PaceControls announced today the appointment of Richard A. Kolk as Senior Vice President, Technology. Mr. Kolk, a Willis Carrier Fellow and commercial control engineering manager during his 23-year career with United Technologies and Carrier Corporation, will lead PaceControls’ York, Pennsylvania-based research and development team in the development of next-generation products, and in its ongoing joint product development activities.

Mr. Kolk has extensive experience in multi-site and multi-disciplinary engineering management with large and small teams, and in HVAC control system design, dynamics, control analysis, and product reliability. He is an author of nine patents in the field of control design, has been published in numerous professional journals, and is the co-author of a textbook on system design. Mr. Kolk earned a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Connecticut, and an M.S.E.E. degree from California State University-Long Beach. He served as an adjunct professor for over 20 years at the University of Hartford, where he was awarded the Gordon Clark Ramsey Award for Creative Teaching Excellence. “Ric brings a wealth of terrific control knowledge and experience to PaceControls, and we’re very pleased to have him aboard,” said Tom Mills, President of PaceControls.

About PaceControls
PaceControls, an ENERGY STAR Partner, develops and manufactures eco-smart, easy-to-install, energy-saving HVACR solutions.  Designed for a wide variety of commercial, industrial and residential heating, cooling and refrigeration equipment, PaceControls technology is a highly flexible retrofit solution.  The patented technology establishes optimal run times for compressors and burner units, “pacing” the equipment’s consumption of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil or propane saving 10 to 20 percent or more on energy bills.  A typical payback for a project ranges from just one to three years.  The technology — designed and refined with significant input from the HVACR maintenance industry and equipment manufacturers — complies with all accepted industry standards for control equipment.  PaceControls products have proven successful in thousands of installations, including hundreds installed by electric utilities under demand side management programs.