VIA EMAIL and US Mail
March 29, 2016 Ms. Heather Nash Nifong Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Land 1021 N. Grand Ave East Springfield, Illinois 62794 Subject: Thermostat Recycling Corporation’s 2015 Annual Report Dear Ms. Nifong: Since 1998, TRC's national program has collected more than 2.1 million thermostats, diverting more than 10 tons of mercury from the waste stream. TRC continues to do more by increasing its budget, visiting more states (up 38% compared to 2014), and modernizing its work force. You will find attached TRC’s annual collection report for calendar year 2015. TRC would like to highlight some aspects of the 2015 program in Illinois:
• The program collected 10,193 thermostats in 2015. This was a 33% decrease compared to the record number of thermostats collected in 2014.
• In 2015 the program collected 88.8 pounds of mercury in the state of Illinois. Since 1998, the annual pounds of mercury collected in Illinois has increased by an average of 33% per year. During the same time period, the pounds of mercury collected in the nation increased by 21% per year.
• TRC’s website traffic continued to increase in 2015. There was a 44% increase of visitors from Illinois while TRC increased its total annual visitors by 71% compared to 2014.
• The counties with the most bins returned in 2015 were Cook (59 bins), DuPage (28 bins), and Winnebago (15 bins).
If the department would like to discuss any of these items in greater detail, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at 571-302-0877. Sincerely yours,
Ryan L Kiscaden Executive Director
ILLINOIS STATE ANNUAL REPORT
FY 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRC Annual Report on Mercury-added Thermostat Collection and Recycling in Illinois Calendar Year 2015
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Collection Data .............................................................................................................2
Program Education and Outreach .........................................................................6
Summary of Additional Education and Outreach by Channel……………...23
National Program Expenses ................................................................................. 42
2016 Program Plans ................................................................................................ 45
Program Evaluation ................................................................................................. 49
Appendices ................................................................................................................. 71
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In 2015, TRC recovered 88.8 pounds of mercury from the equivalent of 16,431 mercury
thermostats. A total of 10,193 intact mercury thermostats and 14,321 mercury thermostat
switches were recovered from Illinois collection locations in 2015 (mercury thermostats
recovered from Illinois locations averaged 1.25 switches per thermostat in 2015).
TRC recovered 7,644 thermostats from HVAC wholesale distributor collection locations (75%),
102 from HHW locations (1.4%), 2,446 from contractor locations (24%) and 1 from retail
locations (less than 1%).
Illinois established a performance requirement for manufacturers to collect 22,500 thermostats
for 2015 by statute. TRC did not achieve the performance requirement in 2015.
EXHIBIT 1: 2015 ILLINOIS COLLECTIONS BY BRAND
Brand Holder Thermostats Count Switches
Pounds Mercury
Bard 2 4 0.02 Burnham Holdings 3 3 0.02 Carrier 282 407 2.52 General Electric Corporation
47 128 0.79
Goodman Global 47 72 0.45 Grainger 57 60 0.37 Honeywell 7632 9576 59.37 Invensys 69 75 0.47 ITT Corporation 3 5 0.03 Lennox 198 253 1.57 Lux Products 50 54 0.33 Marley-Wylain Company 6 8 0.05 McQuay International 1 1 0.01 Nordyne Corporation 11 14 0.09 PSG Controls 133 133 0.82 Rheem 71 75 0.47 Sears Holdings 58 63 0.39 Taco, Inc. 1 2 0.01 Trane 153 301 1.87 White Rogers 1290 1400 8.68 York/Johnson Controls 60 74 0.46
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------- Non-Member Brands ------------------------------ ADDISON 1 4 0.02 AIRTEMP 1 1 0.01 AMERICAN STABILIS 1 1 0.01 Brady 1 1 0.01 ces 1 2 0.01 COMFORT ZONE 2 2 0.01 FLORIDA HEAT AND PUMP
1 2 0.01
Heating Green 1 1 0.01 lanair 1 1 0.01 Montgomery Wards 1 1 0.01 Singer 2 2 0.01 SINGER1 2 2 0.01 TRIAD 1 1 0.01 WATER FURNACE 1 2 0.01 ------- NOM (Manufacturer Non Identifiable) ------------------------------ NOM 2 4 0.02 Loose Bulbs 0 1586 9.83
TOTAL 10,193 14,321 88.79
WASTE MERCURY-ADDED THERMOSTAT MANAGEMENT Bins with waste mercury-switch thermostats are received at the fulfillment/processing center in
Golden Valley, Minnesota. The facility is owned and operated by Honeywell International under
contract with TRC.
Bins are received at the loading dock and sent to the TRC processing area. The bin and plastic
liner are opened and the contents are identified, sorted, and tallied. The following data is
recorded for each bin returned and processed: bin number, business name (location name), city,
state, zip code, date returned, number of thermostats and mercury switches by manufacturer and
any non-conforming material.
The bin is returned to the location that sent it in with a new prepaid address label within 72 hours
of receipt. The thermostats are stored and staged in a plastic lined carton in a storage area for
final processing. The containers are dated and processed in order received, first in-first out.
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The containers are returned from the storage area to the TRC processing area to have the mercury
bulbs removed from the plastic housing. Universal Waste Regulations require the disposal of
waste within 12 months of generation. TRC’s processor requires that the disposal occur within 6
months of generation and TRC follows the more stringent requirement. Small quantities of
thermostats are removed from the container, which is then closed again, and placed at the bulb
removal workstation on a tray that contains any potential mercury spillage. The bulbs are
removed from the thermostats and placed into a 2 quart container at the work station. If a bulb
breaks and the mercury spills, the work area is designed to contain the spillage and the operators
are trained in the clean-up and disposal of mercury. The TRC processing area is equipped with
special mercury vacuum cleaners and the work area is vacuumed at the end of the work day to
assure that any spillage is cleaned up and not left to evaporate.
The 2 quart container is emptied into a special 55 gallon drum which is labeled and dated
according to regulations. The drum is sealed with a band and is only opened when contents are
being added to it. Special negative pressure venting assures any fumes are drawn away and
vented when the drum is opened.
The 55 gallon drum is then shipped to Veolia Environmental Services in Port Washington,
Wisconsin for final processing of the mercury ampoules (switches) Veolia Environmental Services
meets or exceeds all local, state, federal and EPA regulations for the management of the product.
Veolia’s approvals for mercury recovery/recycling include:
• EPA - identification WIR000130591 (Veolia Environmental Services, Inc.)
• EPA BDAT Requirement - satisfied by all recovery operations
• CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act)
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
All facilities processing thermostats shipped to TRC follow all EPA guidelines and regulations. TRC
has a facility license from Hennepin County Minnesota for the operation of the TRC. Honeywell,
Inc. has a Hazardous Waste Generator license from Hennepin County. All persons who handle
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mercury thermostats as part of the TRC operation receive training in the handling of Hazardous
Waste and Universal Waste.
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DIRECT MAIL TRC utilized direct mail throughout the year to target collection locations, HVAC
contractors/technicians, and household hazardous waste (HHW) facilities.
TRC Collection Locations
• To encourage collection point participation and to stimulate the timely return of TRC
collection containers, TRC mailed reminder postcards (Exhibit 2) to collection points that
had not returned a TRC container within the last 12 months (in accordance with Universal
Waste Regulations). TRC mailed 177 reminders in April, 177 in August, and 295 in
November.
• On 7/8 TRC sent sales letters to 8 Columbia Pipe and Supply Co. wholesale locations
without TRC bins in the state of Illinois. The letter was sent to remind these branches of
their lawful obligation to provide a mercury thermostat recycling option to customers and
offered free bins to help them meet this obligation. A supplementary letter was sent to the
CEO of Columbia Pipe and Supply Co. as an alert. TRC received no response. (Appendix 1)
• On 7/9 TRC sent sales letters to 2 Porter Pipe and Supply Co. wholesale locations without
TRC bins in the state of Illinois. The letter was sent to remind these branches of their
lawful obligation to provide a mercury thermostat recycling option to customers and
offered free bins to help them meet this obligation. A supplementary letter was sent to the
CEO of Porter Pipe and Supply Co. as an alert. TRC received no response. (Appendix 2)
• On 7/17 TRC mailed a letter to 27 Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors
International (HARDI) member CEOs with headquarters in Illinois. The letter encouraged
them to conduct an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Mercury thermostat cleanout
at their branches, and included a sample memo for HARDI CEOs to distribute to their
collection locations. (Appendix 3)
• On 10/28 TRC sent sales letters to 11 Winsupply wholesale locations without TRC bins in
the state of Illinois. The letter was sent to remind these branches of their lawful obligation
to provide a mercury thermostat recycling option to customers and offered free bins to
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help them meet this obligation. TRC received one bin order response as a result of this
letter. (Appendix 4)
EXHIBIT 2: REMINDER POSTCARD
HVAC Contractors/Technicians
TRC purchased all HVAC contractor lists from Hoover’s, narrowing the results by SIC codes
relating to the HVAC industry.
• TRC mailed an 11x6 sized postcard to 380 HVAC contracting business contacts with 10 or
more employees in September and November (Exhibit 3). The messaging targeted on an
emotional appeal to fathers, since the industry is predominantly male, coming from their
children in an appeal to “Get with the program.” The postcard also offered a limited-time
free recycling bin.
• In October TRC mailed an 18x24 sized full-color, double-sided poster (Exhibit 4) to 380
HVAC contracting business contacts with more than ten employees. The mailing included a
letter (Appendix 5) encouraging them to display the poster and informing them of TRC’s
program. It also offered a limited-time free bin.
• In December TRC mailed a full color letter to 1,852 HVAC contracting business contacts
with two to nine employees. (Appendix 6)
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• In December TRC mailed a holiday cards to 417 HVAC contracting business contacts with
10 or more employees. The card was holiday themed and offered the gift of a free mercury
thermostat recycling bin. (Exhibit 5)
EXHIBIT 3: 11X6 POSTCARD
Side 1:
Side 2:
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EXHIBIT 4: 18X24 POSTER
Side 1: Side 2:
EXHIBIT 5: HOLIDAY CARD TO CONTRACTORS
Outside (front and back of folded card): Inside:
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ADVERTISING TRC’s two primary advertising targets remain HVAC contractors/technicians and HVAC wholesale
distributors. For the contractors/technicians segment, TRC focuses on residential and light
commercial contractors because of their relatively high level of hands-on contact with waste
mercury thermostats. The second segment of focus is HVAC wholesale distributor locations as
they remain the most convenient location for the majority of Illinois-based
technicians/contractors to purchase replacement thermostats and recycle waste mercury
thermostats.
Homeowners remain a secondary market as they represent a small segment of the market (+/-
10%). Since replacing a mercury thermostat is a rare event (if ever) for a consumer, TRC derives
the greatest impact/value from its marketing activities by concentrating on the channel segment
that conducts the vast majority of repeat thermostat replacements.
TRC’s 2015 advertising campaign continued to focus mostly on “easy and free” and “It’s the law”
messaging (where applicable, as only a limited number of states ban the disposal of mercury
thermostats in solid waste and/or require HVAC contractors to recycle all mercury thermostats
removed from service).
The purpose of TRC’s advertisements were two-fold: 1) continue to build brand/program
awareness and 2) increase program participation by raising awareness of specific legal obligations
to recycle and the ease of recycling.
Print Advertising
TRC continued print-based advertisements in the following national/regional HVAC trade
publications:
• HVAC Insider Chicagoland, which has a monthly subscription of more than 5,284 in
Illinois. The advertisement was 1/2pg size in 2-color and ran in the January, February,
May, June, September and October issues. (Exhibit 6)
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• Johnstone Supply Flyer, a printed version of their online catalogue that is mailed to more
than 300,000 HVAC contractors nationwide. The flyer featured a full page TRC
advertisement in their August issue to promote the TRC TV giveaway promotion (Exhibit
7). Johnstone Supply has 17 locations in Illinois. Johnstone Supply provided this insertion
at no-cost to TRC.
• Distribution Center Magazine, the exclusive publication of HARDI, with more than 11,000
bi-monthly subscribers. TRC ran a full-color 1/4 page advertisement in May and
December promoting the Big Man on Planet competition. (Exhibit 8)
• HVACR Business Magazine, a national publication with approximately 34,000 qualified
subscribers, of which approximately 1,700 are in Illinois. TRC ran a full color 1/4 page
advertisement in January, March and July. (Exhibit 9)
EXHIBIT 6: HVAC INSIDER CHICAGOLAND AD
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EXHIBIT 7: JOHNSTONE SUPPLY FLYER AD
EXHIBIT 8: DISTRIBUTION CENTER MAGAZINE ADS
May: December:
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EXHIBIT 9: HVACR BUSINESS MAGAZINE AD
Digital Advertising
TRC continued the use of rotating banner advertisements in 2015, with changes in scheduling and
scope and the addition of new outlets.
TRC follows the national trend of analyzing advertisement success by measuring each
advertisement’s impression and click-through rate. An impression is a measure of the number of
times an ad is displayed, and a click-through rate (CTR) is the number of times a click is made on
the advertisement divided by the total impressions.
TRC’s new advertising in 2015 included:
• ACHR News’ AHR Wrap Up Enewsletter, sent to 12,000 opt-in subscribers. This is an annual
email sent in January at the conclusion of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating
(AHR) Exposition, the largest HVAC industry trade show. TRC ran a Medium Rectangle ad
within the email that received a 0.72% CTR. (Exhibit 10)
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• Distribution Center’s Enewsletter, sent to 4,000 weekly opt-in subscribers. TRC ran a
Medium Rectangle ad in February, March and June receiving an average CTR of 2.5%.
(Exhibit 10)
• NATE Enewsletter, sent bi-monthly to 31,900 opt-in subscribers. TRC ran a text ad that
received a 0.14% CTR.
EXHIBIT 10: ACHR NEWS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER ENEWSLETTER AD
TRC also continued digital advertisements on the following HVAC industry websites below:
• HVACR Business “Ahead of the Curve” Enewsletter, a monthly newsletter that reaches
approximately 9,000 opt-in readers each month. TRC ran a banner ad in July, August,
November and December (Exhibit 11). The average CTR was 3.0%.
• HVACRBusiness.com, an HVAC publication website with 14,000 monthly visitors. TRC ran a
banner ad in February and July that resulted in 92,848 impressions and an average CTR of
0.9%. (Exhibit 12)
• Contracting Business Magazine’s dedicated Email Blast, which was sent twice with
different messaging to opt-in subscribers in states with disposal bans, including Illinois.
The January mailing was sent to 5,980 subscribers and received a 25% open rate and a
0.5% CTR (Appendix 7), while the June mailing was sent to 8,970 subscribers and received
a 13% open rate and a 0.5% CTR (Appendix 8).
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• ACHRNews.com, a website that assists the decision-makers from all branches of the HVAC
industry including contractors, manufacturers, distributors, parts and supply wholesalers,
and service companies. More than 241,852 HVACR professionals visit the website every
month, totaling more than 308,911 monthly website visits. TRC ran a Topic Sponsorship ad
in January, February and September that resulted in an average 0.14% CTR. (Exhibit 13)
• ACHR Newsletter, a weekly email blast with more than 10,000 subscribers. TRC ran a
banner ad for four issues in April and four issues in October with an average CTR of 4.7%.
(Exhibit 13)
• HVAC-Talk.com, an online forum that averages more than 300,000 monthly visitors. TRC
ran a rotating banner ad in February, March and July which resulted in 291,706 total
impressions and an average CTR of .03%. (Exhibit 12)
EXHIBIT 11: HVACR BUSINESS “AHEAD OF THE CURVE” ENEWSLETTER AD
EXHIBIT 12: HVACRBUSINESS.COM AND HVAC-TALK.COM AD
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EXHIBIT 13: ACHRNEWS.COM TOPIC SPONSORSHIP ADS
Exhibit 14 presents benchmark data from Google’s Display Benchmarks tool on average digital
advertising CTR’s in the U.S. by year. It shows that the highest national average CTR in 2015 was
0.09%, so TRC’s CTR performance exceeded the national average.
EXHIBIT 14: GOOGLE DISPLAY’S BENCHMARK TOOL
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Additionally, the current average open rate for emails is 14%, and the average CTR in emails is
1.6%1, which TRC generally also exceeds.
Google AdWords
Since 2011 TRC has deployed a Google AdWords campaign that geo-targets
contractors/technicians and consumers (homeowners) in states with mercury thermostat
disposal bans, including Illinois (Exhibit 15). Advertisements appear on Google search results
pages after an individual searches terms related to TRC’s mission (E.g. thermostat replacement,
contracting recycling regulations, mercury thermostat recycling, programmable thermostats, etc.).
TRC continued this campaign in 2015, running it the duration of the calendar year. This is TRC’s
preferred option to reach consumers because of the campaign’s extensive and targeted reach.
The Illinois campaign yielded 475,943 impressions with an average CTR of 0.61%.
EXHIBIT 15: GOOGLE ADWORDS LANDING PAGE
1 "M+R Benchmarks 2015." M+R and NTEN’s 2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report. 1 May 2015: 57. Print.
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EARNED MEDIA In 2015 TRC continued to enjoy positive and frequent coverage within the industry trade press,
appearing more than 20 times through a variety of publications. TRC issued many media releases
that were published, generating additional exposure for the program.
Notably, TRC continued to receive coverage and editorial pieces in industry leading publications
such as:
• The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (ACHR) News (370,378 reach), including a front
page editorial article (Exhibit 16)
• Distribution Center (11,000 circulation)
• Contracting Business (40,000 circulation)
• Wholesale distributor’s on-hold phone messaging, including Johnstone Supply and
Standard Supply
• Johnstone Supply’s printed flyer (300,000 circulation)
• HVAC-Talk.com (408,769 monthly unique browsers)
Additionally, two of TRC’s employees, Ryan Kiscaden and Christyn Zehnder, were voted onto
HARDI’s first 40 under 40 list. The list recognizes the HVAC industry’s top performers and rising
stars who are younger than 40. The list will be published in the spring of 2016 in Distribution
Center Magazine. There were hundreds of eligible HARDI members considered, making this a
highly competitive group.
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EXHIBIT 16: ACHR NEWS FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL ARTICLE
TRC WEBSITE TRC’s website data is calculated through Google Analytics, and website traffic continued to
increase in 2015. TRC increased its total annual visitors by 71% compared to 2014. There was a
44% increase of visitors from Illinois and the state ranked 6th among the country in terms of its
share of visitors to TRC’s website. The increase in traffic reflects the impact of paid trade channel
advertising, the Google AdWords campaign, and search engine optimization efforts.
In May TRC implemented an automated welcome email for collection sites that sign-up for the
program through TRC’s website. In November TRC transitioned its current website into a
responsive website, meaning it is fully optimized for greater visibility across all devices including
mobile and tablets.
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TRC’s social media presence increased as well. The TRC Twitter account saw a 42% increase in
number of followers in 2015, and its Facebook page enjoyed an 83% increase of page “Likes.”
TRADE SHOWS, CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS TRC staff attended, exhibited and/or presented at the following regional and national shows
pertaining to Illinois:
• January 13th: Honeywell International Webinar (NEW)
Ryan Kiscaden presented a TRC Webinar to Honeywell International to an audience of 15
contractors. The webinar focused on ways for contractors to profit from recycling by using
other industry items to increase their profitability.
• January 25th – 28th: Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition.
Chicago, IL
TRC staff attended and exhibited at the AHRI (Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration
Institute) Expo in Chicago. The show brought in over 2,000 exhibitors and 60,000 HVAC/R
professionals, including more than 19,345 in the North Central region of the U.S.
• February 9th – 13th: Association of Energy Service Professionals (AESP) Trade Show
Orlando, FL
AESP is the premier organization for professionals in the energy efficiency industry. Over
300 industry professionals attend the event including utility professionals and industry
advisors/implementers. TRC staff attended this show.
• February 12th: Product Stewardship Institute Webinar (NEW!)
TRC staff presented a webinar through the Product Stewardship Institute entitled
“Connecting Rural HHW Program Managers to Manufacturer-Funded Take-Back Programs”
to an audience of 25 professionals.
• February 26th: AESP Brown Bag Webinar (NEW!)
TRC staff presented a Brown Bag Webinar to AESP on recycling programs for utilities and
utility implementers. The webinar was added to TRC’s YouTube page in April and received
33 views.
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• March 3rd-4th: Johnstone Supply Member Meeting
San Diego, CA
Johnstone Supply is a cooperative wholesaler distributor of HVAC parts and equipment
with over 380 locations nationwide, including 17 in Illinois. Johnstone’s Annual
Membership meeting is invitation only and TRC once again attended and exhibited as part
of an ongoing effort with Johnstone to encourage and expand the cooperative’s members’
participation. The event is well attended by owners and senior staff and remains a unique
opportunity to engage directly with key decision makers.
• March 15th – 18th: ACCA and the IE3: Indoor Environment & Energy Expo
Dallas, TX
Co-presented by Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), this expo is the largest
marketplace for the indoor environmental and energy services contracting industry. TRC
staff exhibited and promoted the program to attending HVAC contractors.
• March 27th: YouTube Video Presentation (NEW!)
TRC created and uploaded a video presentation entitled “Mercury Thermostats: A
Historical Overview and Review of Current Legislation” to TRC’s YouTube channel. The
video received 39 views in 2015.
• March 25th: ACCA Town Hall Webinar (NEW!)
A Town Hall Webinar was presented to ACCA members regarding the TRC Program.
• April 12th-14th: HARDI FOCUS Marketing & Sales Conference (NEW!)
Charleston, SC
TRC staff attended this conference where marketing and sales professionals learn from
joint sessions that help them align their strategies and improve synergy between
departments.
• May 28th: ACCA Webinar with Dynatemp (NEW!)
TRC teamed up with Dynatemp, a refrigerant manufacturer and recycler, to present a
Webinar on environmental compliance to the ACCA.
• September 14th – 16th: NAHMMA National Conference
Austin, TX
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TRC staff attended the conference and sponsored the silent auction. The conference
facilitated peer-group interaction and exchange of ideas and information relating to
hazardous materials management. TRC staff gave a presentation on techniques for
marketing to target audiences, which was attended by more than 30 HHW professionals.
• October 6th: EEBA Excellence in Building Conference & Expo (NEW!)
Denver, CO
After joining the association and speaking with their Executive Director, TRC staff attended
the show for the first time. The conference focused on ways for both
residential/commercial HVAC contractors and home performance contractors to work
together.
• October 7th: IFMA World Workplace Conference & Expo
Denver, CO
Held annually, IFMA’s World Workplace meets the educational and networking needs of
professionals who support the built environment. IFMA promotes World Workplace year-
round to more than 23,000 members in 85 countries; plus an additional 200,000
workplace professionals. TRC staff attended for the first time.
• December 5th – 8th: HARDI National Conference
Orlando, FL
TRC staff again exhibited and participated in the “Booth Program,” which provides for 1-
on-1 sessions with senior executive staff from HARDI member companies. This event
targeted representatives of approximately 80% of the wholesale market for HVACR
products. TRC also presented its annual “Big Man on the Planet Award.”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF 2014 PROGRAM REVISIONS The following narrative outlines the results of the agreed upon Agency Modifications to TRC’s
Program Revisions:
I. Quarterly Meetings with TRC
Due to IL EPA staffing changes, the first quarterly meeting was pushed back to May 21st.
Additional meetings were held on August 5th and December 2nd.
II. Addition of Staff
TRC added one full-time staff person in January and September 2014. In 2015, staff specifically:
a) Targeted wholesale collection locations that indicated no or low level participation with
in-person visits. This is detailed in section III.a below.
b) TRC solicited wholesaler participation in TRC promotional campaigns as detailed in
section III below.
c) TRC assisted with targeting existing contractor participants to recover one or more of their
containers annually.
III. TRC Outreach Campaigns
a) TRC will visit at least 70% of the wholesaler collection locations with no or low level
participation during the previous calendar year. TRC defined no participation as meaning
not a single return in 2015, while low participation was defined as less than 25
thermostats returned in 2015. A total of 73 sites fit this criteria, meaning TRC needed to
visit 51 sites to reach 70%. TRC visited 65 of these sites in 2015, exceeding the
requirement.
b) TRC will call 50 contractors with little or no participation in TRC’s program, targeting
businesses with more than ten employees, at least $1 million in annual revenue, or both.
TRC staff called 57 in 2015.
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c) Prior to August 1, 2014, TRC provided the Illinois EPA with its list of participating
wholesale distributor locations in Illinois in an Excel document.
d) TRC has provided the Illinois EPA with updated collection data within one week of any
Illinois EPA request for such data to use in advance of collection location visits by Illinois
EPA staff.
IV. TRC Promotional Campaigns
a) TRC will offer free recycling containers and marketing materials to all residential
contractors with more than ten employees, an annual revenue of greater than $1 million,
or both. In October 2015 TRC sent an 18x24 double-sided poster to contacts who fit that
criteria with offer of a free TRC container.
b) TRC will offer a TV raffle promotional campaign (or similar) to a minimum of five
wholesale distributor locations in the Chicago metropolitan area and to at least two
locations in metropolitan areas outside of Chicago. June 1st – August 31st, 2015 TRC ran a
TV raffle promotion at four Crescent Parts & Equipment locations outside of Chicago. TRC
also ran TV Raffle promotion at Johnstone Supply locations in September at 11 locations
inside the Chicago area and 6 outside the Chicago area. The TV promotion was offered to
Munch’s Supply in May but they declined to participate at the time.
TRC will offer at least one turn-key campaign which includes marketing support and all
materials (including prizes) necessary to implement the campaign. The odds of winning a
prize much be at least 1 in 5 per entry. Specific efforts must be made to solicit wholesaler
participation in the Chicago metropolitan area and markets outside of Chicago.
TRC implemented a “5 for $5” promotion at 5 York/JCI locations within the Chicago market
starting June 1st – November 30th. The promotion offered a $5 gift card to Subway for
every 5 mercury thermostats recycled. In May this promotion was also offered to Benoist
Brothers, who has three locations outside the Chicago market, but they declined to
participate.
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c) TRC will develop a direct mail campaign targeting HVAC contractors with more than ten
employees, annual revenue greater than $1 million, or both. The mailing must include an
item of value that does not contain mercury with a message encouraging the recipient to
recycle mercury thermostats. In October 2015 TRC mailed an 18x24 double-sided poster
to fit this criteria.
V. Additional Planned Modifications
a) Website redesign: TRC launched the updated website in March 2014 as planned.
Additionally, in November of 2015 TRC launched a responsive website, meaning it is now
fully optimized for mobile and tablet viewers.
b) In 2015 TRC continued to make dump bin displays available at no cost to any HVAC
wholesaler who requested one.
c) TRC implemented its Customer Relation Management software in 2014 as planned.
VI. Additional Adjustments to Paid Advertising Strategy
a) TRC has completed its 2014 advertising schedule as planned. The 2015 schedule was as
follows:
• HVAC Insider Chicagoland, a regional publication which has a monthly circulation
of 5,214 contractors, technicians, and wholesale distributors in Illinois. TRC ran a
2-color 1/2 page advertisement in the January, February, May, June, September and
October issues.
• Distribution Center Magazine, the exclusive publication of HARDI, with more than
11,000 bi-monthly subscribers. TRC ran a full-color 1/4 page advertisement in
May and December promoting the Big Man on Planet competition.
• HVACR Business Magazine, a national publication with approximately 34,000
qualified subscribers, of which approximately 1,675 are in Illinois. TRC ran a full
color 1/4 page advertisement in January, March and July.
• ACHR News’ AHR Wrap Up Enewsletter, sent to 12,000 opt-in subscribers. This is
an annual email sent in January at the conclusion of the Air-Conditioning, Heating,
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Refrigerating (AHR) Exposition, the largest HVAC industry trade show. TRC ran a
Medium Rectangle ad within the email that received a 0.72% CTR.
• Distribution Center’s Enewsletter, sent to 4,000 weekly opt-in subscribers. TRC ran
a Medium Rectangle ad in February, March and June receiving an average CTR of
2.5%.
• NATE Enewsletter, sent bi-monthly to 31,900 opt-in subscribers. TRC ran a text ad
that received a 0.14% CTR.
• HVACR Business “Ahead of the Curve” Enewsletter, a monthly newsletter that
reaches approximately 9,000 opt-in readers each month. TRC ran a banner ad in
July, August, November and December. The average CTR was 3.0%.
• HVACRBusiness.com, an HVAC publication website with 14,000 monthly visitors.
TRC ran a banner ad in February and July that resulted in 92,848 impressions and
an average CTR of 0.9%.
• Contracting Business Magazine’s dedicated Email Blast, which was sent twice with
different messaging to opt-in subscribers in states with disposal bans, including
Illinois. The January mailing was sent to 5,980 subscribers and received a 25%
open rate and a 0.5% CTR, while the June mailing was sent to 8,970 subscribers
and received a 13% open rate and a 0.5% CTR.
• ACHRNews.com, a website that assists the decision-makers from all branches of
the HVAC industry including contractors, manufacturers, distributors, parts and
supply wholesalers, and service companies. More than 241,852 HVACR
professionals visit the website every month, totaling more than 308,911 monthly
website visits. TRC ran a Topic Sponsorship ad in January, February and September
that resulted in an average 0.14% CTR.
• ACHR Newsletter, a weekly email blast with more than 10,000 subscribers. TRC ran
a banner ad for four issues in April and four issues in October with an average CTR
of 4.7%.
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• HVAC-Talk.com, an online forum that averages more than 300,000 monthly
visitors. TRC ran a banner ad in February, March and July which resulted in
291,706 total impressions and an average CTR of .03%.
• TRC ran its Google AdWords campaign in Illinois for the duration of the year which
generated 475,943 impressions and had a 0.61% CTR
b) TRC revamped the Big Man on Planet competition in 2014 as planned. In 2015, TRC
further updated it by including an additional 4th tier to encourage participation, with the
goal of doubling the level of participation. The competition ran May 1st – October 31st and
experienced a 71% increase in collections over the 2014 competition.
c) TRC awarded the 2014 Illinois Distributor of the Year sustainable plaque to the Rockford
branch of Johnstone Supply on 7/28/15. A framed proclamation from the governor was
also presented to the branch manager, Al Kunze.
d) TRC will create and make available to all collection locations in Illinois an Illinois-specific
poster advertising TRC’s Illinois collection program. TRC completed this in 2014.
Additionally, in 2015 TRC offered it to 380 HVAC contractors in a list obtained through
Hoover’s.
e) Provide the Illinois EPA the brand names and count of mercury thermostats which were
not manufactured by TRC members, but which were collected and shipped to TRC by
Illinois collection locations. This is provided at the beginning of the report under the “Non-
Member Brands” collections under header “Collection Data”.
f) TRC will provide the Illinois EPA with a complete list of TRC members, addresses, and
contact persons as a component of the 2015 Illinois Annual Report.
g) TRC continued to exhibit at regional and key national industry events in 2015.
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HVAC WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR OUTREACH
Ferguson Enterprises Onboarding
Ferguson Enterprises is the number one wholesaler in the country, owning more than 200 HVAC
locations nationwide. Ferguson’s corporate made a business decision to engage in both HVAC and
blended Ferguson stores regardless of state mandatory programs. As a result of this initiative,
Ferguson signed up 90 Ferguson Enterprise stores for the program, 3 of its Lyon Conklin Co.
stores, and 2 of its Air Cold Supply stores. In addition, Ferguson purchased a current HVAC
distributor whom uses the TRC program, Redlon and Johnson.
Ferguson sent an email in July to 15,910 subscribers announcing its partnership with TRC and
highlighting the program (Exhibit 17).
Due to these efforts, collections from Ferguson owned distributors increased 37% percent in
2015.
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EXHIBIT 17: FERGUSON NATIONAL EMAIL
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Promotions
Johnstone Supply
In September, Johnstone Supply launched a 40 inch TV giveaway at 383 of their stores nationwide,
including 17 locations in Illinois. Each mercury thermostat recycled earned entry into the
giveaway. The promotion was in partnership with Honeywell; a customer could earn additional
entries by purchasing any new Honeywell thermostat. During the promotion, Johnstone Supply
incorporated the TV giveaway promotion into their recorded messaging for customers calling who
are put on hold. The message was 45 seconds long and was in rotation with several other
messages.
TRC provided Johnstone Supply full color 18x24 posters and a new cardboard header (Exhibit 18)
for the TRC merchandise display to promote awareness of the program in stores. A 4x6 sized
postcard (Exhibit 19) was then sent to all Johnstone locations on 10/15 as a reminder to send in
their bins after the TV promotion ended.
EXHIBIT 18: JOHNSTONE SUPPLY TV GIVEAWAY POSTER AND MERCHANDISE HEADER
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EXHIBIT 19: JOHNSTONE SUPPLY POSTCARD
Front Side: Back Side:
Big Man on Planet Competition
TRC partnered with HARDI for the fourth annual Big Man on Planet (BMOP) competition. The
competition was restructured to allow for four distributor winners (as opposed to three in 2014)
and included a $500-$1,000 employee incentive to the top four branch locations within each tier.
The restructuring was implemented to provide a more fair tiered system, putting distributors with
a similar number of branch locations in competition with one another. In April TRC mailed an
invitation to the executives of 357 HARDI member principle contacts encouraging their
participation in the program (Exhibit 20). The competition ran May 1st – October 31st and
participating locations shipped a total of 432lbs of mercury during the competition.
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EXHIBIT 20: BMOP INVITATION TO HARDI MEMBERS
Outside: Inside:
Location calls
TRC staff made 100 phone calls to collection locations in Illinois that hadn’t returned a bin in more
than 12 months. Calls reminded locations of the need to stay in compliance with accumulation
time limits. TRC staff also offered to replace lost shipping labels, order FedEx Ground pickups for
the bins, or provide free promotional materials. See Appendix 9 for a list of locations contacted.
Site Visits
A total of 67 Illinois collection locations were visited by TRC staff in several key markets. The
majority of locations visited were those that had not returned a bin within the past 12 months.
Visits were conducted to ensure location staff was knowledgeable about the program, prepare the
bin and schedule a shipment if applicable, and supply any other necessary materials. See Appendix
10 for a complete list of locations visited.
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Merchandise Displays for TRC Bins
Throughout the year TRC distributed branded cardboard displays to HVAC wholesale distributor
collection locations in Illinois to showcase the TRC container (Exhibit 21). The purpose of the
displays is to enhance the visibility and accessibility of the program to contractors at HVAC
wholesale locations. These displays were provided at no-cost to distributors.
In 2014 when TRC last ran data, the five largest HVAC wholesalers using the TRC merchandise
display (Johnstone Supply, R.E. Michel, CC Dickson, Gustave Larson, and US Air Conditioning
Distributors) collectively had seen a 25% increase in pounds of mercury recovered and a 45%
increase in frequency of TRC bin returns year-to-date. Therefore, TRC plans to continue providing
and encouraging the use of merchandise displays at HVAC wholesalers to help increase thermostat
collections.
EXHIBIT 21: TRC MERCHANDISE DISPLAY
HVAC CONTRACTOR OUTREACH TRC staff helped develop a draft model HVAC contractor environmental policy and shared it with
the trade group, ACCA (Appendix 11). TRC’s goal is to work with ACCA and other trade groups to
provide this template as a service for contractor’s employee handbooks.
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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY OUTREACH In September TRC developed a tri-fold brochure specifically for household hazardous waste
(HHW) facilities to target their customers (Exhibit 22). It included information on how to locate
HHW facilities nation-wide using TRC’s website and information on how to properly prepare to
dispose mercury thermostats. The brochure PDF is now available on TRC’s website as a
promotional toolkit download, and hard copies are available by request.
EXHIBIT 22: HHW TRI-FOLD BROCHURE
Outside:
Inside:
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UTILITY PROGRAM/IMPLEMENTOR OUTREACH TRC began work with two utility companies in Illinois. The first was the Ameren program in
which CLEAResult was handling disseminating new thermostats to property and business
managers. CLEAResult, working with Ameren, agreed to hand out TRC branded flyers (Exhibit 23)
promoting where to deposit out of service mercury thermostats.
EXHIBIT 23: AMEREN FLYER
Front: Back:
A ComEd representative called TRC regarding implementation of smart thermostats. TRC provided
utility sample compliance language for their RFP’s and directed them to have their installers
contact the TRC directly.
TRC staff wrote model utility implementer RFP requirements to share with utility companies
(Appendix 12). The focus of the model is to help utilities expand environmental compliance
requirements for their implementers. This language would essentially be a term of agreement
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between the utility company and the hired implementer. TRC also began engagement with two
non-TRC members interested in the recycling mercury issue, ecobee and NEST, by submitting to
them MOU’s. All parties involved hope to do more with the TRC program.
TRC engaged utility implementers who are members of Association of Energy Service
Professionals (AESP). In May TRC sent an email to AESP’s subscriber list to remind them of their
regulatory obligations and offer them a free TRC recycling container (Appendix 16). TRC sent a
follow up email in August (Appendix 17). The email in May received a 16% open rate and the one
in August received an 18% open rate. TRC did not receive any requests for the free recycling bin
offer.
HVAC TECHNICIAN SURVEY TRC hired a third-party to create a contractor behavior survey to collect first-hand accounts about
recycling practices and compliance patterns of technicians as well as company level
acceptance/resistance to compliance. The technician survey was conducted in-person by TRC staff
and administered via touch screen devices at several HVAC trade shows nationwide. The surveys
were initiated by asking contractors to take a brief five minute survey regarding recycling
behavior for a chance to win a Bosch Tool.
If a technician indicated interest in participating they were handed the survey in the form of a
touch-screen tablet which had the survey questions already displayed for convenience. Survey
participation was incentivized by entry into a prize raffle for a Bosch tool give-away. The survey
had 46 respondents, and while it included contractors from several states, generally contractor
behavior tends to be similar nationwide.
Demographic
The first questions asked of the technicians were to determine their demographic:
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The demographic data shows that there was a widely varied mix of business sectors and
experience levels. This means that the findings from the survey can be applied generally without a
need for demographic qualifiers. The largest business sector was Mechanical Contractor followed
by Owner Operator. These two sectors comprised 62% of the responding technicians. The
experience range of the respondents was diverse, reflecting a balance of both new and
experienced technicians.
Disposal
To better understand where technicians dispose of mercury thermostats the following question
was posed:
Owner Operator
27%
Professional Dealer…
Mechanical Contractor35%
Refrigeration
Contractor10%
Commercial20%
What is the nature of your business?
Student11%
Less than 1 year13%
1-5 years22%
6-10 years2%
11-20 years11%
21 - 30 years26%
Longer than 30 years15%
How long have you worked as a technician/contractor?
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The above chart shows that the main location for the disposal of mercury containing thermostats
is at the wholesaler. It also points out that roughly 25% of technicians do at least occasionally
throw the thermostats in the trash. The data shows that when technicians do dispose of the
mercury containing thermostats that they generally take them to the correct place, the wholesaler,
but it also shows that there is room for improvement in keeping the thermostats out of the trash.
The survey then inquired about what internal mechanisms employers might be using to encourage
technicians to recycle thermostats:
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Trash
Hardware Store
Company/Office
Wholesaler/Supply House
Where do you dispose of the mercury containing thermostats you collect?
Never Rarely Sometimes Most of the Time Always
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The fact that only 71% of employers require their technicians to recycle mercury containing
thermostats might explain why 25% of technicians may occasionally dispose of them in the trash.
In order to verify this a cross reference was drawn between whether employers require recycling
and technicians that throw away thermostats in the trash.
The above chart shows that 85% of technicians whose employer requires recycling of mercury
containing thermostats actually recycle. By contrast, only 50% recycle without employer
requirement. This strongly suggests that employer policies do have a substantive impact on
recycling by employees.
Yes71%
No29%
Are you required by your employer to recycle mercury containing thermostats?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
No
Yes
Are you required by your employer to recycle mercury containing thermostats?
Disposes of thermostats in trash Recycles thermostats
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Mercury Containing Thermostat Prevalence
In an effort to determine how many mercury containing thermostats are still in use and whether
the number in use has significantly decreased the following question was posed:
When asked how the number of mercury containing thermostats encountered during their career
had changed most technicians felt that there had been a decrease. This leads to the conclusion that
the number of available thermostats has also decreased.
Environmental Concern
To gauge the level of which technicians are concerned about the environment and how mercury
plays in to that the following question was asked of technicians.
Increased7% Remained steady
9%
Decreased84%
Would you say that during the time you have worked as a technician/contractor the number of mercury containing
thermostats you encounter has...
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The above chart identifies that most technicians feel that mercury is very harmful and needs to be
kept out of the environment. This suggests that a campaign that highlights the negative impact
that mercury has on the environment and draws the connection to how technician recycling can
help reduce these impacts may be an effective way to boost participation.
Conclusions
The majority of technicians surveyed realize that mercury is harmful and needs to be kept out of
the environment. However, 25% of technicians still dispose of mercury containing thermostats in
the trash. Through this survey it is also known that over a quarter of technician employers do not
require that their technicians recycle mercury containing thermostats. This suggests that TRC
should work with employers to educate technicians on the program and encourage employers to
require that mercury containing thermostats are disposed of properly. Since most technicians
personally believe that mercury is bad for the environment creating an awareness campaign
educating technicians on the importance of recovering mercury containing thermostats will aid in
increasing participation. See Appendix 13 for survey raw results.
81%
15%4%
Which of the following statements best reflects your personal opinion of the harmfulness of mercury?
Mercury is very harmful and we need to do more to keep it out of the environment.
I don't know. I have no opinion about the harmfulness of mercury.
I don't think it is very harmful.
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Below is a summary of TRC’s national program expenses for 2015. A copy of TRC’s 2014 IRS Form
990 is available by request.
EXHIBIT 24: 2015 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Compared to last year, variances in these program components were flat. Causes for changes
include:
• Recycling Costs: A decrease in whole thermostats processed as compared to 2014.
Recycling costs are directly related to how many whole thermostats are collected at TRC’s
processing facility in Golden Valley, MN. The program’s collections decreased by a little
over 2%.
• Incentive/Promotional Payments: Incentive payments in Maine were flat. In Vermont
they were up with more Retailers and Wholesalers participating. California incentive
expenses were down slightly, and Illinois promotional payments were down significantly
due to a large wholesaler choosing not to participate in an incentive program.
• New Collection Containers: Orders were down 27%. TRC expects a continued decrease
in container orders because the program is operating in a mature collection environment
and available new locations to collect are decreasing.
• Travel: The Director of National Accounts spent more than 60% of his time attending
trade shows, site visits, and attending meetings with key corporate contacts. TRC visited
22 states, up 38% compared to 2014.
Program Component 2014 2015 % ChangeTRC Staff and Administration 593,631$ 625,205$ 5%Recycling Costs 356,043$ 347,555$ -2%Incentive/Promotional Payments 47,712$ 42,224$ -12%New Collection Containers 15,108$ 10,960$ -27%Travel 70,120$ 81,152$ 16%Legal 40,373$ 21,228$ -47%Direct Expense for Marketing & Outreach 289,347$ 277,995$ -4%
Total (expenses) 1,412,333$ 1,406,319$ 0%
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• Direct Expense for Marketing and Outreach: The category used for Marketing
Consulting was down considerably compared to 2014 due to the Director of Marketing and
Communications taking on more responsibility. TRC also spent less on retail displays
compared to 2014. This is as a result of declining available locations which were willing to
accept merchandising displays for their businesses. Lastly, both Advertising and Graphic
Design increased as TRC created its new 2016 marketing campaign, “Recycle every
mercury thermostat, every time”.
EXHIBIT 25: 2015 PROGRAM EXPENSES WITH ILLINOIS SPECIFIC COSTS
• TRC Staff and Administration: On July 1st 2015, TRC changed policy regarding tracking
of employee’s time worked. This procedural change was predicated by state specific
statutory regulations for TRC, particularly requirements on TRC to report costs associated
with its employee’s time allocated to state specific activities. This policy change was for all
TRC employees, including those who were exempt and non-exempt. The procedure was
implemented starting in July to offset this requirement. Although not a perfect subset of
data, the hours worked (as a percentage) were then mirrored to reflect employee’s time
worked for the first half of the year. The decision to mirror time worked was determined
due to the inaccuracies of having each employee go back to the start of the year and
identify their hours worked by state, particularly for those employees whom were exempt.
TRC acknowledges that it may under-estimate the hours worked in the state for 2015.
Program Component Total Expenses ILTRC Staff and Administration 625,204.88$ 9,862.29$ Recycling Costs 347,555.25$ 17,837.75$ Incentive/Promotional Payments 42,224.42$ 1,004.56$ New Collection Containers 10,960.00$ -$ Travel 81,152.16$ 4,334.72$ Legal 21,228.28$ 1,057.57$ Direct Expense for Marketing & Outreach 277,994.50$ 7,824.35$
Total (expenses) 1,406,319.49$ 41,921.23$
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However, all new employees after July 1st 2015 and any time entered for 2016 will
accurately capture each employee’s actual time worked by state.
• New Collection Containers: Fulfillment of new collection containers is done annually at
TRC’s processing facility in Golden Valley, MN. TRC does not currently allocate the costs of
new containers to specific states, instead choosing to keep this in one cost center and
including any costs from an order for containers in “Recycling Costs”. In 2015, Illinois
ordered 9.95% of all new container orders.
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2016 ANNUAL GOALS TRC again set annual goals for the organization for the calendar year of 2016. The 2016 goals
were developed by TRC staff and incorporate each operational area of the organization, including:
1) Continue to increase efforts of collecting mercury thermostats by exploring non-
traditional avenues
2) Steer TRC toward tactical, positive, cohesive messaging while implementing marketing
strategies
3) Continue fulfilling all members’ state specific legal requirements without losing continuity
4) Maximize human capital opportunities by utilizing available internal and external
resources
Many of the activities which drive TRC’s daily functions are captured in the spirit of these goals.
Developing a list of high level external goals allows TRC to keep its focus on the ultimate mission
of recycling every mercury thermostat, every time.
COLLECTION LOCATION TOUCH CAMPAIGN In 2016 TRC will launch a comprehensive location outreach plan that strategically coordinates and
schedules outbound phone calls, reminder postcards, and site visits throughout the year. Designed
around the year’s site visit travel schedule, phone calls have been scheduled to occur within two
months of TRC staff physically visiting a state, and postcards have been scheduled to follow up
these phone calls within two months. Special attention will be focused on states with mandatory
collection programs, including Illinois, which will entail up to 120 phone calls to collection
locations that have not returned a bin within the past year. States with non-mandatory collection
programs will continue to receive up to 60 collection location phone calls in 2016.
Additionally, each state’s TRC collection locations which haven’t returned a bin within the last year
will continue to receive reminder “Miss you” postcards every four months of the year. By
strategically coordinating the time of outreach between these three mediums (site visits, phone
calls, postcards) TRC hopes to maximize the impact of each initiated contact effort.
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BRANDING CAMPAIGN In January TRC placed a full page color ad in ACHR News, one of the industry’s leading HVAC
publication with a weekly circulation of more than 33,000 (Exhibit 26). The ad appeared during
the week of the AHR Expo, which is one of the more popular issues of the magazine. The ad tied
TRC’s members and affiliates together around the positive call to action of recycling every mercury
thermostat, every time. TRC resized this ad to place a half-page size in the February issue of
HVACR Business Magazine as well.
EXHIBIT 26: ACHR NEWS FULL PAGE AD
Additionally in January, TRC launched a new branding campaign, “Recycle every mercury
thermostat, every time” (Exhibit 27). The campaign messaging is based off frequent feedback TRC
staff receives when contractors say “What’s the big deal about mercury? I used to play with it in
school as a kid.” This new messaging compares mercury thermostats to kids playing with HVAC
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tools. HVAC tools are safe when used properly, just like mercury thermostats are safe when
recycled and disposed of properly.
EXHIBIT 27: NEW BRANDING CAMPAIGN
TRC updated its trade show booth display with the new artwork and messaging, and the campaign
will continue throughout the year in print and digital advertising placements with several
different versions featuring different kids with tools.
PAID ADVERTISING Additionally, TRC is currently working to update its Google Adwords campaign to include display
ads, which include images versus only text, to enhance the visibility of the ads. TRC also plans to
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implement Facebook, and potentially YouTube, advertising in the spring and fall during the HVAC
industry’s shoulder (busier) seasons. Ads will have similar messaging to the Google AdWord
campaign and be targeted to states with disposal bans.
Some additional planned advertising and promotion (subject to change) include:
• 1/4pg full-color ad in Distribution Center Magazine for three months
• 1/2pg spot-color ad in HVAC Insider Chicagoland for four months
• Skyscraper banner ad on ACHRNews.com for two months
• Website Topic Sponsorship on ACHRNews.com for three months
• Top leaderboard ad in ACHR News enewsletter for two months
• ACHR News digital edition video spotlight
• ACHR News digital edition sponsorship
• Feature leaderboard ad in NATE’s bi-monthly enewsletter for two months
• Medium rectangle banner ad in Distribution Center’s weekly enewsletter for two months
• Banner ad in AHRI’s weekly newsletter for 13 weeks
• HVACR Business Magazine’s web package for two months, including a video and three
different sized ads on their website
• Continue to exhibit at regional and key national industry events.
• TRC plans on continuing efforts to engage larger contractors and HVAC wholesale
distributors.
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This section of the report examines the annual performance of the thermostat collection recycling
program in terms of bins, thermostats, and mercury collected as well as the year over year
progression of the program.
TRC notes, that the mercury auto switch (ELVS) program collections have been trending
downward or flat at best in recent years in Illinois. According to a recent report, “they have not
been placed in vehicles since model year 2003.” Mercury switch thermostats have not been sold
since the mid 2000’s. Moreover, many were replaced with non-mercury units because electronic
programmable thermostats had become available many years earlier. Thus, given the correlation
of neither discontinued product being placed in the market for 10 or more years, TRC results will
reflect similar indicators from the mercury auto switch program.
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE OVER TIME On average, the program has collected 45.5 pounds of mercury and 5,590 thermostats per
year since 1998. In 2015 the program collected 88.79 pounds of mercury from 10,193
thermostats, a decrease of 27.0% in pounds of mercury and 33.2% in thermostats compared to
the all-time highs achieved in 2014. Figure 1.1 displays the total number of bins collected, the
total number of thermostats, and the total pounds of mercury collected in the state since the
beginning of the program.
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FIGURE 1.1: PROGRAM PERFORMANCE OVER TIME
Figure 1.2 graphically displays the number of bins collected in the state over time as well as the
total number of bins collected in the US over the same time period. The figure shows that the
number of bins collected annually increased from 1998 to 2006, then plateaued until 2010. The
number rose significantly from 2011 to 2012 (184% year over year increase) and once again saw
a large jump in 2013 to its apex in 2014 where it reached its apex.
Year Number Bins Number Stats Lbs Mercury1998 4 327 3.60 1999 19 1,872 14.80 2000 22 1,977 17.06 2001 40 3,635 30.14 2002 26 2,148 20.93 2003 33 3,009 23.67 2004 34 3,128 24.35 2005 40 3,863 31.78 2006 48 4,596 37.42 2007 45 4,367 32.42 2008 47 4,336 34.19 2009 42 4,149 34.32 2010 51 4,978 38.74 2011 79 7,229 58.53 2012 225 13,061 110.52 2013 214 12,479 96.12 2014 310 15,266 121.77 2015 236 10,193 88.79
Average 84.2 5,589.6 45.5 Total 1,515 100,613 819
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FIGURE 1.2. BINS COLLECTED OVER TIME IN STATE AND NATIONALLY
Since 1998, the annual pounds of mercury collected in IL has increased by an average of 33%.
During the same time period, the pounds of mercury collected in the nation increased by 17% per
year. The 88.79 pounds of mercury collected in IL in 2015 was 27% lower than the 121.77
pounds collected in 2014. Figure 1.3 displays the total number of pounds of mercury collected in
the state over time as well as the year over year percent increase (or decrease) in the state and the
US as a whole.
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FIGURE 1.3: POUNDS OF MERCURY COLLECTED IN PROGRAM AND YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES IN STATE AND US.
The state of IL collected 10,193 thermostats in 2015. This was a 33% decrease over the number
of thermostats collected in 2014 but a 122% increase in the last decade. The number of
thermostats collected annually in IL has increased by an average of 43% every year since 1998.
During the same time period, the number of thermostats collected in the US has increased by an
annual average rate of 20%. Figure 1.4 displays the total number of thermostats collected in the
state and the nation and figure 1.5 shares the underlying data as well as the calculated year over
year percent change.
Year Total Lbs Hg % Change State % Change US1998 3.60 N/A NA1999 14.80 312% 104%2000 17.06 15% 11%2001 30.14 77% 89%2002 20.93 -31% 14%2003 23.67 13% 11%2004 24.35 3% 17%2005 31.78 30% 11%2006 37.42 18% 32%2007 32.42 -13% 2%2008 34.19 5% 16%2009 34.32 0% 16%2010 38.74 13% 26%2011 58.53 51% 4%2012 110.52 89% -5%2013 96.12 -13% -5%2014 121.77 27% 13%2015 88.79 -27% -1%
Average 45.51 33% 21%
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FIGURE 1.4: NUMBER OF THERMOSTATS COLLECTED OVER TIME STATE AND NATIONAL
FIGURE 1.5: THERMOSTATS COLLECTED IN IL AND US OVER TIME AND YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENT CHANGE
Year T-stats in IL T-stats in US % Change State % Change US1998 327 13,158 NA NA1999 1,872 27,965 472% 113%2000 1,977 29,637 6% 6%2001 3,635 48,350 84% 63%2002 2,148 61,422 -41% 27%2003 3,009 65,778 40% 7%2004 3,128 81,115 4% 23%2005 3,863 87,754 23% 8%2006 4,596 113,658 19% 30%2007 4,367 114,158 -5% 0%2008 4,336 135,646 -1% 19%2009 4,149 155,731 -4% 15%2010 4,978 200,064 20% 28%2011 7,229 199,918 45% 0%2012 13,061 189,619 81% -5%2013 12,479 181,600 -4% -4%2014 15,266 203,346 22% 12%2015 10,193 198,603 -33% -2%
Average 5,589.6 117,084.6 43% 20%
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Figure 1.6 displays the monthly distribution of bins and thermostats collected in the state over
2015. The months with the greatest number of bins returned were December (42 bins),
November (35 bins) and August (28 bins). The months with the greatest number of thermostats
returned were December (1,463 thermostats), September (1,405 thermostats), and November
(1,354 thermostats). Conversely, the months with the fewest number of thermostats returned in
2015 were February, March and January.
FIGURE 1.6. THERMOSTATS AND BINS COLLECTED PER MONTH 2015
The highest number of thermostats per bin returned was in July (65.6) and January (65.3).
Figure 1.7 shows the average number of thermostats per returned bin per month for the year.
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FIGURE 1.7: AVERAGE THERMOSTATS PER BIN RETURNED PER MONTH
Figure 1.8 displays the average number of thermostats returned per bin in the state and in the US
since the beginning of the state program. Nationally, the number of thermostats per bin has been
decreasing annually since 2000. In IL the number of thermostats per bin in 2015 (43.2
thermostats / bin avg.) was the lowest on record. The 2015 average was below the 18 year
average of 83.6 thermostats per bin. The number of thermostats per bin in IL dropped from an
average of 92.6 from 1998 to 2010 to an average of only 52.2 in 2011 to 2015. This decrease in
thermostats per bin occurred at the same time the total number of bins increased dramatically.
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FIGURE 1.8: AVERAGE NUMBER OF THERMOSTATS PER BIN OVER TIME IN STATE AND NATIONAL
Figure 1.9 plots the total bins returned over time along with the average number of thermostats
per bin over the same period to see whether or not there is a relationship between the two. A
linear regression found a strong negative correlation (r=-.91, slope=-.18) between the two
variables. This indicates that as more bins are returned, the number of thermostats per bin
increases.
FIGURE 1.9: TOTAL BINS AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF THERMOSTATS PER BIN OVER TIME
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The total pounds of mercury collected per 10,000 residents was 0.69 in 2015. This is lower
than the record high for the state of IL set in 2014 of 0.95 pounds of mercury collected per 10,000
residents, however it is more than 2.5 times the amount collected a decade ago and well above the
program average of .39 pounds / 10,000 residents. Figure 1.10 displays the total pounds of
mercury collected per 10,000 state residents over time. The large increase from 2010 through
2012 can easily be observed in the graphical representation of the data.
FIGURE 1.10: POUNDS OF MERCURY COLLECTED ANNUALLY PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
CHANNEL PARTNER ANALYSIS This section of the report examines the partner locations in more detail. The majority of
thermostats collected in state were through wholesalers (75%) with the remaining thermostats
collected by contractors (24%), household hazardous waste facilities (1%) and retailers
(0.2%). Figure 2.1 shows the distribution of thermostats collected by location type in 2015.
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FIGURE 2.1: THERMOSTATS COLLECTED BY LOCATION TYPE IN 2015
The number of bins returned by wholesalers decreased from 195 bins in 2014 to 169 bins in 2015.
At the same time, the number of bins returned by contractors decreased by nearly 50% from 2014
to 2015 with 108 to 63 bins returned per year, respectively. The number returned by household
hazardous waste facilities dropped from 6 bins in 2014 to 2 in 2015. Figure 2.2 displays the
change in the number of bins returned by thermostat collection type over time in the state.
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FIGURE 2.2: THERMOSTAT BIN RETURNS BY LOCATIONS OVER TIME
In 2015, 35.0% of the locations that had a bin in the state of IL sent back at least one bin for
recycling. The distribution is displayed in Figure 2.3.
FIGURE 2.3: PERCENTAGE OF STORES RETURNING A BIN IN 2015
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Figure 2.4 is a scatter plot comparing the frequency of bin returns per location and the number of
thermostats per bin. The analysis sought to determine whether there was any correlation between
the frequency of return and the number of thermostats per bin. While there was only a weak
statistical correlation between the two variables, the scatter data does seem to slightly indicate
that bins that were returned more frequently also tended to have more thermostats per bin in IL.
FIGURE 2.4: CORRELATION OF FREQUENCY OF BIN RETURN AND NUMBER OF THERMOSTATS PER BIN
An analysis of the top performing counties in terms of total bin returns and total thermostats
returned in 2015 was conducted. The IL county with the most bins returned in 2015 was Cook
(59 bins), followed by DuPage (28 bins) and Winnebago (15 bins). The counties with the most
thermostats returned in 2015 were also Cook (2,275), DuPage (1,350 thermostats) and
Winnebago (1,290 thermostats). Figure 2.5 displays the total bins and thermostats returned, by
county, in 2015.
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FIGURE 2.5: BIN RETURNS AND TOTAL THERMOSTATS RETURNED IN 2015 BY COUNTY
County Total Bins Total T-statsCook County 59 2,275DuPage County 28 1,350Winnebago County 15 1,290Kane County 12 542Lake County 11 447Will County 10 324Peoria County 9 210McHenry County 8 273St. Clair County 7 373Rock Island County 6 213Sangamon County 6 118Champaign County 5 66Kankakee County 5 215McLean County 5 303Tazewell County 5 51Williamson County 5 307Macon County 4 191Adams County 3 189Grundy County 3 149Jefferson County 3 243Madison County 3 176Christian County 2 247Coles County 2 54Jackson County 2 65LaSalle County 2 12Stephenson County 2 151Vermilion County 2 35Bond County 1 0Bureau County 1 33Clay County 1 78Crawford County 1 3Cumberland County 1 0Douglas County 1 21Edwards County 1 7Henry County 1 53Knox County 1 48Macoupin County 1 27McDonough County 1 19Moultrie County 1 35
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G.W. Berkheimer Co., Inc. (21 bins) returned the highest number of bins in the state in 2015,
followed by Johnstone Supply Co. (18 bins) and CLEAResult (13 bins). R.E. Michel Company ran
a promotion with “5 for $5 Dunkin Doughnuts,” and they tied for third in the number of bins
returned and came in second for number of thermostats returned. Crescent Parts & Equipment
offered a TV giveaway, and they returned the 10th highest number of bins of any partner (10 bins,
527 thermostats). York/JCI also offered an incentive, a 5 for $5 Subway promotion, but they did
not appear as one of the top performing partners in the state. In addition to the top performers
included in the figure, 73 additional program partners returned 1 or 2 bins each. Figure 2.6
displays the top performing partners in terms of total bins returned in 2015.
FIGURE 2.6. TOP PERFORMING CHANNEL PARTNERS IN STATE
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Figure 2.7 looks at the top performers in a more detail. The figure includes the top performers for
the year by each of the following categories: total bins returned, total thermostats, and average
number of thermostats per bin.
FIGURE 2.7. TOP PERFORMING PARTNERS BY TOTAL BINS, TOTAL THERMOSTATS, AND THERMOSTATS PER BIN
TRC conducted several activities in 2015 as a way to increase the number of bins and thermostats
returned in the state. These activities included site visits and ‘miss you’ calls to collection locations
that may not have participated in the program recently. In 2015, a total of 67 site visits were
conducted in IL and 101 ‘Miss You’ calls were placed. Figure 2.8 displays the relationship
between the number of site visits per month, the bin returns per month, and the number of
No. of Bins No. of Thermostats Thermostats / BinG. W. Berkheimer Co., Inc. 21 1,212 57.7Johnstone Supply Co. 18 1,510 83.9CLEAResult 13 719 55.3Connor Co. 11 242 22.0Roger's Supply Company 11 399 36.3Crescent Parts & Equipment 10 527 52.7Munch's Supply Co. 10 682 68.2Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp. 9 226 25.1Southside Control Supply Co. 8 114 14.3Benoist Bros. Supply 5 358 71.6Ferguson Heating & Cooling 5 163 32.6Goodman Distribution, Inc. 5 44 8.8 G & O Thermal Supply Co. 4 166 41.5Gustave A. Larson Co. 4 135 33.8National Excelsior Company 4 98 24.5United Refrigeration 4 86 21.5Illco Inc. 3 28 9.3Jeckel Plumbing & Heating, LLC 3 28 9.3Moore Supply Co. 3 180 60.0Source 1 3 178 59.3
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thermostats (in 100’s) returned per month. There was not a statistically significant relationship
between the two variables.
FIGURE 2.8: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SITE VISITS AND BINS AND THERMOSTATS RETURNED PER MONTH
Figure 2.9 displays the relationship between the number of calls per month, the bin returns per
month, and the number of thermostats (by 100’s) returned per month. The analysis did find a
statistically significant, positive relationship between the number of “miss you” calls and the
number of thermostats returned (p – value .045) and the number of bins returned (p-value .027)
indicating that in IL, the ‘miss you’ calls may have led to increased thermostat returns.
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FIGURE 2.9: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ‘MISS YOU’ CALLS AND BINS AND THERMOSTATS RETURNED PER MONTH
COMPARISIONS TO NATIONAL AND OTHER STATE’S DATA To compare how the state collection partners performed in 2015, the national averages for the
number of bins returned per total locations since 2012 was calculated and compared to the state
average over the same time period. The average numbers of bins includes locations that did not
return any bins in a given year. It should be noted that when making comparisons each state has
different regulations, housing stock mix, local policies, and incentives that may have a significant
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impact on returns. Overall, the average number of bin returned per location per year was lower in
IL than the US average and the annual averages are shown in figure 3.1.
FIGURE 3.1: AVERAGE NUMBER OF BINS RETURNED PER LOCATION PER YEAR
Figure 3.2 displays the top 10 performing locations in IL since 2012 and figure 3.3 displays the top
10 partners in the US over the same time period in terms of the number of bins returned.
Johnstone Supply Co., Ferguson Enterprises, Honeywell and other partners appears on both the
state and the national lists and Johnstone Supply has consistently been one of the top 1 or 2
ranked locations in terms of number of bins returned annually.
2012 2013 2014 2015US Total 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8IL Average 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8
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FIGURE 3.2: PARTNER LOCATIONS IN IL RETURNING MORE THAN 1 BIN PER YEAR 2012-2015
Location 2012 Bins Location 2014 Bins Honeywell Inc. 68 Johnstone Supply 37Johnstone Supply 15 Honeywell Inc. 35Connor Company 14 G.W. Berkheimer Co. Inc. 17Harry Alter Co 14 Rogers Supply Company 14G.W. Berkheimer Co. Inc. 13 Harry Alter Co 12Ferguson Enterprises 7 Munch's Supply Co. 10Lennox Industries Inc 7 South Side Control Supply Co 9Munch's Supply Co. 6 Ferguson Enterprises 9Benoist Bros. Supply 6 Moore Supply Company 8Moore Supply Company 5 Connor Company 7Rogers Supply Company 4 Crescent Parts & Equipment 7Crescent Parts & Equipment 4 National Excelsior Company 7National Excelsior Company 4 Illco, Inc 7United Refrigeration 4 G & O Thermal Supply Co. 6Illco, Inc 4 Location 2015 Bins Goodman Distribution Inc. 3 G. W. Berkheimer Co., Inc. 21Sid Harvey Industries 3 Johnstone Supply Co. 18HOEKSTRA HVAC 3 CLEAResult 13Location 2013 Bins Connor Co. 11Honeywell Inc. 32 Roger's Supply Company 11Johnstone Supply 21 Crescent Parts & Equipment 10Harry Alter Co 14 Munch's Supply Co. 10Rogers Supply Company 12 Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp. 9United Refrigeration 11 Southside Control Supply Co. 8G.W. Berkheimer Co. Inc. 10 Benoist Bros. Supply 5Connor Company 9 Ferguson Heating & Cooling 5South Side Control Supply Co 9 Goodman Distribution, Inc. 5Munch's Supply Co. 7 G & O Thermal Supply Co. 4Crescent Parts & Equipment 7 Gustave A. Larson Co. 4Ferguson Enterprises 7 National Excelsior Company 4National Excelsior Company 6 United Refrigeration 4G & O Thermal Supply Co. 6 Illco Inc. 3Benoist Bros. Supply 5 Jeckel Plumbing & Heating, LLC 3Lennox Industries Inc 5 Moore Supply Co. 3
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FIGURE 3.3: TOP PERFORMING PARTNER LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE IN BIN RETURNS 2012 TO 2015
Location 2012 Location 2014R.E. Michel Company 276 R.E. Michel Company 461Honeywell Inc. 195 Johnstone Supply 460Johnstone Supply 176 US Air Conditioning Distributors, Inc. 127United Refrigeration 107 Ferguson Enterprises 119Ferguson Enterprises 94 United Refrigeration 114Refrigeration Supplies Distributor 88 Goodman Distribution Inc. 95Comverge 69 Honeywell Inc. 77US Air Conditioning Distributors, Inc. 67 Gustave A Larson Company 67Goodman Distribution Inc. 67 Refrigeration Supplies Distributor 60Franklin Energy Services 47 Lennox Industries Inc 60Lennox Industries Inc 45 C.C. Dickson Company 55Location 2013 Location 2015R.E. Michel Company 311 Johnstone Supply 519Johnstone Supply 298 R.E. Michel Company 336United Refrigeration 162 Ferguson Enterprises 184Honeywell Inc. 118 United Refrigeration 176Ferguson Enterprises 106 US Air Conditioning Distributors, Inc. 106US Air Conditioning Distributors, Inc. 102 Goodman Distribution Inc. 70Refrigeration Supplies Distributor 69 Gustave A Larson Company 62Goodman Distribution Inc. 64 Refrigeration Supplies Distributor 54Baker Distributing Company 47 Lennox Industries Inc 51Comverge 41 Baker Distributing Company 50
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Figure 3.4 displays the total percentage of locations per state and for the entire US with a bin that
participated in the program in 2015 (participation is defined as sending back at least one bin). In
2015, 35.0% of the locations in IL returned a bin compared to a national average of 37.1%.
The state with the highest percentage of locations returning a bin in 2015 was MN (54.5%).
FIGURE 3.4: PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS RETURNING A BIN IN 2015
20.8%
26.7%
30.9% 31.3%34.2% 35.0% 35.4%
38.3%
42.9% 43.0%44.2%
48.0%
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Figure 3.5 compares the state and national rates for a number of analytics in 2015. These include:
the total thermostats and bins collected, the number of collection locations in each state per
10,000 residents, the number of thermostats collected by total locations and per participating
location, the number of thermostats per bin returned on average in 2015, and the number of
thermostats collected in each state and the US per 10,000 residents.
FIGURE 3.5: COMPARISONS OF STATES AND US AVERAGES AMONG SEVERAL CATEGORIES
StateTotal Thermostats
Total Bins
Number locations per 10K Res (avg.)
Thermostats per total locations (avg.)
Thermostats per bin (avg.)
Thermostats per location returning a bin (avg.)
Thermostats per 10K residents (avg.)
CA 18,260 513 0.19 25.1 35.6 65.4 4.7CT 3,395 77 0.38 24.6 44.1 55.7 9.4IA 2,795 63 0.39 23.1 44.4 53.8 9.0IL 10,193 236 0.41 19.3 43.2 55.1 7.9MA 7,881 128 0.41 28.0 61.6 89.6 11.6ME 4,571 112 1.82 18.8 40.8 53.2 34.3MN 9,864 127 0.26 68.0 77.7 124.9 17.9MT 229 6 0.23 9.5 38.2 45.8 2.2NH 2,652 61 1.51 13.1 43.5 49.1 19.9NY 6,466 201 0.26 12.5 32.2 40.4 3.3PA 14,338 256 0.29 38.9 56.0 81.0 11.2RI 2,212 39 0.53 39.5 56.7 92.2 21.0VT 2,000 83 3.22 9.9 24.1 29.0 31.9US 84,856 1902 0.33 23.9 44.6 64.3 7.8
APPENDIX 1: LETTER TO COLUMBIA PIPE & SUPPLY CO.
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APPENDIX 2: LETTER TO PORTER PIPE & SUPPLY CO.
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APPENDIX 3: LETTER TO HARDI PRINCIPLES
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APPENDIX 4: WINSUPPLY LETTER
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APPENDIX 5: LETTER TO CONTRACTING LOCATIONS ACCOMPANYING FREE 18X24 POSTER
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APPENDIX 6: DECEMBER LETTER TO CONTRACTORS
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APPENDIX 7: CONTRACTING BUSINESS JAN EBLAST
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APPENDIX 8: CONTRACTING BUSINESS JUN EBLAST
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APPENDIX 9: COLLECTION LOCATION PHONE CALLS (SORTED BY DATE, THEN ALPHABETICALLY BY CITY)
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Date Collection Location City 1/30/2015 G & O Thermal Sup. Co.-Highland Park Highland Park 3/19/2015 Ferguson Heating & Cooling 1408 Chicago 3/25/2015 Burgess And Son, Inc. Girard 6/1/2015 Sid Harvey Industries-Glen Ellyn Glen Ellyn 6/1/2015 BUCH BROS PLBG & HTG INC McHenry 6/1/2015 Crandall Mechanical McHenry 6/1/2015 Barry Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Morris 6/1/2015 Logan Square Plumbing & Heating Northbrook 8/19/2015 National Excelsior Company-Plymouth Itasca 8/26/2015 Gustave A. Larson Company-Broadview Broadview 8/26/2015 Barry Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Morris 8/26/2015 Rex Service Worth 8/28/2015 Hansen Mechanical, Inc. Villa Park 10/21/2015 Johnstone Supply #143 Chicago 10/22/2015 Porter Pipe & Supply Co Addison 10/22/2015 Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp Alsip 10/22/2015 G & O Thermal Supply Co. Arlington Heights 10/22/2015 Meilner Mechanical Sales, Inc. Arlington Heights 10/22/2015 Dedecker Hardware Atkinson 10/22/2015 Illinois Plbg & Htg Supply Co. Springfield 10/22/2015 Connor Co-Sugar Grove Sugar Grove 10/22/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Summit Summit 10/22/2015 G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.-Tinley Park Tinley Park 10/22/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Tinley Park Tinley Park 10/22/2015 Rogers Supply Company-Tinley Park Tinley Park 10/22/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc # 470 Warrenville 10/22/2015 ILLCO, Inc.-Waukegan Waukegan 10/22/2015 Munch'S Supply Co-Wheeling Wheeling 10/23/2015 ILLCO, Inc.-Aurora Aurora 10/23/2015 Munch's Supply Co., Inc.-Aurora Aurora 10/23/2015 United Refrigeration-Aurora Aurora 10/23/2015 Sid Harvey Industries-Bedford Park Bedford Park 10/23/2015 Mechanical Supply Company, Inc Belleville 10/23/2015 United Refrigeration #95 Bensenville 10/23/2015 United Refrigeration-Bridgeview Bridgeview 10/23/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc Burr Ridge 10/23/2015 Ferguson Heating and Cooling / Park Supply Chicago 10/23/2015 Goodman Dist., Chicago Stockyards #474 Chicago 10/23/2015 Heinlein Supply Co Chicago 10/23/2015 Mid-Lakes Distributing Chicago 10/23/2015 Moore Supply Company Branch 1 Chicago 10/27/2015 Gustave A. Larson Company-Broadview Broadview
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10/27/2015 Moore Supply Company Branch 2 Chicago 10/27/2015 Munch'S Supply Co Chicago 10/27/2015 Sid Harvey Industries-Chicago Chicago 10/27/2015 South Side Control Supply Co.-Chicago Chicago 10/27/2015 Matteson Ace Hardware Coal City 10/27/2015 Johnstone Supply #198 Crestwood 10/27/2015 Connor Co-Decatur Decatur 10/27/2015 Kin-Ko Ace Hardware 500-I Downers Grove 10/27/2015 Capitol Group-East Peoria East Peoria 10/29/2015 Central Furnace Supply Elgin 10/29/2015 Gustave A. Larson Company-Elgin Elgin 10/29/2015 Illco Inc-Elk Grove Elk Grove 10/29/2015 Upg-Elmhurst Elmhurst 10/29/2015 Connor Co-Galesburg Galesburg 10/29/2015 NuComfort Supply, Inc. Glendale Heights 10/29/2015 Connor Co-Jacksonville Jacksonville 10/29/2015 Jerseyville Winnelson Jerseyville 10/29/2015 Illco Inc-Joliet Joliet 10/29/2015 Rogers Supply-Joliet Joliet 11/5/2015 South Side Control Supply Co.-Crestwood Crestwood 11/5/2015 Johnstone Supply-Downer's Grove Downers Grove 11/5/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC) - (HDQT.)-
Lansing Lansing
11/5/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Libertyville Libertyville 11/5/2015 Moore Supply Company Branch 4 Lisle 11/5/2015 G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.-Lombard Lombard 11/5/2015 Sid Harvey Industries-Lombard Lombard 11/5/2015 Rogers Supply Company-Lombard Lombard 11/5/2015 Connor Co-Macomb Macomb 11/5/2015 Capitol Group-Marion Marion 11/5/2015 Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp-Melrose Park Melrose Park 11/5/2015 Lennox Industries Inc. A214 Mokena 11/5/2015 Central Furnace Supply-Naperville Naperville 11/5/2015 Johnstone Supply - Naperville Naperville 11/5/2015 Lennox Industries Inc. A212 Niles 11/6/2015 Lennox Parts Plus - Glendale Heights Glendale Heights 11/6/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc Northbrook 11/6/2015 Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp-Northfield Northfield 11/6/2015 United Refrigeration #428 Peoria 11/6/2015 Connor Co.-Peoria Peoria 11/6/2015 G.E. Milaccio Co. Inc. Peoria 11/6/2015 Yeomans Distributing Co. Peoria 11/6/2015 Hi Line Supply Peoria
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11/6/2015 Connor Co-Peru Peru 11/6/2015 Crescent Parts & Equipment-Pontoon Beach Pontoon Beach 11/6/2015 Connor Co-Quincy Quincy 11/6/2015 Design Air - Rockford Rockford 11/6/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc Branch #476 Rolling Meadows 11/6/2015 Service Parts Co-South Holland South Holland 11/6/2015 Connor Co-Springfield Springfield 12/16/2015 Illco Inc-Joliet Joliet 12/16/2015 Johnstone Supply #387 Joliet 12/16/2015 Rogers Supply-Joliet Joliet 12/16/2015 Rogers Supply Company-Lombard Lombard 12/16/2015 G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.-Lombard Lombard 12/16/2015 Rogers Supply-Peoria Peoria 12/16/2015 Fritch Heating and Cooling Peoria 12/16/2015 Roger's Supply Springfield 12/16/2015 Capitol Group-Springfield Springfield 12/18/2015 Rogers Supply Co La Salle
APPENDIX 10: COLLECTION LOCATION VISITS (SORTED BY DATE, THEN ALPHABETICALLY BY CITY)
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Date of visit
Collection Location City Zip Code
County
1/29/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Rockford
Rockford 61104 Kankakee County
1/29/2015 Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. - Rockland Rockford 61108 Winnebago County 1/29/2015 G. W. Berkheimer Co., Inc.-Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
1/29/2015 Connor Co-Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County 1/29/2015 Johnstone Supply-Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
1/29/2015 Gustave A. Larson Co-Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County 1/29/2015 Design Air - Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County 1/29/2015 Sid Harvey's-Rockford Rockford 61109 Winnebago County 1/29/2015 First Supply Company - Machesney
Park Machesney Park
61115 Winnebago County
1/30/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Libertyville
Libertyville 60048 Cook County
1/30/2015 Goodman Distribution - Mundelin Mundelein 60060 McHenry County 1/30/2015 Johnstone Supply - Vernon Hills Vernon Hills 60061 Lake County 1/30/2015 Source 1 - York - Vernon HIlls Vernon HIlls 60061 Lake County 1/30/2015 Illco Inc-Waukegan Waukegan 60085 Cook County 1/30/2015 Ferguson Heating and Cooling-
Waukegan Waukegan 60087 Lake County
1/30/2015 Trane Supply-Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove
60089 Lake County
2/23/2015 Munch'S Supply Co-New Lennox New Lennox 60451 Grundy County 5/29/2015 Connor Co-Danville Danville 60051 Lake County 5/29/2015 Munch'S Supply Co-Morris Morris 60450 Kane County 5/29/2015 Roger'S Supply Company-Kankakee Kankakee 60901 Cook County 5/29/2015 Connor Co-Kankakee Kankakee 60901 Kankakee County 5/29/2015 United Pipe & Supply Bradley 60915 Kankakee County 5/29/2015 Habegger Corporation Rock Island 61201 Winnebago County 5/29/2015 Sun-Rys Distributing Corp. Coal Valley 61240 Rock Island County 5/29/2015 Connor Co-East Moline East Moline 61244 Rock Island County 5/29/2015 Adel Wholesalers Inc/Trachtenbarg Co. Moline 61265 Rock Island County 5/29/2015 Dennis Company, Inc. Moline 61265 Rock Island County 5/29/2015 Rogers Supply Co La Salle 61301 Rock Island County 5/29/2015 Connor Co-Peru Peru 61354 La Salle County 5/29/2015 Contractors Supply Streator 61364 La Salle County 5/29/2015 Connor Co.-Peoria Peoria 61603 La Salle County 5/29/2015 Habeggar Corporation Peoria 61615 Peoria County 5/29/2015 Hunzeker - Trane Peoria 61615 Peoria County 5/29/2015 Connor Co-Peoria Peoria 61615 Peoria County
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5/29/2015 Capitol Group Bloomington 61701 Peoria County 5/29/2015 Nordine'S Htg & Cooling Supply Bloomington 61701 McLean County 5/29/2015 Rogers Supply Co.-Bloomington Bloomington 61701 McLean County 5/29/2015 Connor Co. Bloomington 61701 McLean County 5/29/2015 Holt Supply Company Bloomington 61704 McLean County 5/29/2015 The Habegger Corporation Bloomington 61705 McLean County 5/29/2015 Connor Company Urbana 61801 McLean County 5/29/2015 Rogers Supply Co.-Champaign Champaign 61820 Champaign County 5/29/2015 Trane Parts Champaign 61822 Champaign County 5/29/2015 Capitol Group-Champaign Champaign 61822 Champaign County 5/29/2015 United Refrigeration-Danville Danville 61832 Champaign County 5/29/2015 South Side Control Supply Co.-Decatur Decatur 62521 Vermilion County 6/15/2015 Meilner Mechanical Sales, Inc. Arlington
Heights 60004 Sherburne County
6/15/2015 Gustave A. Larson Company-Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights
60004 Cook County
6/15/2015 Harry Alter / Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-Elk Grove Village
Elk Grove Village
60007 Cook County
6/15/2015 Connor Co-Mchenry Mchenry 60051 McHenry County
6/15/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc Northbrook 60062 Lake County
6/15/2015 Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. Woodstock 60098 Lake County
6/15/2015 Trane Supply - Elgin Elgin 60120 McHenry County 6/15/2015 Central Furnace Supply Elgin 60123 Cook County 6/15/2015 Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC)-
Elgin Elgin 60123 Kane County
6/15/2015 Source 1 - Elgin Elgin 60123 Kane County 6/15/2015 G. W. Berkheimer Co., Inc.-Elgin Elgin 60124 Kane County
6/16/2015 Trane Supply - Aurora Naperville 60502 Will County 6/16/2015 Source 1 - AurourA Burr Ridge 60504 Dupage County 6/16/2015 Trane Supply - Willowbrook Willowbrook 60527 Dupage County 6/16/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc Burr Ridge 60527 Dupage County 6/16/2015 Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp-
Naperville Naperville 60540 Cook County
6/16/2015 Goodman Distribution, Inc # 470 Warrenville 60555 Dupage County 6/16/2015 Johnstone Supply - Naperville Naperville 60563 Dupage County
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6/16/2015 G. W. Berkheimer Co., Inc.-Chicago Chicago 60628 Dupage County 6/16/2015 G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc. Chicago 60644 Cook County 8/13/2015 National Excelsior Company-Plymouth Itasca 55441 Hennepin County
APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 11: CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE POLICY
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APPENDIX 12: SAMPLE UTILITY IMPLEMENTER RFP REQUIREMENTS
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Standard RFP Language for Management of Waste Mercury Thermostats Generated through
direct installation (DI) of thermostats or HVAC Equipment
Background
Mercury thermostats were widely used to control heating and cooling systems starting in the
1950s. Mercury thermostats dominated the market until the early 1990s when electronic
thermostats began to gain wider acceptance in the market. All major manufacturers ceased
production of mercury switch thermostats by 2009. While the number remaining in use is
unknown, they are still found on some heating and cooling systems installed prior to 2006.
Mercury thermostats are still prevalent in the following types of facilities;
• Residential single family homes - either attached, detached, or semi-attached
• Residential multifamily homes such as apartments or low income housing structures
• Light commercial buildings such as hotels, restaurants, banks, and retail outlets
• Educational buildings such as schools, colleges, and libraries
• Barracks and other military installations
Statutory Authorities
Title 21 Section 27-2105 of New York Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) prohibits knowing
disposal of mercury thermostats in solid waste and waste mercury thermostats can be managed
as “Universal Wastes” under the Federal Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (40 CFR Part
273)“
Title 29, Section 27-2909 of ECL also requires the following:
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§ 3. 1. Any person or contractor who replaces a mercury-containing thermostat from a
building shall deliver the mercury-containing thermostat to an appropriate collection site.
And:
3. Any department, authority, instrumentality, or municipal corporation of the state administering
a program that involves the removal or replacement of mercury containing thermostats as a result
of any statutory requirement, shall inform contractors of their statutory obligations to deliver the
mercury-containing thermostats to a collection site and prohibiting the disposal of such
thermostats in a solid-waste facility.
4. Any contractor, organization or subcontractor of such organization, who contracts with or
receives funding or financing provided in whole or in part by or through any department, agency,
instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state for the installation, service, or removal of
heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning components resulting in the removal or handling of out-
of-service mercury thermostats, shall ensure the collection, transportation and proper
management of out-of-service mercury thermostats in accordance with the provisions of title 29
of article 27 of the environmental conservation law.
RFP Language
The vendor, all subcontractors, and affiliated parties in the trade channel including but not
limited to trade allies, preferred installation vendors or rebate processors must comply
with all applicable federal, state, local regulations in relation to the proper management
and disposal of waste mercury thermostats generated in the performance of the requested
scope of work. The vendor will describe efforts to inform program subcontractors and
affiliated parties in the trade channel including but not limited to trade allies, preferred
installation vendors or rebate processors on New York law relative to the removal and
disposal of mercury thermostats. The vendor should also describe any planned steps to
support and/or facilitate the collection of mercury thermostats generated through this
program by direct participation in the TRC program. The vendor will describe procedures
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all technicians (direct installers) will follow to identify mercury thermostats and ensure
proper management of all mercury thermostats removed from service. The vendor will
also describe the procedures to monitor and document (report) compliance with the
above requirement and for meeting post project reporting requirements below. The
successful vendor may be required to provide more information to verify its compliance
with above requirement which will include at a minimum;
• A post project report of the following information;
o Total number of thermostats installed
o The number of mercury thermostats removed from service
o The number of mercury thermostats recycled and the location(s) where
the thermostats were recycled.
APPENDIX 13: TECHNICIAN SURVEY RAW RESULTS
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DEMOGRAPHIC
Male92%
Female8%
What is your gender?
Less than 164% 16 to 19
7%
20 to 240%
25 to 3427%
35 to 4418%
45 to 5418%
55 to 6424%
65 or over2%
What is your current age? (U.S. Census)
Owner Operator
27%
Professional Dealer
7%
Mechanical Contractor34%
Refrigeration Contractor
12%
Commercial20%
What is the nature of your business?
Student11%
Less than 1 year13%
1-5 years22%
6-10 years2%
11-20 years11%
21 - 30 years26%
Longer than 30 years15%
How long have you worked as a technician/contractor?
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THERMOSTAT REPLACEMENT
1-263%
3-528%
6-104%
20+5%
How many thermostats do you remove/replace in an average week as part of your job?
Less than 25%38%
25 to 50%36%
51% to 75%17%
76% to 100%9%
What percentage of the thermostats you replaced in 2014 would you estimate contained mercury?
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MERCURY CONTAINING THERMOSTAT PREVALENCE
Increased7%
Remained steady9%
Decreased84%
Would you say that during the time you have worked as a technician/contractor the number of mercury containing
thermostats you see has...
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EMPLOYER POLICIES
INCENTIVES
Yes71%
No29%
Are you required by your employer to recycle mercury containing thermostats?
Yes48%No
52%
To your knowledge, are there any incentives provided by utilities (eg. energy companies) to
encourage recycling of thermostats?
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DISPOSAL
Where do you dispose of the mercury containing thermostats you collect?
Never55%
Rarely19%
Sometimes5%
Most of the Time
5%
Always16%
Company/office
Never25%
Rarely7%
Sometimes11%
Most of the Time21%
Always36%
Wholesaler/Supply House
Never64%
Rarely8%
Sometimes
17%
Most of the Time
3%
Always8%
Hardware Store
Never76%
Rarely6%
Sometimes8%
Most of the Time
5%
Always5%
Trash
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GREEN BIN UTILIZATION
MERCURY HARMFULNESS
Yes64%
No36%
If you recycle thermostats, do you recycle them in a green bin?
81%
15%
4%
Which of the following statements best reflects your personal opinion of the harmfulness of
mercury?
Mercury is very harmful and we need to do more to keep it out of the environment.
I don't know. I have no opinion about the harmfulness of mercury.
I don't think it is very harmful.
APPENDIX 14: TRC MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION (AS OF 2015)
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Manufacturer Column1 Address_1 Address_2 City State Zip PhoneBard Manufacturing Dick Hanna 1935 Palouse Drive London OH 43140 419.630-3051Burnham Holdings, Inc. Laura Hatton US Boiler Company/Burnham
Holdings1241 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster PA 17601 717-390-7807
Carrier Corporation Marc Moss 5900 Northwoods Business Pkwy
Carrier Parkway, TR-4
Charlotte NC 28269 980-474-3901
Chromalox Gary Cook 103 Gamma Drive Ext Pittsburg PA 15238 (801) 786-4316Climate Master, Inc. James Murray 16 South Pennsylvania Ave Oklahoma City OK 73107 405-235-4546Crane Company Anthony D'Iorio 100 First Stamford Place Stamford CT 06092 (203) 363-7243Daikan Applied (McQuay) Bill Mateikis 13600 Industrial Park Blvd Plymouth MN 55441 763.553.5091
Empire Comfort Systems Ken Belding 918 Freeburg Avenue Belleville IL 62222 (800) 851-3453
General Electric Bonnie Harrington
4200 Wildwood Parkway Atlanta GA 30339 (678) 844-7418
Goodman Global, Inc. Allan Peters 5151 San Felipe Suite 500 Houston TX 77056 (713) 263-5068Honeywell International Dan O'Donnell 4 Old Four Bridges Road Chester NJ 07930 763 226 5435Hunter Fan Company Tony Bacon 7130 Goodlett Farms Prkwy Suite 400 Memphis TN 38016 901.248.2619Invensys Controls (Schneider Electric)
Peter Kent 33 Commercial Street Foxboro MA 02035 (203) 438-0009
ITT Corporation Fern Daves 1133 Westchester Avenue Westchester NY 10604 914-641-2148Johnson Controls Jeff Werwie 507 E. Michigan Street Milwaukee WI 53202 414-524-4757 Lear Seigler (Original Charter Corporation)
Jim Mathews PO Box 457 Bonita Springs FL 34133 (908) 900-2751
Lennox Corporation Robert Johnson 2140 Lake Park Blvd Richardson TX 75080 972-497-7532 Lux Products Robert Munin 4747 S Broad Street #330 Philadelphia PA 19112 (856) 234-7905
ext 110Nordyne Bob Bentz 8000 Phoenix Parkway O'Fallon MO 63368 (636) 561-7571PSG Controls Patti Cole 1225 Runnel Road Perkasie PA 18944 (215) 257-3621Rheem Manufacturing Company
Charles Steffens 5600 Old Greenwood Road PO Box 17010 Ft Smith AR 72917 (479) 648-4609
Sears Holding Company Mike Olsen 3333 Beverly Road B5-339A Hoffman Estates IL 60179 (847) 286-7222
Taco, Inc. David Grof 1160 Cranston Street Cranston RI 02920 (401) 942-8000 ext. 279
The Marley-Wylain Company
James Cauley 400 South Prairie Ave. Waukesha WI 53186 (262) 513-0600
TPI Corporation Jerry Donaldson PO Box 4973 Johnson City TN 37602 (423) 477-4131 ext 271
Trane Residential Systems
Karl Mutchnik 6200 Troup Highway PO Box 9010 Tyler TX 75711 (903) 245-4838
Uponor, Inc. Dale Stroud 5925 148th Street W. Apple Valley MN 55124 (952) 997-4281Vaillant Corporation Susan Thress PO Box 95 Palmyra NJ 08065 (856) 786-2000W. W. Grainger Inc Bill Raven 100 Grainger Parkway Lake Forest IL 60045 (847) 535-0661White Rodgers John Sartain 8100 W. Florissant Ave. PO Box 36922 St. Louis MO 63136-
9022314 553 3212
APPENDIX 15: LISTING OF STATE AND NUMBER OF THERMOSTATS COLLECTED AND ACTIVE LOCATIONS
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State Thermostat Equivalents Collected
Count Loose Switches
Average Switches Per Stat
Count Active Collection Locations
Alabama 1000 53 1.8796 18Arizona 1170 62 1.3419 21Arkansas 59 34 1.4286 3California 19222 1729 1.7945 284Colorado 1567 77 1.2578 29Connecticut 3865 589 1.2528 62Delaware 776 61 1.5794 12Florida 13687 3002 1.4992 139Georgia 2091 237 1.6571 37Idaho 1028 18 1.598 7Illinois 11463 1586 1.2491 181Indiana 5044 658 1.3653 46Iowa 2850 67 1.2083 52Kansas 2217 64 1.3301 27Kentucky 3625 475 1.6926 34Louisiana 680 4 1.3501 22Maine 4663 102 1.1074 86Maryland 8591 335 1.5193 82Massachusetts 8325 542 1.2197 88Michigan 11017 1138 1.1159 85Minnesota 10119 307 1.2037 83Mississippi 59 8 1.283 3Missouri 4228 404 1.3015 41Montana 231 2 1.1101 5Nebraska 3543 340 1.3419 37Nevada 679 260 1.5059 8New Hampshire 2708 71 1.2633 54New Jersey 5462 801 1.4964 76New Mexico 612 33 1.2765 9New York 10660 5308 1.2655 159North Carolina 8466 1172 1.857 91North Dakota 1475 440 1.2005 5Ohio 9733 391 1.3689 80Oklahoma 997 3 1.7186 13Oregon 3276 855 1.8421 42Pennsylvania 15144 1116 1.3845 177Rhode Island 2338 145 1.1539 24South Carolina 2317 1402 2.0143 29South Dakota 553 160 1.1981 2Tennessee 2941 1282 1.7909 32Texas 5403 1156 1.6958 98Utah 563 52 1.2703 10Vermont 2016 18 1.1391 69Virginia 9005 1668 1.7535 87Washington 2718 343 1.7788 45West Virginia 724 0 1.6077 13Wisconsin 9702 553 1.1278 78Wyoming 105 2 1.0392 3
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Collection Location Name
Business Type
Street 1 City Zip County Phone Count-Bins at Location
Total Stats
Total Switches
Total Hg
Date(s) of Bin(s) Receipt
Ferguson Heating & Cooling #1411
Wholesalers 515 Factory Road Addison 60101 Dupage County
630-458-0840 1 7 8 0.05 03/12/2015, 03/18/2015
Porter Pipe & Supply Co
Wholesalers 303 South Rohluring Road
Addison 60101 Dupage County
630-812-5630 2 0 0 0.00
R.E. Michel Company, Inc.
Wholesalers 325 W. Laura Drive
Addison 60101 Dupage County
630-543-4720 1 10 17 0.11 12/14/2015
Complete Hvac Plumbing & Electrical Inc.
Contractor 210 Elm St. Albion 62806 Edwards County
618-445-3329 1 7 7 0.04 12/04/2015
Atteberry Marshall Contractor 102 Illini Avenue Allenville 61951 Moultrie County
217-752-6867 1 35 51 0.32 08/03/2015
Tony's Plbg. & Htg., Inc.
Contractor 118 W D Street. Alpha 61413 Henry County 309-629-5251 1 0 0 0.00
Amber Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Contractor 11950 S. Central Avenue
Alsip 60803 Cook County 708-597-9700 1 0 0 0.00
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 4600 W 120th Street
Alsip 60803 Cook County 708-371-9711 2 0 0 0.00
Munch's Supply Co. Wholesalers 5621 W. 115th Street
Alsip 60803 Cook County 708-597-2663 1 91 105 0.65 01/28/2015, 12/04/2015
Andy & Anderson Heating & Air
Contractor 1066 Spafford Street
Antioch 60002 Lake County 847-395-0581 1 0 0 0.00
Temptrol Heating & Cooling
Contractor 22221 W. Il Route 173
Antioch 60002 Lake County 847-838-2156 1 27 34 0.21 08/24/2015
G & O Thermal Supply Co.
Wholesalers 51 W Seegers Road
Arlington Heights
60005 Cook County 773-763-1300 1 0 0 0.00
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 4 E College Dr. Arlington Heights
60004 Cook County 847 259-5596 6 290 368 2.28 04/09/2015, 09/04/2015, 11/16/2015
Gustave A Larson Wholesalers 417 University Drive
Arlington Heights
60004 Cook County 1 0 0 0.00
Ibotson Heating Co. Contractor 514 Arthur Avenue
Arlington Heights
60005 Cook County 847-253-0866 1 119 135 0.84 04/21/2015
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Kroeschell Engineering
Contractor 3222 N. Kennicott Avenue
Arlington Heights
60004 Cook County 312-640-7980 1 0 0 0.00
Meilner Mechanical Sales, Inc.
Wholesalers 19 West College Drive
Arlington Heights
60004 Cook County 847-253-1040 1 0 0 0.00
Service Midwest, Inc. Contractor 1532 E. Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights
60005 Cook County 847-439-0860 1 0 0 0.00
Dedecker Hardware Retailers 501 N. State Street
Atkinson 61235 Henry County 309-936-7454 1 0 0 0.00
Buchner Heating & A/C
Contractor 2116 W. Galena Blvd
Aurora 60506 Kane County 630-896-4600 1 0 0 0.00
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 945 Aurora Ave Aurora 60504 Dupage County
219-887-0141 2 86 95 0.59 05/21/2015
Illco Inc Wholesalers 535 South River Street
Aurora 60506 Kane County 630-892-7904 6 12 27 0.17 08/25/2015
Munch's Supply Co Wholesalers 1631 Landmark Road
Aurora 60506 Kane County 630-801-9060 1 80 94 0.58 11/30/2015
Source 1 Wholesalers 3600 Thayer Street
Aurora 60504 Dupage County
1 111 155 0.96 11/18/2015
Trane Supply Wholesalers 1585 Beverly Court
Aurora 60502 Dupage County
630-400-4333 1 0 0 0.00
United Refrigeration #407
Wholesalers 338 E. Sullivan Rd., Ste. B
Aurora 60505 Kane County 630-896-9100 2 6 8 0.05 11/04/2015
Ahrens & Condill, Inc.
Contractor 206 S. Northwes Hwy
Barrington 60010 Cook County 847-381-3021 1 83 117 0.73 05/13/2015
Alpine Demolition Services
Contractor 3515 Stern Ave Batavia 60174 Kane County 630-761-0700 1 0 0 0.00
Innovative Mechanical Group
Contractor 918 Paramount Pkwy
Batavia 60510 Kane County 630-677-6300 1 0 0 0.00
Modern Heating Company
Contractor 11982 W. Wadsworth Road
Beach Park 60087 Lake County 847-782-9690 0 7 8 0.05 04/27/2015
Sid Harvey Industries
Wholesalers 5701 W. 73rd St Bedford Park 60638 Cook County 708-594-6448 1 0 0 0.00
Benoist Bros. Supply Wholesalers 27 Tower Plaza Belleville 62220 St Clair County
618-236-9797 1 107 132 0.82 09/08/2015
Brauer Supply Wholesalers 105 Service Belleville 62226 St Clair 618-233-1733 1 70 136 0.84 03/27/2015
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Company Street County
Crescent Parts & Equipment Company
Wholesalers 3519 Frank Scott Parkway West
Belleville 62223 St Clair County
618-277-0770 1 116 174 1.08 08/05/2015, 11/02/2015
Hometown Ace Hardware
Retailers 6938 W Main St. Belleville 62223 St Clair County
618-397-5201 1 0 0 0.00
Mechanical Supply Company, Inc
Wholesalers 319 Centerville Avenue
Belleville 62220 St Clair County
618-236-2772 1 23 28 0.17 11/12/2015
Sigman Heating And Air Conditioning, Inc.
Contractor 6200 Old St. Louis Road
Belleville 62223 St Clair County
618-234-4343 1 0 0 0.00
United Refrigeration Inc #72
Wholesalers 1900 W. Main Street
Belleville 62226 St Clair County
618-277-3950 1 55 72 0.45 07/20/2015
United Refrigeration #95
Wholesalers 222 James St. Bensenville 60106 Dupage County
630-521-9100 3 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Retailers 1 Airway Ct. Bethalto 62010 Madison County
618-259-5252 1 0 0 0.00
Melco Supply Contractor 275 S. Main Street
Blandinsville 61420 McDonough County
309-652-3487 1 0 0 0.00
Capitol Group Wholesalers 6 Gilmore Drive Bloomington 61701 McLean County
309 664 1770 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 413 E. Oakland Ave
Bloomington 61701 McLean County
309-828-0000 1 0 0 0.00
Holt Supply Company Wholesalers 2441 S. Main Street
Bloomington 61704 McLean County
309-820-0566 4 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Co Wholesalers 804 S. Bunn Bloomington 61701 McLean County
309-673-7483 1 126 85 0.53 08/05/2015
Nordine's Htg & Cooling Supply
Wholesalers 1601 S. Bunn Street
Bloomington 61701 McLean County
309-828-6054 2 35 41 0.25 06/04/2015
Rich Sewer & Drain Contractor 712 S. Clayton Street
Bloomington 61701 McLean County
309-660-9487 1 0 0 0.00
Roger's Supply Company
Wholesalers 912 S. Bunn Street
Bloomington 61701 McLean County
(309) 827-0033
1 33 43 0.27 06/04/2015
The Habegger Corporation
Wholesalers 3 Quest Drive # 108
Bloomington 61705 McLean County
309-828-4822 1 97 110 0.68 06/09/2015
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Ferguson Heating & Cooling
Wholesalers 12431 South Vincennes Road
Blue Island 60406 Cook County 708-396-1000 2 51 57 0.35 09/14/2015
Bennett Heating & Ac Inc.
Contractor 5142 E. 5000 North Road
Bourbonnais 60914 Kankakee County
815-936-9484 1 0 0 0.00
United Pipe & Supply Wholesalers 420 N Industrial Drive
Bradley 60915 Kankakee County
815-937-4801 1 71 71 0.44 06/04/2015, 07/20/2015
Southern Heating & Air, Inc.
Contractor 1055 E. State St. Bridgeport 62417 Lawrence County
618-945-9300 1 0 0 0.00
G & O Thermal Sup. Co.
Wholesalers 7533 W. 99th Pl Bridgeview 60455 Cook County 708-430-6900 1 44 95 0.59 04/30/2015
United Refrigeration Wholesalers 9706 Industrial Drive
Bridgeview 60455 Cook County 708-237-3600 1 17 21 0.13 11/24/2015
Climatemp Service Group
Contractor 2315 Gardner Road
Broadview 60155 Cook County 708-449-8888 1 0 0 0.00
Gustave A Larson Wholesalers 2120 Roberts Dr Broadview 60155 Cook County 1 1 1 0.01 11/17/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 1819 W. Roosevelt Rd
Broadview 60153 Cook County 708-343-5970 1 0 0 0.00
Able Heating & Cooling Inc.
Contractor 8814 Ogden Avenue
Brookfield 60513 Cook County 708-485-0560 1 0 0 0.00
Trane Supply Wholesalers 1322 Barclay Blvd Buffalo Grove 60089 Lake County 847-229-1671 1 0 0 0.00
Goodman Distribution, Inc
Wholesalers 261 Shore Drive Burr Ridge 60527 Dupage County
630-325-5526 1 0 0 0.00
Batson's Ace Hardware
Retailers 426 E. Main Street
Bushnell 61422 McDonough County
309-772-3700 1 19 22 0.14 08/07/2015
Fulton County Health Dept.
HHW Facility 700 E. Oak St. Canton 61520 Fulton County
309-647-9545 1 0 0 0.00
Automatic Comfort Systems, Inc
Contractor 156 Thomas Road Carbondale 62902 Williamson County
618-549-1928 1 11 12 0.07 12/17/2015
G. L. Morris Refrig, Htg, & A/C
Contractor 701 W Industrial Park
Carbondale 62901 Jackson County
618-457-0190 1 0 0 0.00
Jacobs Mechanical Services
Contractor 48 Geothermal Lane
Carbondale 62903 Jackson County
618-529-2989 1 0 0 0.00
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Ace Hardware Store Retailers 111 East 1st North St.
Carlinville 62626 Macoupin County
217-854-2564 1 0 0 0.00
Rsp Heating & Cooling
Contractor 6951 E. Grand Carterville 62918 Williamson County
618-942-2424 1 0 0 0.00
Boma Electric Contractor 505 North Harris Ave.
Champaign 61820 Champaign County
217-202-3205 1 0 0 0.00
Capitol Group Wholesalers 3101 Research Road
Champaign 61822 Champaign County
217 351 1050 1 3 3 0.02 06/03/2015
City Of Champaign HHW Facility 702 Edgebrook Drive
Champaign 61820 Champaign County
217-403-4780 1 0 0 0.00
Rogers Supply Company
Wholesalers 350 N. Walnut Champaign 61820 Champaign County
217-356-0166 1 55 69 0.43 06/03/2015
Trane Parts Wholesalers 301 Mercury Drive
Champaign 61822 Champaign County
866-898-3232 1 0 0 0.00
Air Max Contractor 23952 Northern Illinois Drive
Channahon 60410 Will County 815-254-5127 1 8 8 0.05 09/14/2015
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 1200 N Main St. Chatham 62629 Sangamon County
217-783-4085 1 0 0 0.00
Abbal Heating & Cooling
Contractor 8518 S. Ashland Chicago 60620 Cook County 773-224-7212 1 41 44 0.27 06/19/2015
Able Distributors Wholesalers 2501 N. Central Avenye
Chicago 60639 Cook County 773-889-5555 1 0 0 0.00
Able Distributors Wholesalers 2845 W. 48th Place
Chicago 60632 Cook County 773-309-6160 1 0 0 0.00
All Temp Chicagoland Htg & Ac
Contractor 4363 W. Montrose Ave.
Chicago 60641 Cook County 773-481-2000 2 0 0 0.00
American Home Heating
Contractor 4985 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago 60630 Cook County 773-736-7800 1 0 0 0.00
Chicago Cooling Co. Contractor 2728 N. Elston Chicago 60647 Cook County 773-276-5000 1 0 0 0.00
Cog Supply Wholesalers 2714 E. 79th Street
Chicago 60649 Cook County 773-375-4200 1 6 8 0.05 08/14/2015
D's Air & Heating, Inc.
Contractor 5657 W. North Avenue
Chicago 60639 Cook County 773-417-4999 1 0 0 0.00
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Edwards Heating & Cooling
Contractor 2876 S. Archer Avenue
Chicago 60608 Cook County 773-247-5075 1 0 0 0.00
Eismueller And Sons, Inc.
Contractor 2659 North Narragansett Ave.
Chicago 60639 Cook County 773-889-8686 1 0 0 0.00
Ferguson Heating & Cooling
Wholesalers 3509 West Addison Street
Chicago 60618 Cook County 773-282-8700 2 99 131 0.81 10/21/2015
Ferguson Heating & Cooling
Wholesalers 4433 South Springfield Avenue
Chicago 60632 Cook County 773-247-8676 2 6 6 0.04 11/17/2015
Franklin Energy Services
Contractor 1010 N Hooker St Chicago 60642 Cook County (312) 255-0436
9 0 0 0.00
G & O Thermal Sup. Co.
Wholesalers 815 S Jefferson Chicago 60607 Cook County 312-563-1300 2 17 31 0.19 12/09/2015
G & O Thermal Supply Co.
Wholesalers 5435 N. Northwest Hwy.
Chicago 60630 Cook County 773-763-1300 2 105 168 1.04 09/21/2015, 12/31/2015
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 5420 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago 60644 Cook County 773-473-8870 1 21 22 0.14 08/06/2015, 11/12/2015
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 825 E. 99th Street Chicago 60628 Cook County 773-978-4822 2 21 23 0.14 10/12/2015
Goodman Dist., Chicago Stockyards #474
Wholesalers 815 W. Pershing Rd
Chicago 60609 Cook County 773-376-8214 1 10 10 0.06 11/02/2015
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 24 West Maple Chicago 60610 Cook County 312-266-6600 1 0 0 0.00
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 3011 N. Clark St Chicago 60657 Cook County 773-348-3333 1 0 0 0.00
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 3145 South Ashland
Chicago 60608 Cook County 773-523-8888 1 0 0 0.00
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 440 N. Orleans St. Chicago 60654 Cook County 312-527-4200 1 0 0 0.00
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 680 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago 60611 Cook County 312-266-0900 1 0 0 0.00
Gordon's Ace Hardware
Retailers 725 S. State St. Chicago 60605 Cook County 312-461-0900 1 0 0 0.00
Gustave A Larson Wholesalers 1201 W. Lake Street
Chicago 60607 Cook County 312-563-1508 1 0 0 0.00
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Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 2643 Chicago Ave Chicago 60612 Cook County 312-243-4133 2 7 7 0.04 12/15/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 5830 N Northwest Hwy
Chicago 60631 Cook County 708-418-0900 2 19 29 0.18 11/12/2015
Heatcool Serv. Co. Contractor 4001 N. Elston Chicago 60618 Cook County 773-539-5225 1 0 0 0.00
Heinlein Supply Co Wholesalers 5516 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago 60630 Cook County 773-774-8616 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 2525 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago 60647 Cook County 773-486-2525 1 66 96 0.60 04/02/2015
Johnstone Supply #143
Wholesalers 3841 W. Columbus Ave.
Chicago 60652 Cook County 773-476-7545 1 0 0 0.00
Marszalik & Sons Contractor 5637 S. Kolin Avenue
Chicago 60629 Cook County 773-585-7500 1 0 0 0.00
Mid-Lakes Distributing
Wholesalers 1029 W. Adams St.
Chicago 60607 Cook County 312-733-1033 1 0 0 0.00
Midtown Mechanical Contractor 4533 West Lexington
Chicago 60624 Cook County 773-722-8145 1 0 0 0.00
Moore Supply Company
Wholesalers 2100 W. 80th St. Chicago 60620 Cook County 773-487-4400 1 0 0 0.00
Moore Supply Company Branch 1
Wholesalers 4332 W. Ferdinand
Chicago 60624 Cook County 773-638-4400 1 0 0 0.00
Munch's Supply Co Wholesalers 2650 West Addison Street
Chicago 60618 Cook County 773-360-5959 1 52 60 0.37 12/07/2015
Pt's Heating & Cooling Inc.
Contractor 3431 N. Knox Avenue
Chicago 60641 Cook County 773-545-8980 1 0 0 0.00
Sid Harvey Industries
Wholesalers 3315 N. Knox Ave.
Chicago 60641 Cook County 773-777-8181 1 3 3 0.02 11/09/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 489 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago 60654 Cook County 847-966-2940 1 41 85 0.53 08/27/2015
Toltec Plumbing Contractor 4366 W. Ogden Chicago 60623 Cook County 773-521-8790 1 0 0 0.00
W.L. Engler Distributing Inc.
Wholesalers 1035 N. Throop St.
Chicago 60642 Cook County 773-235-4924 2 0 0 0.00
Carl's Season Control Contractor Po Box 524 Chillicothe 61523 Peoria County
309-274-5593 1 0 0 0.00
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Connor Co Wholesalers 3 Business Center Court
Collinsville 62234 Madison County
618-344-9200 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 2900 Eastport Plaza
Collinsville 62234 Madison County
1 53 127 0.79 05/11/2015
Trane Parts Wholesalers 1605 Eastport Plaza Drive
Collinsville 62234 Madison County
618-606-9009 1 0 0 0.00
Cotton's Ace Hardware
Retailers 229 N Main St. Columbia 62236 Monroe County
618-281-7226 1 0 0 0.00
Illco Inc Wholesalers 9590 W. 55th Street
Countryside 60525 Cook County 708-579-5600 1 0 0 0.00
Star Piping & Heating Co., Inc.
Contractor 441 Plainfield Rd Countryside 60525 Cook County 708-447-7023 1 0 0 0.00
The Heat Engineering Co.
Contractor 6500 Joliet Road Countryside 60525 Cook County 708-246-3300 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply #198
Wholesalers 4606 W. 138th St. Crestwood 60445 Cook County 708-385-3070 1 0 0 0.00
Sid Harvey Industries
Wholesalers 13500 S Kenton Ave
Crestwood 60445 Cook County 708-385-8845 1 0 0 0.00
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 13502 S. Kenton Avenue
Crestwood 60445 Cook County 708-385-5252 1 7 15 0.09 12/14/2015
Althoff Industries Contractor 8001 S. Route 31 Crystal Lake 60014 McHenry County
815-455-7000 1 44 60 0.37 02/02/2015
Campbell's Tempracure, Inc.
Contractor 652 W. Terra Cotta
Crystal Lake 60014 McHenry County
815-455-3351 1 9 10 0.06 09/23/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 810 E Terra Cotta Ave.
Crystal Lake 60014 McHenry County
815-459-0766 2 0 0 0.00
Mad Dash Inc. Contractor 930 Pyott Road Crystal Lake 60014 McHenry County
847-380-7266 2 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 520 E. Fairchild Danville 61832 Vermilion County
217-446-1818 1 1 1 0.01 04/30/2015
Grubb Electrical Heating & Cooling
Contractor 816 Warrington Avenue
Danville 61832 Vermilion County
217-443-3452 1 0 200 1.24 12/31/2015
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Kuchefski Heating & A/C Inc
Contractor 511 E. Main Danville 61832 Vermilion County
217-442-1454 1 0 0 0.00
Rogers Supply Wholesalers 1010 Griggs St Danville 61832 Vermilion County
(217) 443-4061
1 35 37 0.23 04/30/2015
United Refrigeration Inc.
Wholesalers 124 N. Hazel St. Danville 61832 Vermilion County
217-442-6807 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 3130 N. Grand Prix Drive
Decatur 62526 Macon County
217 -875-5626
1 14 21 0.13 11/09/2015
Macon County Emd HHW Facility 141 S Main Street Room 408
Decatur 62523 Macon County
217-425-4512 1 0 0 0.00
Roger's Supply Company
Wholesalers 333 East Wabash Decatur 62523 Macon County
217-429-9151 1 167 254 1.57 09/28/2015, 10/07/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 136 E. Packard Decatur 62521 Macon County
217-428-6601 1 10 11 0.07 06/03/2015
Honeywell Utility Solutions
Contractor 21925 Field Pkwy. Ste 220
Deer Park 60010 Cook County 847-797-4612 1 0 0 0.00
Igor Solovyoff Contractor 407 Mallard Drive Deerfield 60015 Lake County 224-636-2406 1 0 0 0.00
Jeckel Plumbing & Heating, Llc
Contractor 115 E. Third Street
Delavan 61734 Tazewell County
309-244-8265 0 28 35 0.22 09/18/2015, 09/28/2015, 10/12/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 917 S. Elmhurst Road
Des Plaines 60016 Cook County 847-952-0013 1 8 11 0.07 08/19/2015
Econotemp, Inc Wholesalers 5280 Belmont Rd Downers Grove
60515 Dupage County
630-963-8080 1 48 51 0.32 09/03/2015
Fire N Ice Heating & Cooling
Contractor 2455 Wisconsin Avenue
Downers Grove
60515 Dupage County
630-852-1300 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 5365 Walnut Avenue
Downers Grove
60515 Dupage County
630-427-6200 2 0 0 0.00
Kin-Ko Ace Hardware 500-I
Retailers 6216 S Main Downers Grove
60516 Dupage County
630-968-4355 1 0 0 0.00
Neuco, Inc Wholesalers 5101 Thatcher Rd Downers Grove
60515 Dupage County
630 960 3800 X144
1 133 136 0.84 01/13/2015
Robert Bair Services Contractor 447 Rogers St. Downers Grove
60505 Kane County 630-964-1700 1 0 0 0.00
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Stephens Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 747 Ogden Ave Downers Grove
60515 Dupage County
630-968-0783 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co. Wholesalers 4342 Kennedy Drive
East Moline 61244 Rock Island County
309-796-2120 1 63 71 0.44 01/14/2015, 06/09/2015
Capitol Group Wholesalers 120 Thunderbird Lane
East Peoria 61611 Tazewell County
309 699 3986 1 3 6 0.04 11/06/2015
Modern Wholesale Supply Co.
Wholesalers 7103 Marine Road
Edwardsville 62025 Madison County
618-656-2197 1 110 132 0.82 08/05/2015
H.H. Sutton Contractor 923 South 4th Street
Eldorado 62930 Saline County 618-273-3861 1 0 0 0.00
Central Furnace Supply
Wholesalers 605 Church Rd Elgin 60123 Kane County 847 622 2220 1 0 0 0.00
Fj Bero Contractor 1629 Weld Road Elgin 60123 Kane County 847-741-6140 1 0 0 0.00
G.W. Berkheimer Wholesalers 2761 Pinnacle Drive
Elgin 60124 Kane County 847-783-4822 1 115 117 0.73 06/24/2015, 11/06/2015
Goodman Distribution, Inc
Wholesalers 2510 Vantage Drive
Elgin 60124 Kane County 224-388-7358 1 0 0 0.00
Gustave A Larson Wholesalers 1720 Todd Farm Dr.
Elgin 60123 Kane County 847-608-7491 2 129 166 1.03 05/05/2015, 11/06/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 1313 Timber Drive
Elgin 60123 Kane County 708-418-0900 2 110 173 1.07 12/22/2015, 05/14/2015, 10/05/2015
Source 1 Wholesalers 1162 N. Mclean Blvd
Elgin 60123 Kane County 1 0 0 0.00
Trane Supply Wholesalers 2410 Vantage Drive
Elgin 60120 Cook County 630-400-4333 1 0 0 0.00
Ziegler's Ace Hardware
Retailers 215 N. Spring St. Elgin 60120 Cook County 847-741-5610 1 0 0 0.00
Illco Inc Wholesalers 780 Lively Blvd Elk Grove 60007 Cook County 847-228-1200 1 4 8 0.05 12/04/2015
Harry Alter Wholesalers 475 Crossen Avenue
Elk Grove Village
60007 Cook County 847-952-1017 2 17 21 0.13 04/16/2015
Johnstone Supply Co Wholesalers 1090 Pratt Blvd Elk Grove Village
60007 Cook County 847-956-0810 3 63 79 0.49 09/23/2015
Source 1 Wholesalers 450 W. Wrightwood Avenue
Elmhurst 60126 Dupage County
630-758-1580 1 25 67 0.42 11/09/2015
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York Upg Wholesalers 450 Wrightwood Ave
Elmhurst 60126 Dupage County
216-470-6567 1 0 0 0.00
Able Distributors Wholesalers 2423 Main Street Evanston 60202 Cook County 847-869-6500 1 21 26 0.16 12/09/2015
American Vintage Home Inc
Contractor 1523 Payne St Evanston 60201 Cook County 847-251-5255 1 0 0 0.00
John J. Cahill Inc. Contractor 1515 Church St. Evanston 60201 Cook County 847-864-5225 2 0 0 0.00
Northstar Heating & Air Conditioning
Contractor 2200 Green Bay Road
Evanston 60201 Cook County 847-869-9600 1 22 27 0.17 03/16/2015
Leahy Heating & Cooling
Contractor 9115 S. Kedzie Avenue
Evergreen Park
60805 Cook County 708-499-3800 1 0 0 0.00
Nussbaum Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 124 E. Locust Street
Fairbury 61739 Livingston County
815-692-2042 1 0 0 0.00
Scott & Sons Plbg, Htg, Air & Electric
Contractor 617 County Road 1885 East
Fairfield 62837 Wayne County
618-842-3749 1 0 0 0.00
Harr's Ace Hardware Retailers 836 W. North Ave.
Flora 62839 Clay County 618-662-4434 1 0 0 0.00
Forrest Plumbing, Heating, & Cooling, Inc.
Contractor 125 E. Krack Street
Forrest 61741 Livingston County
815-657-8515 1 0 0 0.00
Fox Lake Ace Retailers 107 Towne Centre Ln.
Fox Lake 60020 Lake County 847-587-1100 1 0 0 0.00
Leader Ace Hardware
Retailers 980 Route 22 Fox River Grove
60021 McHenry County
847-639-4431 1 0 0 0.00
Bomar Htg & Cooling Contractor 420 Meadows Drive
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815-233-1622 1 46 46 0.29 09/29/2015
Connor Co Wholesalers 1028 Il Route 26 N
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815-235-7789 1 0 0 0.00
First Supply Wholesalers 115 E South Street
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815-232-6000 1 105 105 0.65 09/02/2015
Lemanski Heating And Air Conditioning
Contractor 1398 South Armstrong Ave.
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815-232-4519 1 0 0 0.00
Loescher Heating & Air Conditioning
Contractor 1860 S. Walnut Rd.
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815 232-6166 1 0 0 0.00
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Sturtevant Heating & Air Conditioning
Contractor 1010 S. West Avenue
Freeport 61032 Stephenson County
815-821-2419 1 0 0 0.00
Basio Plumbing Contractor 576 S. Chambers Street
Galesburg 61401 Knox County 309-642-6010 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 2315 Grand Ave Galesburg 61401 Knox County 309-342-7000 1 0 0 0.00
Lambasio, Inc Contractor 401 E. Berrien St. Galesburg 61401 Knox County 309-341-1802 2 48 51 0.32 02/20/2015
Mechanical Service, Inc.
Contractor 1144 Monmouth Blvd.
Galesburg 61402 Knox County 309-342-8136 1 0 0 0.00
Pete Logan, Inc Dba Service Pro
Contractor 2611 E. 5th Street Galesburg 61401 Knox County 309-341-0791 1 0 0 0.00
Becker & Becker, Inc. Contractor 101 South Chicago St.
Geneseo 61254 Henry County 309-944-3592 1 0 0 0.00
Geneva Ace Hardware
Retailers 617 W State St. Geneva 60134 Kane County 630-208-6600 1 0 0 0.00
Service Concepts Inc. Contractor 404 S Centre Drive
Genoa 60135 Dekalb County
815-784-4100 1 0 0 0.00
Kohnen Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc.
Contractor 1104 Sycamore Street
Germantown 62245 Clinton County
618-523-4557 1 0 0 0.00
Reid's Service Contractor 9945 Farley Lane Gillespie 62033 Macoupin County
618-362-6566 1 0 0 0.00
Burgess And Son, Inc. Contractor 702 North 3rd Street
Girard 62640 Macoupin County
217-627-2665 1 27 30 0.19 06/18/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 799 W. Roosevelt Rd Bldg. 2-Suite 102/106
Glen Ellyn 60137 Dupage County
630-858-0888 1 3 6 0.04 08/18/2015
Thermaster Contractor 740 N Columbine Ave.
Glen Ellyn 60138 Dupage County
630-620-6205 1 0 0 0.00
Lennox Industries Inc.
Wholesalers 155 Internationale Blvd
Glendale Heights
60139 Dupage County
630-894-5550 4 0 0 0.00
Nucomfort Supply Inc.
Wholesalers 500 Windy Point Dr.
Glendale Heights
60139 Dupage County
630-534-4900 1 0 0 0.00
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Carlson Heating, Cooling And Electric Co.
Contractor 3340 West Lake Avenue
Glenview 60026 Cook County 847-729-0123 1 85 99 0.61 12/16/2015
Effective Air, Inc. Contractor 2033 Johns Ct. Glenview 60025 Cook County 847-729-1820 1 0 0 0.00
R.H. Witt Heating & Sheet Metal
Contractor 2049 Johns Drive Glenview 60025 Cook County 847-724-1690 1 68 75 0.47 05/01/2015
Mepco Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 10956 E. Leclaire Street
Grant Park 60940 Kankakee County
815-472-4829 1 0 0 0.00
Miller's Area Heating Contractor 112 Center Street Grayslake 60030 Lake County 847-223-0211 1 0 0 0.00
Enertech, Inc Contractor 2506 South Elm Street
Greenville 62246 Bond County 618-690-3225 1 0 0 0.00 08/17/2015
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 3895 Grove Avenue
Gurnee 60031 Lake County 847-623-8460 1 42 167 1.04 08/31/2015
Humble Heating & Ac Inc.
Contractor 2067 Cedar Avenue
Hanover Park 60133 Dupage County
647-561-4209 1 15 17 0.11 08/14/2015
Lebec's Refrigeration, Inc.
Contractor 26092 East, 8th Road
Harvel 62538 Christian County
217-229-4295 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 2017 W Main St. Havana 62644 Mason County
309-543-2638 1 0 0 0.00
Zellers Heating And Cooling
Contractor 12646 Sr 78 Havana 62644 Mason County
309-543-6761 1 0 0 0.00
Care Free Comfort Contractor 1630 Old Deerfield Road
Highland Park
60035 Lake County 847-433-7377 1 107 117 0.73 12/31/2015
G & O Thermal Sup. Co.
Wholesalers 1490 Old Deerfield Road Unit 19
Highland Park
60035 Lake County 847-831-2400 1 0 0 0.00
Ravinia Plumbing And Heating
Contractor 1580 Old Skokie Road
Highland Park
60035 Lake County 847-432-5561 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 300 Springfiled Road
Hillsboro 62049 Montgomery County
217-532-6677 1 0 0 0.00
Munch's Supply Co. Inc
Wholesalers 300 N. Manheim Road
Hillside 60162 Cook County 708-547-1121 2 189 253 1.57 01/20/2015, 10/05/2015
Mccrea Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 118 S. View Street
Hinckley 60520 Dekalb County
815-766-1357 1 0 0 0.00
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Hoekstra Hvac Contractor 17907 Dixie Highway
Homewood 60430 Cook County 708-798-3444 2 11 11 0.07 10/06/2015
Suburban Electric Contractor 2020 W. 187th Street
Homewood 60430 Cook County 708-798-0909 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 900 W. Morton Avenue
Jacksonville 62650 Morgan County
217-524-9563 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 630 Brooklyn Avenue
Jacksonville 62650 Morgan County
217-243-3411 1 0 0 0.00
Jerseyville Winnelson
Wholesalers 525 Baughman Drive
Jerseyville 62052 Jersey County
618-498-6255 1 0 0 0.00
Advanced Plumbing And Swer
Contractor 2364 Essington Road
Joliet 60435 Will County 815-730-8810 1 0 0 0.00
G.W. Berkheimer Wholesalers 2102 Mcdonough Street
Joliet 60436 Will County 1 23 623 3.86 10/15/2015
Harry Alter Co Wholesalers 2104 Mcdonough Street
Joliet 60435 Will County 1 19 20 0.12 12/02/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 2095 Oak Leaf St Joliet 60435 Will County 815-730-0336 1 0 0 0.00
Illco Inc Wholesalers 2106 W. Mcdonough Street
Joliet 60436 Will County 815-725-9100 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply #387
Wholesalers 2302 Oakleaf St. Joliet 60436 Will County 815-215-1170 1 0 0 0.00
Rogers Supply Wholesalers 500 Oak Leaf Court Unit A
Joliet 60436 Will County 815-744-9904 2 0 0 0.00
Will County Land Use Dept.
HHW Facility 58 E. Clinton St. Joliet 60432 Will County 815-727-8834 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 1600 Grinnell Road
Kankakee 60901 Kankakee County
815-933-6688 1 71 77 0.48 05/01/2015
Goodberlet Htg & Air Cond.
Contractor 255 E Brookmont Blvd
Kankakee 60901 Kankakee County
815-937-0189 1 43 46 0.29 12/09/2015
Holohan Heating & Sheetmetal
Contractor 575 W. Seneca Kankakee 60901 Kankakee County
815-932-7711 1 0 0 0.00
Roger's Supply Company
Wholesalers 1425 Harvard Drive
Kankakee 60901 Kankakee County
217-356-0166 1 30 41 0.25 05/01/2015
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Ed's Heating Contractor 111 S. Chestnut Street
Kewanee 61443 Henry County 309-856-5126 1 53 56 0.35 12/31/2015
Rogers Supply Co Wholesalers 17 Enterprise Drive
La Salle 61301 La Salle County
815.220.0162 1 10 10 0.06 01/06/2015
Grainger Demo 100 Grainger Pkwy
Lake Forest 60045 Lake County 1 0 0 0.00
Ireland Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
Contractor 28354 N. Ballard Drive
Lake Forest 60045 Lake County 847-362-4548 1 0 0 0.00
Rick Kuehn & Sons Heating - Cooling Burner Service
Contractor 766 Frontage Road
Lake Villa 60046 Lake County 847-356-5252 1 0 0 0.00
Aaron & Trecker Htg. & A/C Inc.
Contractor 100 Oakwood Road Unit C
Lake Zurich 60047 Lake County 847-540-9585 1 25 32 0.20 06/18/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 17725 Volbrecht Rd.
Lansing 60438 Cook County 708-418-6601 3 56 68 0.42 10/29/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 18001 S. Torrence Avenue
Lansing 60438 Cook County 708-895-5110 1 8 16 0.10 08/20/2015
Hardesty Heating & Cooling Inc.
Contractor 410 W. Bicentennial Dr.
Leroy 61752 McLean County
309-962-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Allied A/C & Heating Corp.
Contractor 203 Peterson Road
Libertyville 60048 Lake County 847-367-8989 1 72 106 0.66 09/18/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 912A E Park Ave (Rt 176)
Libertyville 60048 Lake County 847-573-0708 2 0 0 0.00
Libertyville Unique Indoor Comfort, Inc.
Contractor 624 2nd Street Libertyville 60048 Lake County 847-362-1910 1 0 0 0.00
Toptec Heating Cooling Plumbing And Electrical
Contractor 345 East Park Avenue
Libertyville 60048 Lake County 847-362-0262 13 55 83 0.51 02/26/2015, 03/30/2015
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 521 N Kickapoo St.
Lincoln 62656 Logan County 217-732-1458 1 0 0 0.00
Moore Supply Company Branch 4
Wholesalers 4929 Lincoln Ave. Lisle 60532 Dupage County
630-971-0400 1 81 90 0.56 12/18/2015
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Clearesult Contractor 69 Eisenhower Lane South
Lombard 60148 Dupage County
331-305-0561 5 719 858 5.32 05/12/2015, 05/13/2015, 07/20/2015, 07/22/2015, 10/14/2015, 10/15/2015, 11/10/2015, 11/18/2015, 11/23/2015, 11/24/2015, 12/15/2015, 12/16/2015, 12/17/2015
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 1155 N. Dupage Ave.
Lombard 60148 Dupage County
630-932-8777 4 57 115 0.71 10/13/2015
Interline Brands Wholesalers 1100 N. Lombard Rd., Suite A
Lombard 60148 Dupage County
630-317-0505 1 0 0 0.00
Rogers Supply Company
Wholesalers 1041 N. Dupage Avenue
Lombard 60148 Dupage County
630-705-9370 1 9 9 0.06 11/13/2015
Sid Harvey Industries
Wholesalers 641 N. Main St. Lombard 60148 Dupage County
630-627-6810 2 0 0 0.00
Bg Distributors Wholesalers 110 North Main Street (P.O. Box 249)
Louisville 62858 Clay County 618-665-3353 1 78 100 0.62 01/16/2015
Harlem Plumbing Supply
Wholesalers 8641 W. Ogden Avenue
Lyons 60534 Cook County 708-447-2111 0 1 1 0.01 12/21/2015
First Supply Wholesalers 10736 N. 2nd Street
Machesney Park
61115 Winnebago County
815-654-5381 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 433 N. Campbell Macomb 61455 McDonough County
309-833-2148 1 0 0 0.00
Tri-County Collection Facility
HHW Facility 510 N. Pearl St. Macomb 61455 McDonough County
309-331-4782 1 0 0 0.00
Capitol Group Wholesalers 1404 Morgan Ave Marion 62959 Williamson County
618 997 4002 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 801 N. Skyline Drive
Marion 62959 Williamson County
618-993-1031 1 0 0 0.00
Crescent Parts & Equipment
Wholesalers 3309 W. Commercial Drive
Marion 62959 Williamson County
618-997-5608 5 307 635 3.94 03/27/2015, 08/26/2015, 08/26/2015, 09/15/2015, 09/16/2015
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Mccamy Heating And Cooling
Contractor 805 Lincoln Road Marquette Heights
61554 Tazewell County
309-382-2779 1 20 21 0.13 09/17/2015
Hernan's Plumbing & Heating, Inc
Contractor 131 N. Tonica Mason City 62664 Mason County
217-482-5805 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 1308 Lakeland Blvd
Mattoon 61938 Coles County 217-235-4328 1 50 130 0.81 04/30/2015
Industrial Mechanical Inc.
Contractor 717 S. 19th Mattoon 61938 Coles County 217-273-1789 1 4 7 0.04 08/20/2015
Kam Services, Inc. Contractor 2417 Marshall Avenue
Mattoon 61938 Coles County 217-235-9537 1 0 0 0.00
Able Distributors Wholesalers 4506 S. Hi Point Road
Mchenry 60050 McHenry County
815-344-8899 1 0 0 0.00
American Heating & Cooling
Contractor 715 North Lillian Street
Mchenry 60050 McHenry County
815-385-8220 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 3918 N. Richmond Road
Mchenry 60051 McHenry County
815-385-4404 1 2 2 0.01 06/19/2015
G.W. Berkheimer Co, Inc.
Wholesalers 4100 W. Albany Drive
Mchenry 60050 McHenry County
815-385-0021 3 206 266 1.65 08/18/2015, 10/27/2015, 04/01/2015
Home Efficiency Specialists, Inc.
Contractor 110 South Elm Street
Mclean 61754 McLean County
309-826-1128 1 0 0 0.00
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 1999 N. Ruby Street
Melrose Park 60160 Cook County 708-343-4225 3 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 5109 W. Lake Street
Melrose Park 60160 Cook County 708-493-0500 2 0 0 0.00
Riley Heating & Cooling
Contractor 16 N. 9th Avenue Melrose Park 60160 Cook County 708-343-5472 1 0 0 0.00
Dow Heating And Air Conditioning
Contractor P.O. Box 283 Millstadt 62260 St Clair County
618-447-2256 1 0 0 0.00
Integrity Heating & Cooling
Contractor 19450 97th Ave Mokena 60448 Will County 708-389-3327 1 0 0 0.00
Lennox Industries Inc. A214
Wholesalers 8901 W 192nd Street Unit B
Mokena 60448 Will County 708-326-6130 1 70 79 0.49 11/18/2015
Adel Wholesalers Inc/Trachtenbarg Co.
Wholesalers 318 River Drive Moline 61265 Rock Island County
309-797-6668 1 41 43 0.27 06/05/2015
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Dennis Company Inc. Wholesalers 2815 Avenue Of The Cities
Moline 61265 Rock Island County
309-762-0438 1 61 106 0.66 03/03/2015
Kale Company Contractor 122 River Drive Moline 61265 Rock Island County
309-797-9290 1 46 52 0.32 12/31/2015
Trevor True Value Hardware
Retailers 2842 16th Street Moline 61265 Rock Island County
309-764-5689 1 2 2 0.01 08/14/2015
Barry Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Contractor 1296 Bungalow Road
Morris 60450 Grundy County
815-941-0078 1 0 0 0.00
Cleek Plumbing, Heating & Ac, Inc.
Contractor 888 Wauponsee Street
Morris 60450 Grundy County
815-942-0229 1 0 0 0.00
Ez-Air, Inc. Contractor 1302 A Spruce Street
Morris 60450 Grundy County
815-941-2665 1 0 0 0.00
Munch's Supply Co Wholesalers 2403 Sycamore Road
Morris 60450 Grundy County
815-942-4171 1 63 69 0.43 06/10/2015, 12/15/2015
R.L. Lyon, Inc. Contractor 888 Third Avenue Morris 60450 Grundy County
815-942-0134 1 86 91 0.56 03/16/2015
Moore Supply Company Branch 3
Wholesalers 8109 N. Austin Ave.
Morton Grove 60053 Cook County 847-581-9200 1 49 88 0.55 06/11/2015
National Excelsior Company
Wholesalers 8150 B Lehigh Ave
Morton Grove 60053 Cook County 847-965-3500 1 14 14 0.09 06/11/2015, 12/09/2015
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 6010 W. Dempster
Morton Grove 60053 Cook County 312-226-4900 1 36 109 0.68 08/19/2015
Basset's Mechanical Inc.
Contractor 313 S. Spring Street
Mount Pulaski
62548 Logan County 217-792-5593 1 0 0 0.00
Thomas Plumbing And Heating Inc.
Contractor 107 East Main Moweaqua 62550 Shelby County
217-768-3790 1 0 0 0.00
Scranton Refrigeration & Electric
Contractor 868 975 North Avenue
Mt. Sterling 62353 Brown County
217-773-2626 1 0 0 0.00
Benoist Bros. Supply Wholesalers 107 North 16th Street
Mt. Vernon 62864 Jefferson County
618-242-0344 1 243 297 1.84 02/02/2015, 11/16/2015, 12/31/2015
Goodman Distribution, Inc.
Wholesalers 14 Fountain Place Mt. Vernon 62864 Jefferson County
618-244-4182 1 0 0 0.00
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Goodman Distribution, Inc #480
Wholesalers 1060 High Street Mundelein 60060 Lake County 847-566-5109 1 20 22 0.14 02/03/2015
Moore Supply Company
Wholesalers 1260 Townline Rd.
Mundelein 60060 Lake County 847-362-4545 2 50 74 0.46 03/30/2015
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 137 Johnstone Rd.
Murphysboro 62966 Jackson County
618-549-7365 1 54 84 0.52 07/14/2015
Voss Heating & A/C, Inc.
Contractor 724 Notrh 17th St.
Murphysboro 62966 Jackson County
618-684-6959 1 0 0 0.00
Williams Air Conditioning
Contractor 22 Murdale Gardens Road
Murphysboro 62966 Jackson County
618-684-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 1030 N Washington St.
Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630-355-0077 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 5025 Ace Lane Naperville 60564 Will County 630-428-8147 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 963 West 75th Street
Naperville 60565 Dupage County
630-355-3993 1 0 0 0.00
Central Furnace Supply
Wholesalers 110 Shore Road Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630 369 7500 1 0 0 0.00
Energy Services Ac And Heating Co.
Contractor 512 W. 5th Avenue
Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630-969-1400 1 0 0 0.00
Ferguson Heating & Cooling
Wholesalers 2019 Corporate Lane
Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630-778-6109 1 0 0 0.00
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 1661 W Quincy Unit #115
Naperville 60540 Dupage County
630-305-3800 2 13 19 0.12 06/22/2015
Johnstone Supply - Naperville
Wholesalers 480 Industrial Dr. Ste 116
Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630 983 6160 1 21 39 0.24 11/02/2015
Naperville Household Waste
HHW Facility 1979 Brookdale Road (Nfd #4)
Naperville 60563 Dupage County
630-420-6747 4 107 122 0.76 08/31/2015
Sudkamp Plumbing, Heating, & Electric
Contractor 958 Us Rt. 45 Neoga 62447 Cumberland County
217-895-2591 0 0 0 0.00 12/22/2015
Munch's Supply Co Wholesalers 1901 Ferro Drive New Lennox 60451 Will County 815-723-1111 2 70 70 0.43 06/10/2015
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G.W. Berkheimer Co., Inc.
Wholesalers 6279 W. Howard Street
Niles 60714 Cook County 847-647-2333 2 127 204 1.26 11/25/2015, 12/01/2015, 12/09/2015
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 6153 Mulford Street
Niles 60714 Cook County 847-966-2700 2 39 70 0.43 10/22/2015
Lennox Industries Inc. A212
Wholesalers 6295 West Howard Street
Niles 60714 Cook County 847-588-2105 1 22 24 0.15 12/21/2015
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 204 E College Ave.
Normal 61761 McLean County
309-454-8413 1 0 0 0.00
Comfort Hvac Incorporated
Contractor 1212 Searle Drive Normal 61761 McLean County
309-838-7643 1 12 16 0.10 08/18/2015
Town Of Normal/Public Works Dept.
HHW Facility 1301 Warriner St. Normal 61761 McLean County
309-454-9576 1 0 0 0.00
Lee's Heating & Air Contractor 562 County Road 375 North
Norris City 62869 White County 618-962-3300 1 0 0 0.00
Harry Alter - National Excelsior
Wholesalers 100 Overland Drive
North Aurora 60542 Kane County 331-256-6642 1 0 0 0.00
Goodman Distribution, Inc. #478
Wholesalers 3600 Woodhead Drive
Northbrook 60062 Cook County 847-272-2509 2 12 12 0.07 06/19/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 162 Northfield Road
Northfield 60093 Cook County 847-446-4343 2 42 52 0.32 11/16/2015
Ace Hardware Retailers 600 Southview Plaza
O Fallon 62269 St Clair County
618-628-7200 1 0 0 0.00
S. Mechanical, Inc. Contractor 16420 S. Kilbourn Avenue
Oak Forest 60452 Cook County 708-535-3600 1 0 0 0.00
Village Of Oak Park Public Works
HHW Facility 201 South Blvd. Oak Park 60302 Cook County 708-358-5707 1 0 0 0.00
John's Service And Sales
Contractor 117-119 West Walnut St
Oglesby 61348 La Salle County
815-883-3637 1 0 0 0.00
Royse's Plumbing, Heating, & A/C
Contractor 1025 West Main Street
Olney 62450 Richland County
618-392-7586 1 0 0 0.00
Myers Plg & Htg, Inc Contractor 404 - 11Th Avenue
Orion 61273 Henry County 309-526-8566 1 0 0 0.00
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R.E. Michel Co Wholesalers 61 Kendall Point Drive
Oswego 60543 Kendall County
630-978-1891 2 0 0 0.00
Allied Hvac Contractor 500 E. Northwest Hwy.
Palatine 60074 Cook County 847-359-4500 2 0 0 0.00
Green Construction Contractor 506 South Jackson Street
Palestine 62451 Crawford County
618-586-5314 1 3 4 0.02 12/22/2015
First Star Hvac Inc. Contractor 8059 W. 126 Street
Palos Park 60464 Cook County 708-710-8315 1 0 0 0.00
Houston Plg, Htg & A/C
Contractor 111 N. Market Street
Paxton 60957 Ford County 217-379-2329 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 1209 W. Pioneer Parkway
Peoria 61615 Peoria County
309-693-7229 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co. Wholesalers 2800 N.E. Adams St.
Peoria 61603 Peoria County
309-688-4407 1 25 31 0.19 06/09/2015
Fritch Heating & Cooling
Contractor 1004 Ne Adams Peoria 61603 Peoria County
309-671-5360 1 0 0 0.00
G.E. Milaccio Co., Inc Wholesalers 510 Wolf Road Peoria 61614 Peoria County
309-692-4545 1 0 0 0.00
Goodman Distribution, Inc.
Wholesalers 2200 W. Altorfer Peoria 61615 Peoria County
309-692-5800 0 0 26 0.16 03/17/2015
Habegger Corporation
Wholesalers 2220 W. Altorfer Drive
Peoria 61615 Peoria County
309-691-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Hi Line Supply Wholesalers 405 East Lake Avenue
Peoria 61614 Peoria County
309-685-5986 1 0 0 0.00
Hunzeker Service Agency
Wholesalers 8720 N. Univeristy Street
Peoria 61615 Peoria County
309-691-3052 1 3 3 0.02 06/03/2015
Illco Inc Wholesalers 2600 W. Farmington Rd
Peoria 61604 Peoria County
309-495-2810 1 12 23 0.14 04/30/2015
Johnstone Supply #240
Wholesalers 2021 S.W. Washington St.
Peoria 61602 Peoria County
309-673-7486 1 125 125 0.78 06/30/2015
Rogers Supply Wholesalers 616 Ne Jefferson St
Peoria 61603 Peoria County
(309) 637-5199
1 21 27 0.17 12/31/2015
Ruyle Mechanical Services
Contractor 1325 Ne Bond Street
Peoria 61603 Peoria County
309-573-7307 1 15 34 0.21 09/03/2015
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South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 820 S.W. Jefferson Avenue
Peoria 61605 Peoria County
309-637-3775 1 1 1 0.01 08/14/2015
T. F. Ehrhart Company
Wholesalers 100 Morton Street Peoria 61603 Peoria County
309-676-1588 1 0 0 0.00
United Refrigeration #428
Wholesalers 422 Northeast Adams Street
Peoria 61603 Peoria County
309-674-9245 3 8 11 0.07 12/02/2015
Yeomans Distributing Co.
Wholesalers 1503 W. Altorfer Peoria 61615 Peoria County
309-282-9811 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 3 Terminal Road Peru 61354 La Salle County
815-224-1205 1 0 0 0.00
Jc's Air Conditioning & Refrig., Inc.
Contractor 1001 S Main St. Pinckneyville 62274 Perry County 618-357-9836 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 2240 Illinois Route 59
Plainfield 60586 Will County 815-254-9800 1 0 0 0.00
Fox Valley Heating & Cooling
Contractor 330 Hubbard Cr. Plano 60545 Kendall County
630-859-9200 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 203 E Livingston St.
Pontiac 61764 Livingston County
815-842-2966 1 0 0 0.00
Kupferschmid, Inc. Contractor 320 West Howard Street
Pontiac 61764 Livingston County
815-842-3812 1 0 0 0.00
Crescent Parts & Equipment
Wholesalers 4230 Cresent Ind Pontoon Beach
62040 Madison County
618-797-2500 2 13 13 0.08 09/28/2015
Erwin Heating & Cooling
Contractor 14617 S. Albany Avenue
Posen 60469 Cook County 708-752-5245 1 0 0 0.00
Elmore Heating & Air Contractor 205 N. Street Dover
Princeton 61356 Bureau County
815-643-2354 1 33 34 0.21 07/17/2015
Bruening Heating And A/C
Contractor 1857 Broadway Quincy 62301 Adams County
217-936-2764 1 0 0 0.00
Connor Co Wholesalers 1328 Seminary Road
Quincy 62301 Adams County
217-228-7898 1 0 0 0.00
Crescent Parts & Equipment
Wholesalers 635 North 3rd St. Quincy 62301 Adams County
217-223-9750 1 91 170 1.05 04/06/2015, 10/30/2015
Peters Heating & A/C Contractor 4520 Broadway Quincy 62305 Adams County
217-222-1368 1 0 0 0.00
T.F. Ehrhart Company Wholesalers 2212 N. 42nd Street
Quincy 62305 Adams County
217-222-9103 2 98 130 0.81 01/30/2015
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Cotton's Ace Hardware
Retailers 1350 S Main St. Red Bud 62278 Randolph County
618-282-6800 1 0 0 0.00
Weis-Derousse Heating & Cooling
Contractor 124 N. Main Street
Red Bud 62278 Randolph County
618-282-2224 1 0 0 0.00
Dowe & Wagner Inc. Contractor 11215 Commercial Avenue
Richmond 60071 McHenry County
815-678-3000 1 0 0 0.00
Habegger Corporation
Wholesalers 520 2nd Street Rock Island 61201 Rock Island County
309-793-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Area Mechanical, Inc. Contractor 821 - 1st Avenue Rockford 61104 Winnebago County
815-964-2070 2 0 0 0.00
Columbia Pipe & Supply Co.
Wholesalers 5730 Columbia Pkwy
Rockford 61108 Winnebago County
815-387-1565 1 68 75 0.47 04/01/2015
Connor Co Wholesalers 3537 Merchandise Drive
Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-874-1515 1 0 0 0.00
Design Air Wholesalers 2793 Sandhutton Drive
Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-229-6614 1 112 114 0.71 12/09/2015
G.W. Berkheimer Co. Inc.
Wholesalers 5206 11Th Street Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-387-0230 1 185 243 1.51 07/01/2015, 11/11/2015
Gustave A. Larson Company
Wholesalers 3016 Eastrock Drive
Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-398-4922 2 5 9 0.06 11/12/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 1818 18th Ave. Rockford 61104 Winnebago County
815-397-1818 2 13 26 0.16 02/12/2015
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 3358 Pyramid Drive
Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-874-8256 6 901 1,063 6.59 03/25/2015, 07/28/2015, 09/09/2015, 09/16/2015, 09/21/2015, 11/03/2015, 12/31/2015, 09/22/2015
Miller Engineering Company
Contractor 1616 South Main Street
Rockford 61102 Winnebago County
815-963-4878 1 6 9 0.06 07/10/2015
Sid Harvey Industries
Wholesalers 4620 American Road
Rockford 61109 Winnebago County
815-964-9405 1 0 0 0.00
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Goodman Distribution, Inc Branch #476
Wholesalers 3121 Tollview Dr Rolling Meadows
60008 Cook County 847-577-2800 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 445 Weber Road Romeoville 60446 Will County 815-886-7082 1 0 0 0.00
Accu Aire Comfort Systems
Contractor 4686 E. Rockton Road
Roscoe 61073 Winnebago County
815-624-0644 1 0 0 0.00
Johnson Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 2300 Arnold St. Savanna 61074 Carroll County
815-541-3523 1 0 0 0.00
Egm Inc. Contractor 1004 Morse Avenue
Schaumburg 60193 Cook County 847-534-1175 1 4 12 0.07 08/14/2015
Service Mechanical Contractor 700 Cooper Court Schaumburg 60173 Cook County 847-342-9100 1 0 0 0.00
Knearem's Commercial Services
Contractor 320 E. Main Shelbyville 62565 Shelby County
217-744-4933 1 0 0 0.00
Macari Service Center, Inc.
Contractor 502 N. Cedar Street
Shelbyville 62565 Shelby County
217-774-4214 1 0 0 0.00
Schuler Heating And Cooling, Inc.
Contractor 24425 Black Road Shorewood 60404 Will County 815-254-6954 1 0 0 0.00
Burt's Plumbing Services
Contractor 4638 W. Dobson Street
Skokie 60076 Cook County 708-814-6755 1 0 0 0.00
Freedom Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 1172 Sunburg Road
South Elgin 60177 Kane County 847-695-5311 1 0 0 0.00
Gustave A Larson Wholesalers 695 West 172nd Street
South Holland 60473 Cook County 708-596-0290 1 0 0 0.00
Heuman Heating & Air
Contractor 619 S. St. Louis Street
Sparta 62286 Randolph County
618-443-2716 1 0 0 0.00
Aaa Acorn Mechanical, Inc.
Contractor 321 Croyden Street
Spring Grove 60081 McHenry County
847-497-9888 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Retailers 214 N Walnut St. Springfield 62702 Sangamon County
217-258-5673 1 0 0 0.00
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 1600 Wabash Ave.
Springfield 62704 Sangamon County
217-787-5100 1 0 0 0.00
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Benoist Bros. Supply Wholesalers 2121 Lake Victoria Drive
Springfield 62703 Sangamon County
217-529-3946 1 8 9 0.06 05/01/2015
Capitol Group Wholesalers 3125 Cockrell Lane
Springfield 62711 Sangamon County
217-793-4300 3 0 0 0.00
Connor Co. Wholesalers 1400 S. 9th Street Springfield 62703 Sangamon County
217-544-9612 1 8 8 0.05 12/15/2015
Goodman Distribution, Inc.
Wholesalers 2631 Farmer's Market Rd
Springfield 62707 Sangamon County
217-522-5593 1 0 0 0.00
Habegger Corporation
Wholesalers 2900 Old Rochester Road
Springfield 62703 Sangamon County
217-789-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Henson Robinson Company
Contractor 3550 Great Northern Avenue
Springfield 62711 Sangamon County
217-544-8451 1 54 117 0.73 11/18/2015
Illinois Epa HHW Facility 1021 N. Grand Ave. East
Springfield 62702 Sangamon County
217-524-9642 1 0 0 0.00
Illinois Plbg & Htg Supply Co.
Wholesalers 4725 Wabash Ave.
Springfield 62711 Sangamon County
217-793-9800 1 0 0 0.00
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 301 N First Street Springfield 62702 Sangamon County
217-528-9643 2 20 25 0.16 05/01/2015
Mechanical Supply Company, Inc.
Wholesalers 2785 C South 11Th
Springfield 62703 Sangamon County
217-544-2737 1 4 4 0.02 08/19/2015
Rogers Supply Company
Wholesalers 1710 S. 9th Street Springfield 62703 Sangamon County
217-522-5644 1 24 36 0.22 12/31/2015
Total Mechanical Services
Contractor 429 W. Frontage Road
Staunton 62088 Macoupin County
618-635-2104 1 0 0 0.00
Williams Heating & Air, Inc.
Contractor 502 W. Shawneetown Trail
Steeleville 62288 Randolph County
618-965-2040 1 0 0 0.00
Contractors Supply Wholesalers 114 S. Park St. Streator 61364 La Salle County
815-672-7721 1 2 2 0.01 06/08/2015
Connor Co Wholesalers 694 Heartland Drive
Sugar Grove 60554 Kane County 630-446-3284 1 4 4 0.02 11/02/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 5539 S. Archer Road
Summit 60501 Cook County 708-442-8542 2 0 0 0.00
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Goodman Distribution, Inc.
Wholesalers 120 Corporate Dr. Swansea 62226 St Clair County
618-234-2781 1 2 4 0.02 04/09/2015
Ace Hardware Store Retailers 1713 W. Spresser St.
Taylorville 62568 Christian County
217-824-3325 1 0 0 0.00
Bob Hanks Heating & Cooling
Contractor 1026 W. Vandeever Street
Taylorville 62568 Christian County
217-287-2246 1 247 299 1.85 06/12/2015, 07/17/2015
Buhnerkempe Plumbing And Heating Inc.
Contractor 16429 North 1650th Street
Teutopolis 62467 Effingham County
217-857-3482 1 0 0 0.00
Hoveln Heating & Cooling
Contractor 903 N Church Street
Thomasboro 61878 Champaign County
217-643-2125 1 0 0 0.00
Blackies Automatic Engineering
Contractor 1639 Tilton Road Tilton 61833 Vermilion County
217-442-1440 1 0 0 0.00
G.W. Berkheimer Wholesalers 7635 W. 183rd Street
Tinley Park 60477 Cook County 708-532-8100 2 81 92 0.57 02/09/2015, 11/03/2015
Harry Alter Co./Temp Equipment Corp
Wholesalers 18500 North Creek Dr (S. Entrance)
Tinley Park 60477 Cook County 708-781-2000 3 33 85 0.53 12/14/2015
Rogers Supply Company
Wholesalers 7950 W. 185th Street
Tinley Park 60477 Cook County 708-444-1136 1 15 18 0.11 11/02/2015
Trane Supply Wholesalers 18450 S. West Creek Drive
Tinley Park 60477 Cook County 708-532-8004 1 0 0 0.00
York Upg Wholesalers 8050 W. 186th Street
Tinley Park 60477 Cook County 855-276-6489 1 5 5 0.03 05/29/2015
Kroeschen Plg & Htg, Inc
Contractor 117 E. Santa Fe Toluca 61369 Marshall County
815-452-2312 1 0 0 0.00
Hettinger Bros. Plumbing, Heating & Ac
Contractor 308 E. South Line Road
Tuscola 61953 Douglas County
217-253-4314 1 21 26 0.16 12/04/2015
A & R Mechanical Contractor 711 Kettering Park
Urbana 61801 Champaign County
217-819-5188 1 0 0 0.00
City Of Urbana HHW Facility 706 South Glover Avenue
Urbana 61802 Champaign County
214-384-2416 1 2 2 0.01 12/04/2015
Connor Company Wholesalers 1900 N. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana 61801 Champaign County
217-367-7601 1 4 4 0.02 03/10/2015
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Polar Refrigeration, Heating & Cooling Inc.
Contractor 2508 Northshore Drive
Urbana 61863 Champaign County
217-365-9319 1 2 2 0.01 05/26/2015
Johnstone Supply Wholesalers 970 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills 60061 Lake County 847-383-6997 1 0 0 0.00
Source 1 Wholesalers 859 West End Court
Vernon Hills 60061 Lake County 1 42 59 0.37 10/27/2015
Boiler Pros Of Chicago, Inc
Contractor 420 West Stone Road Suite D-1
Villa Park 60181 Dupage County
708-469-9979 1 0 0 0.00
Unique Indoor Comfort
Contractor 150 E. St Charles Road.
Villa Park 60181 Dupage County
630-833-4400 1 0 0 0.00
Goodman Distribution, Inc
Wholesalers 27615 Diehl Road Warrenville 60555 Dupage County
630-393-4088 2 0 0 0.00
C&C Plumbing & Heating
Contractor 1401 W. Lafayette Street
Watseka 60970 Iroquois County
815-432-2685 1 0 0 0.00
Mckinley Plumbing, Heating And Cooling, Inc.
Contractor 711 W. Pleasant Street
Watseka 60970 Iroquois County
815-432-4328 1 0 0 0.00
Ferguson Heating & Cooling
Wholesalers 3733 Hawthorne Court
Waukegan 60087 Lake County 847-263-9100 2 0 0 0.00
Illco Inc Wholesalers 880 Northpoint Blvd
Waukegan 60085 Lake County 847-473-9000 1 0 0 0.00
Adams Heating & A/C
Contractor 519 South Miller Waverly 62692 Morgan County
217-435-9039 1 0 0 0.00
Triangle Mechanical Services
Contractor 391 Wegner Drive
West Chicago 60185 Dupage County
630-562-0750 1 6 15 0.09 01/05/2015
Collins Heating & Ac Contractor 10603 Bencie Lane
West Frankfort
62896 Franklin County
618-927-0487 1 0 0 0.00
Stadler Heating & Cooling
Contractor 34 Plaza Drive Westmont 60559 Dupage County
630-455-9015 1 0 0 0.00
Ambrust Plumbing, Heating & A/C
Contractor 111 E. Illinois Street
Wheaton 60187 Dupage County
630-668-6273 1 0 0 0.00
Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 1705 N Main St. Wheaton 60187 Dupage County
630-682-3636 1 0 0 0.00
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Buikema's Ace Hardware
Retailers 90 East Loop Road
Wheaton 60189 Dupage County
630-690-0336 1 0 0 0.00
Comfort Masters Service Experts
Contractor 236 Egidi Drive Wheeling 60090 Cook County 847-777-0298 1 0 0 0.00
Munch's Supply Co Wholesalers 301 Alice Street Wheeling 60090 Cook County 847-229-9333 1 137 160 0.99 12/08/2015
O'Hare Engineering Wholesalers 55 Messner Drive Wheeling 60090 Cook County 847-459-5500 1 0 0 0.00
Taylor Plumbing Inc. Contractor 488 Diens Drive Wheeling 60090 Cook County 847-977-5967 1 0 1 0.01 08/14/2015
Therm Flo, Inc. Contractor 251 Holbrook Drive
Wheeling 60090 Cook County 847-353-5401 1 8 8 0.05 06/12/2015
Mccoy Heating & Air Contractor 17478 East Street Hwy. 33
Willow Hill 62480 Jasper County
618-455-3129 1 0 0 0.00
South Side Control Supply Co.
Wholesalers 7501 S. Quincy Street
Willowbrook 60527 Dupage County
773-585-3460 1 0 0 0.00
Trane Supply Wholesalers 7100 S. Madison Street
Willowbrook 60527 Dupage County
630-455-9900 1 0 0 0.00
Fj Kerngan Plumbing Contractor 811 Ridge Rd. Wilmette 60091 Cook County 847-256-2695 1 0 0 0.00
Columbia Pipe & Supply Co.
Wholesalers 1000 Courtaulds Drive
Woodstock 60098 McHenry County
847-567-8002 1 11 12 0.07 06/18/2015