United Technologies 2012 Annual Report Download - page 23

01 Carrier’s AquaForce 30XA chiller is designed
to meet the efficiency demands of today and
the future.
02 UT Electronic Controls, which designs,
sources and manufactures microproces-
sor-based controls, is the first electronics
manufacturing facility to receive LEED Gold
certification for existing buildings.
03 Customers no longer have to worry about
replacing smoke alarm batteries. Kidde’s
new Worry-Free line of smoke alarms comes
with a 10-year, sealed-in battery.
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The Otis regenerative drive continues to set
the standard for innovation and performance.
When used on elevators, it captures energy
once lost during braking and returns it to the
electrical grid, providing up to 75 percent
more energy efficiency.
Otis elevators, escalators and moving walk-
ways are the innovative systems of choice
for some of the largest and most ambitious
building projects around the globe.
During the year, its United Kingdom business
was awarded the largest contract in its history
— a 30-year contract to install, maintain and
modernize 107 escalator units for the London
Crossrail, a new high-frequency railway sys-
tem and Europe’s largest construction project.
Work is scheduled to begin in early 2013.
Otis businesses will supply 208 energy-
efficient Gen2 and Sky series elevators to the
Castle Jiujun project, a more than 7.5-million-
square-foot ecological and livable community
in southern Harbin, China. Also in China, Otis
companies will provide 299 escalators and 50
elevators to the Hangzhou Metro Line 2, one of
the country’s new, high-speed rail systems.
Otis continues to be a part of some of the
world’s most iconic buildings. Its company in
Brazil will install 21 elevators and escalators
in Rio de Janeiro’s famous Maracanã Stadium,
site of the 2014 FIFA World Cup final champi-
onship match and the 2016 Summer Olympics
opening and closing ceremonies. The com-
pany also is assisting with the modernization
of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, one of
the world’s most distinctive buildings.
Otis companies are building a number of
factories to meet growing demand. During
the year, Otis companies opened the seventh
factory in China and began expansion on a
factory in Bengaluru, India. In 2013, the com-
pany will open a 423,000-square-foot facility in
Florence, S.C., which will be its main manufac-
turing center for U.S. and Canadian operations.
Another factory is under construction in Brazil.
Otis Elite service is a key differentiator for
the company. Using innovative, Web-based
technology, it offers customers an unprece-
dented level of support and benefits that help
ensure maximum equipment reliability and
efficient repairs of their elevator systems.
Otis Elite service subscriptions were up
25 percent from 2011.
UTC Climate, Controls & Security delivers
solutions to customers worldwide from leading
brands such as Carrier, Automated Logic,
Lenel, Chubb, Det-Tronics, Edwards, Fenwal,
Interlogix, Kidde, Marioff and Supra.
During the year, the company sustained
momentum from the completed Carrier trans-
formation, which began in 2008 to simplify
the business and concentrate on core growth
platforms. The company also focused on
improving and transforming its fire and
security operations.
Numerous product innovations were
introduced in 2012, including Kidde’s new
Worry-Free line of smoke alarms. Equipped
with a 10-year, sealed-in battery, the alarms
address customer complaints of low-battery
chirps and fire industry concerns about
missing or dead batteries in alarm units.
Carrier Transicold introduced ecoFORWARD
technologies in advance of U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency diesel emission standards,
which went into effect January 1, 2013. Trailer
refrigeration systems with ecoFORWARD
technologies consume significantly less fuel,
operate more quietly and deliver improved
performance, all while running cleaner than the
models they are replacing.
Lenel introduced OnGuard 2012, the latest
release of its industry-leading security
management platform. Customers benefit
from OnGuard’s strong integration capabil-
ity and increased functionality. Deployed in
transit vehicles around the world, Interlogix’s
MobileView is the first and only mobile sur-
veillance solution to be designated Qualified
Anti-Terrorism Technology by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
2012 marked the 500th installation of Carrier’s
CO2OLtec refrigeration system, this one in a
new Famila market in Friesoythe, Germany.
Carrier’s CO2OLtec installations across Europe
reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
by 137,100 tons, equal to taking 37,200 cars
off the road. Carrier also won its largest order
in Saudi Arabia during the year with a contract
to supply and install large chillers to cool
King Saud University.
Automated Logic will provide the building auto-
mation system for The Tower at PNC Plaza,
a 32-story office building under construction
in Pittsburgh, Pa., that is expected to exceed
LEED Platinum standards and become the
world’s greenest skyscraper. The system will
provide a comfortable environment for the
building’s occupants through control and
monitoring of heating, cooling and many
third-party systems.
Supra won six contract renewals to supply
iBox products to real estate associations
throughout the United States. Five of the
contracts were for the new iBox BT, a real
estate key box that can interact with
Bluetooth smartphones.
UTC Climate, Controls & Security reached
a number of milestones in 2012. Several
Carrier products achieved breakthrough
energy efficiency: Among them were the new
WeatherExpert packaged rooftop unit, the
new Infinity 98 gas furnace with Greenspeed
intelligence and the Evergreen 23XRV chiller
with Foxfire compression, which set a new
record for chiller efficiency. Carrier
Transicold’s NaturaLINE and PrimeLINE
container refrigeration units were validated
by UL Environment as having 95 percent and
93 percent recyclability rates, respectively,
the only container refrigeration units in the
industry to achieve recyclability validation.