hampton Roads on BACnet DDC system Protocal. Embarks on training Engineers and Customers on the benefits of BAcnet Protocol.

  • 1999

    Floyd Evans and John Sidlovsky purchase Thermo-Trol Systems from Tom Shotton.

    Becomes one of TRIDIUM Controls first dealers.

  • 2000

    Thermo-Trol Systems Acquires Air-A-Plane Panel Division and Panel Fabricators.

    Roger Floyd, former Engineer at Air-A-Plane joins Thermo-Trol Systems.

  • 9/10/2001

    Thermo-Trol Systems moves to New 10,000 square foot facility on Viking Drive.

  • 2001

    Thermo-Trol Systems Negotiates large 27 building DDC integration using TRIDIUM Control System. Integration includes Johnson Controls, Siemens. Honeywell, Fire Alarm and other Building Control Systems.

  • 2001

    Thermo-Trol Systems adds large Training Center to its facility to provide education services for its customers.

    John Price joins the Thermo-Trol Systems team, to start full-time estimating and selling of BAS/DDC controls for the company.

  • 2002

    Thermo-Trol Systems becomes the Automated Logic Dealer for the Hampton Roads area.

    Thermo-Trol Systems leads the cause for BACnet Solutions for mechanical controls in the Hampton Roads area.

  • 2003

    Daryl Beasley joins Thermo-Trol Systems.

    Thermo-Trol Systems Industrial Panel Shop begins fabricating panels for Ciba Chemicals.

    TTS Panel Shop manufactures and ships UL panels for Tri-Electron worldwide.

  • 2004

    Thermo-Trol Systems becomes the supplier of Applied Mechanical Equipment and the DDC Control System at the 500,000 Sq. Ft Va. Beach Convention Center.

  • 2005

    Thermo-Trol Systems retires its Mechanical Rep. business after 28 years.

    Thermo-Trol Systems installs DDC controls and metering for our first LEED project.

    Thermo-Trol Systems installs DDC at regional NOAA Weather Center in Wakefield.

  • 2006

    TTS installs DDC in eighteen (18) Norfolk State University Campus Buildings as part of Campus Wide Energy Savings Solution.

    Thermo-Trol Systems installs DDC in our first Clean Room application.

  • 2007

    Thermo-Trol Systems delivers specification development training to fifty (50) plus local Mechanical Engineers and Consultants using CtrlSpecBuilder.

  • 2008

    Thermo-Trol Systems begins DDC installation at Langley Air Force Base Hospital.

    Thermo-Trol Systems does Energy Services Contract with NORESCO at Little Creek Joint Services Base for 74 Buildings. One of the largest multi-vendor DDC system integration into BACnet jobs done in Hampton Roads.

    Greg Skillman (previous owner of Seaboard Mechanical) joins Thermo-Trol Systems to further develop HVAC Service Department.

  • 2009

    Thermo-Trol Systems works with City of Virginia Beach to obtain LEED Gold rating for Existing Buildings at Virginia Beach Convention Center.

  • 2010

    Thermo-Trol Systems becomes an Onity representative.

  • 2015

    Thermo-Tro l Systems becomes a DANFOSS representative for VFDs

  • 2016

    Thermo-Trol Systems becomes an OSIsoft partner. New partnership integrates Thermo-Trol Systems with the OSIsoft’s PI System to Leverage Industrial Control System Solutions at the Enterprise Level. First project moves Thermo-Trol Systems and OSIsoft into the NAVY Smart Grid - Enterprise Solution.

    Thermo-Trol Systems moves to new 22,000 square foot facility at 569 Central Drive. New building includes Corporate Board Room, three conference rooms, state of the art training center, UL 508a Panel Fabrication Shop, offices for Admin, Service, Construction, Sales, Parts, Warehouse, and Programming Labs.

  • 2017

    Thermo-Trol Systems celebrates our 50th Year Anniversary. In appreciation of this milestone event, we conduct an “Open House” and invite our customers to join us in our success.

  • 2018

    Thermo-Tro l Systems become a Skyspark representative to further advance enterprise solution analytics.

    Thermo-Trol Systems becomes a Tridium representative once again. The Niagara framework affords us additional integration horsepower on established government sites.

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