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Reporter Contact: Joan Schimml (651) 260-4983
Additional Information:
Backgrounder:
High Performance Buildings Whitepaper: High Performance Buildings: Achieving Superior Performance for Life
Case Study: Energy Improvements at Trane Tyler Facility
Presentations:
High Performance Buildings: Achieving Superior Performance for Life by Larry Wash
Unlocking the Benefits of Energy Efficiency: An Executive Dilemma
Building Tour Fact Sheets:
Videos: (click to play)
Overview: High Performance Buildings Program Highlights Business Case for Energy and Operational Efficiency
Achieving Superior Performance for Life
Economist Presentation: Unlocking the Benefits of
Energy Efficiency: An Executive Dilemma
Panel Discussion: Industry Insights into
High Performance Buildings
Tour: AXA Equitable on High
Performance Buildings Journey
Tour: TIAA-CREF on High
Performance Buildings Journey
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Ingersoll Rand Launches Trane High Performance Buildings to Help Owners Realize Significant Financial and Operational Benefits
New York, May 26, 2011 – Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR), a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments, introduced its new Trane High Performance Buildings offer at a unique showcase last week in New York City.
Trane High Performance Buildings is an outcome-based approach that complements building industry standards and helps owners link the physical environment of a building to a business mission. Trane, a leading provider of indoor comfort systems and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, creates high performance buildings using a unique methodology that combines financial, operating and energy analysis with specialized services and available financing.
High Performance Buildings Program More than 400 building
owners and operators, media, industry analysts and public policymakers
attended the May 19 program, which began at the
Presentation by Brian Gardner of The Economist The morning program
began with a presentation by Brian Gardner,
editor of business research and publishing for The Economist Group.
Overview of the Trane High Performance Buildings Approach During his keynote address, Larry G. Wash, president of global services for the Climate Solutions sector of Ingersoll Rand, outlined the Trane High Performance Buildings approach.
“Buildings account for
71 percent of
High Performance Buildings Industry Panel
Following the panel discussion, attendees toured three locations that are currently on a high performance building journey, and heard remarks from Mark M. MacCracken, PE, LEED-AP™, CEO of CALMAC Mfg. Corp and Chairman, U.S. Green Building Council Board of Directors, about the connection between green buildings and high performance buildings.
Building tours included:
About Trane High Performance Buildings The Trane High Performance Buildings approach creates safe, comfortable and efficient buildings. It takes building owners and C-level executives through a six step approach that includes: 1) understanding the company’s mission; 2) conducting critical systems audit to obtain a performance baseline; 3) providing performance improvement recommendations; 4) implementing improvements; 5) delivering continuous monitoring, audits and assessments, and predictive maintenance; and 6) completing measurement and validation to ensure that the building is operating as promised.
Benefits of Trane High Performance Buildings include maximized value and return on invested capital of an asset; application of leading edge technology to use knowledge and data about the building to make decisions; an ideal indoor environment for occupants; and a sustainable building that is environmentally responsible and good for business.
Trane High Performance Buildings complements the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) certification process and enables building owners to meet the Proposed Standard 189.1, Standard for Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low Rise Residential Buildings (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Illuminating Engineering Society (EIS) and U.S. Green Building Council).
For more information about high performance buildings, visit www.trane.com/highperformancebuildings.
Reporters may contact: Joan Schimml, (651) 260-4983, joan.schimml@irco.com.
Trane
High Performance Buildings
About Ingersoll Rand Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) is a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments in commercial, residential and industrial markets. Our people and our family of brands — including Club Car®, Hussmann®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane® — work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. Trane solutions optimize indoor environments with a broad portfolio of energy efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building and contracting services, parts support and advanced control. Ingersoll Rand is a $14 billion global business committed to sustainable business practices within our company and for our customers. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.
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