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2008 Annual Report 25
Less consumption.
UTC’s reduction in water consumption and energy use is evident in our operations and in our products in use globally. The Norwegian Pearl is equipped with five highly efficient Carrier Evergreen
19XR chillers and UTC Fire & Security’s HI-FOG water mist fire protection system, which uses up to 90 percent less water than traditional systems. While companies cannot guarantee lifelong
employment, they can ensure opportunity, and UTC does. Our Employee Scholar Program encourages employees to pursue higher education in any accredited course of study. We pay all costs up
front, including tuition, fees and books, and give employees up to three hours a week in paid time off to study. Upon graduation, we reward them with UTC stock or its equivalent value. Since the
program’s inception in 1996, employees have earned 26,533 degrees.
Opposite page: Students in China’s Sichuan province (left).
UTC geothermal power systems for Raser Technologies in
Thermo, Utah (right).
This page: The Norwegian Pearl, operated by Norwegian Cruise
Lines off the coast of Alaska (left). UTC employee scholars at
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (right).