Our Company History
Project was incorporated in 1964, by Clarence Castleman and Louis Hettinger. The original location of the company was off Manslick lane in Louisville’s south end. The start was very humble as they set up shop in an old chicken coop.
That didn’t last long as they quickly grew and moved to the industrial park in J-town. Shortly after starting the company Clarence brought on both his son’s Ron and Jim Castleman. Today Project is transitioning to its third generation of being a privately held, family owned and operated HVAC company.
We have been located on English Station Road in Middletown for the last 30 years. Project’s campus includes 2+ acres, which houses 8,000 square feet of shop and warehouse space as well as 2,000 square feet of office space. In addition, there is a lower warehouse that is 6,000 square feet, which is used to store and stage for upcoming “projects”, both commercial and residential.
The company started with a heavy focus on residential and multi-family new construction, which is where the name “Project” came from.
Since the company at that time was only doing construction projects, the name “Project Heating and Cooling” seemed like a good fit.
As the company began to grow, it needed someone to oversee the “service side” of the business. Ron quickly assumed all the responsibilities of running a service department and the demands of servicing all the new construction the company was doing. Jim Castleman began to handle the production aspect of the construction side of the business.
Project grew rapidly and by 1980 had grown to one of the most respected HVAC companies in Louisville, Southern Indiana and the surrounding areas.
Residentially, we were installing between 800 and 1,000 single and multi-family homes per year. We then added a commercial construction division along with engineers that designed commercial HVAC systems. The addition of commercial construction came with its own set of challenges, but none that couldn’t be handled. The addition of Terry Stewart to oversee the commercial design, estimating, and sales effort began a long term relationship with some of the most well-known Louisville architects, engineers, and general contractors.
By the early 1990's, one of the founding fathers of the company, Clarence, had passed away and shortly after that Louis Hettinger stepped away from running the business. Ron and Jim Castleman assumed full ownership by the early 90's as the second generation of ownership.
By the early 90's we had grown and expanded to over 100 employees. We have never forgotten our roots in new construction.
With a continued heavy focus on construction, the industry itself was seeing a transformation into "service on demand." Project's service and replacement department began to grow rapidly to keep pace with the ever changing needs of service and repairs for our customers and friends.
Today the service and replacement division services more than 10,000 customers and their families per year.
Our service and replacement department specializes in both residential HVAC service as well replacement and upgrades to commercial HVAC systems.
Today Project Heating & Cooling employs more than 100 people and is a key part of the HVAC industry in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana.
PROJECT HEATING & COOLING
Street Address:
515 N. English Station Road
Louisville, KY 40223
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 43669
Louisville, KY 40253
Phone: (502) 245-6683
Call (502) 245-6683
for Emergency Service
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Licenses:
#MOOO26 & #HM05536
Hours:
7:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Saturday & Sunday: On Call (502) 245-6683
24/7 HVAC Emergency Service