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Trane Leader Shares Best Practices in Sustainability

Posted on: Monday, 20 April 2009, 09:28 CDT

- Key learnings from Ingersoll Rand environmental practices and what its Trane business offers to customers -

ATLANTA, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steve Miclette, district leader for the Trane business in Georgia, will share best practices in energy reduction and sustainability at the FMA Congresses' Progressive Energy and Environment Congress.

Miclette will discuss Ingersoll Rand sustainability practices with an emphasis on what the company is doing to reduce its own carbon footprint. This includes energy auditing the company's business and manufacturing facilities. In addition, Miclette will describe how Ingersoll Rand's Trane business is helping its customers, who are building owners, reduce energy consumption.

Miclette's presentation is part of a panel on energy reduction and environmental sustainability. Details of the panel presentation are:

When: April 20, 2009 at 9:45 a.m. (Conference is April 20-22)

Where: Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Ga.

To illustrate what the company has done, Miclette will discuss the energy management strategy that Ingersoll Rand employed in its Residential Systems facility in Tyler, Texas.

The strategy and its related process improvements is expected to net $1.1 million in recurring annual energy cost avoidance for the next eight years. The energy avoided is the equivalent of planting 237,546 trees, powering 1,285 homes and removing 1,697 cars from the road.

The Progressive Energy and Environment Congress will focus on three main topics: energy reduction, environmental sustainability and green data centers. Industry leaders share strategies and success stories, fostering discussion on new approaches and technologies to reduce energy use and emissions and how they can lead to reduced costs and higher profits.

About Miclette

Miclette is the district leader for the Trane commercial business in Georgia. He is responsible for providing building owners and their influencers with energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and services. He delivers economically and environmentally responsible building solutions to colleges and universities, K-12 schools, industrials, hospitals and other businesses throughout the state.

Miclette is a member of the Association of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers (ASHRAE) and is on the board of directors at Ranch Community Services. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University.

Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm providing products, services and solutions to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and enhance industrial productivity and efficiency. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, we enable companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.

Trane, a business of Ingersoll Rand - the world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and energy efficient environments - improves the performance of homes and buildings around the world. 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 controls for homes and commercial buildings. For more information, visit www.Trane.com.

SOURCE Trane

Source: PR Newswire

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