{"id":2407,"date":"2018-01-05T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2018-01-05T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T20:07:11","slug":"tstc-hvac-program-receives-equipment-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"TSTC HVAC Program Receives Equipment Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(RED OAK) \u2013 A Plano business recently donated more than $13,000 in Trane equipment to Texas State Technical College in North Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSTC\u2019s Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technology program received five high-efficiency condensing units, five fan coils, two gas furnaces and an evaporator coil from Total Air &amp; Heat Co.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terry Robinson, a TSTC HVAC instructor with more than 20 years of industry teaching experience, said this was one of the largest equipment donations he has seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe donated Trane equipment diversifies the equipment that students will work on as they install, maintain, troubleshoot and service in the HVAC training laboratory,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is high-quality equipment with new technology that will enhance our students\u2019 learning experiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family-owned company was founded in 1957 and provides residential and commercial boiler, heating and air conditioning installation and maintenance services in Collin and Dallas counties. The company has 45 employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe stay active and keep in front of people, so we stay relevant for people to want to do business with us,\u201d said Justin Lauten, a general manager at the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauten did not graduate from TSTC, but became familiar with the Red Oak campus when he took a statewide HVAC licensing preparation course from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSTC offers an Associate of Applied Science degree and a certificate in HVAC Technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about making a gift to Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu\/tstcfoundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(RED OAK) \u2013 A Plano business recently donated more than $13,000 in Trane equipment to Texas State Technical College in North Texas. TSTC\u2019s Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technology program received five high-efficiency condensing units, five fan coils, two gas furnaces and an evaporator coil from Total Air &amp; Heat Co. Terry Robinson, a TSTC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northtexas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}