New Jersey Business Leaders Learn to Apply Proven Energy Strategies to Their Businesses and Buildings
Posted on: Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 08:53 CDT
MADISON, N.J., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. buildings are responsible for 40 percent of primary energy use, 72 percent of electricity consumption and 39 percent of CO2 emissions(1). By reducing their buildings' energy consumption, owners and sustainability leaders can make a significant impact on the environment and their bottom lines.
Leaders from Ingersoll Rand and its Trane business are speaking on the significance of this -- and how to realize results -- in New Jersey and around the world.
John W. Conover IV, president of the Trane commercial systems business in the Americas, will share "Proven Strategies for Making Existing Buildings Energy and Operationally Efficient" as part of the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise's Breakfast Seminar Series.
Details of the presentation are:
When: 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19
Where: Hartman Lounge, Hennessy Hall
Fairleigh Dickinson University's Madison, N.J. campus
As part of his presentation, Conover will discuss energy efficient technologies, using case examples that demonstrate return on investment. He will offer guidance on strategic energy plans that include forecasts of organizations' energy needs and strategies on how to meet those needs efficiently and economically. Conover will use an internal case example, illustrating how Ingersoll Rand employed the strategy in its own Residential Systems facility in Texas.
The strategy and its related process improvements are 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.
A topic that arises across energy efficiency discussions is the business case for making such upgrades. Owners can link the physical environments of their buildings to business outcomes such as customer and employee satisfaction, productivity, and operating expense reduction, among others.
In May, Kevin Tubbs, director of environmental affairs for Ingersoll Rand, presented as part of a panel on "The Business Case for Going Green" at the Jumpstarting the New Green Economy conference. Tubbs shared best practices in energy reduction and sustainability as well as Ingersoll Rand's own sustainability practices with an emphasis on what the company is doing to reduce its own carbon footprint.
New technologies and energy strategies and the case for using them are topics that Ingersoll Rand and Trane leaders are discussing in forums around the world. In fact, Conover will discuss similar points as part of the "Waste Not...Containing Climate Change" panel at the Forbes CEO Forum: "The Global Innovation Machine: Fueling New Growth in Tough Times" held in Scotland June 14-16.
About Conover
John W. Conover IV is the president of the Trane commercial business in the Americas. He has been in the heating and air conditioning industry for almost 30 years where he has witnessed major shifts in Americans' expectations for indoor air quality and comfort. During his tenure with Trane, he has played an integral role in developing methods to better understand customer expectations and market needs such as the growing search for energy efficiency solutions. John focuses heavily on gaining innovative insights on what it takes to acquire, satisfy and retain customers.
Under his direction, Trane has saved its customers more than $400M and 198M kwH of energy through comprehensive building solutions. This is the equivalent of planting 115,000 trees, removing 100,000 cars from the road, powering 80,000 homes, saving 2B pounds of C02, 15M pounds of acid rain, 5M pounds of smog, 70M gallons of water and 60M of gasoline.
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.
(1) U.S. Green Building Council
SOURCE Trane
Source: PR Newswire
More News in this Category
RSS Feeds