Fort Sill Army Family Housing Set to Receive HVAC Upgrades

LAWTON, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 21, 2025--

More than 1,700 military family homes at the U.S. Army’s Fort Sill will receive modernized heating and cooling technology over the next three years as part of a Corvias improvement project at the installation.

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Corvias, a trusted infrastructure and resiliency partner to the U.S. military and higher education institutions, in collaboration with CRC Innovations, an integrated energy and infrastructure solutions pioneer, today began installing high-efficiency ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology manufactured in Oklahoma to the homes, replacing traditional HVAC systems.

“By working hand-in-hand with Corvias, we’re making smart, future-focused improvements to Fort Sill’s housing infrastructure,” said Col. Derek Baird, Fort Sill Garrison Commander. “These geothermal upgrades reinforce our commitment to energy resilience and independence and the well-being of our residents.”

The project is deployed without any upfront investment from the Army-Corvias partnership by leveraging an Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC) to provide capital improvements while reducing annual electrical consumption up to 40% and natural gas consumption up to 50%.

“This is a cost‐effective way to bring enhanced quality of life and comfort to our residents. The improvements allow for energy savings, predictive maintenance, and improved reliability and energy performance to ensure Army installation, service member and family readiness,” said Denise Hauck, Corvias DOD President.

Fort Sill is one of three Army installations benefiting from this Corvias-led ESPC which will bring $200 million in capital improvements to U.S. Army military housing, including Fort Bragg, N.C. and Fort Meade, Md. Corvias previously started a $33 million ESPC project at Fort Johnson, La., expected to be completed later this year.

“Energy modernization efforts supporting our military installations harness the Corvias Solutions Through Partnership ® approach and serve as a platform for innovation, partnership and positive network effects,” said Hauck. “It supports the Army in future-proofing infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s demands.”

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Corvias partners with the Department of Defense and higher education institutions to solve infrastructure and energy resiliency challenges and to create long-term, sustainable value through our unique Solutions Through Partnerships ® approach. Corvias partnerships enhance the well-being in our communities, including at the largest renewable energy project in Kansas and at resiliency projects nationwide. Our more than 72,000 residents consistently highly rank the courtesy and professionalism of our maintenance and leasing personnel. To learn more, please visit: https://www.corvias.com/.

More than 1,700 military family homes at the U.S. Army’s Fort Sill will receive modernized heating and cooling technology as part of a Corvias improvement project at the installation. High-efficiency Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) technology manufactured in Oklahoma are being installed to the homes, replacing traditional HVAC systems.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)