Boland has accomplished over 50 years of business in the HVAC industry.  Boland was started in 1960 by Louis J. Boland, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Lou Boland began his career with The Trane Company in 1954.  After he completed the graduate engineer training class in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Lou was assigned to the Washington, D.C. sales office.  He worked as a Trane sales engineer serving his customers well and delivering more than was expected.  In 1960, he was promoted to Washington District Manager.  The Trane sales franchise was incorporated as Louis J. Boland, Inc. on June 18, 1960.

Lou created the first service department for the Trane Company in 1960.  As he quoted in later years, “When I opened the franchise, we were without the support of a service department.  I worked six hours a day as a service technician and six hours a day as a sales engineer.”  The first service technician that Lou hired was Vern Hruska who continues his career with Boland today.

In 2003, Jim Boland was named President of Boland upon his father’s death.  A second son, Lou Boland, Jr. serves as Executive Vice President.   The family is involved in numerous charitable organizations throughout the region and truly gives back to the community they serve.

For more than half a century, Boland has been the largest provider of comfort solutions in the District, Maryland, Northern Virginia and the West Virginia panhandle.  We allow businesses to do what they do best - focus on their business, not on their buildings.  As a local family-owned business with over 300 professionals, Boland is active in the community as well as the HVAC industry. 

Today, Boland offers HVAC and energy solutions for high performance buildings to help clients reduce costs, maximize efficiency, achieve corporate enviromental and operating costs and provide customer service with extensive education and knowledge of the industry and products.