Green products and services
Energy efficiency
Carrier products turn energy into useful work. Because of their
reliability and longevity, the energy efficiency of our products
becomes part of our customers’ environmental footprint.
This motivates us to design for the environment, creating
products that consume fewer resources and produce fewer
emissions during manufacture and operation.
Air conditioning, heating and refrigeration systems require
energy to operate, usually electricity or natural gas. We
continually invest in research and development to expand
the cost-effective energy-efficient range of our products.
We do this because buildings consume about 40 percent of
all energy worldwide. And according to the U.S. Department
of Energy, heating and cooling account for 35 percent of
the energy consumed in buildings in the U.S. In nearly every
product category, we offer industry-leading, energy-efficient
options for our customers.
As the world leader in high-technology heating, air conditioning
and refrigeration solutions, we are devoted to the advancement
and application of the latest technologies. More than 2,000
scientists, engineers and technicians at research and design
centres worldwide work to apply the newest technological
innovations to the practical needs of millions of customers.
Efficiency
Carrier’s energy services operations have implemented more
than $2.5 billion in energy savings at more than 2,000
customer sites.
Carrier’s energy service operations have implemented more
than $2.5 billion in energy savings at more than 2,000 sites,
while our green building consulting services have helped the
world’s largest companies and organizations, including the
Beijing Olympic Village, achieve Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
Sustainability inside and out: our operations
As the world’s leader in high-technology heating, air
conditioning and refrigeration solutions, we believe market
leadership demands environmental leadership. In fact,
environmental stewardship is one of our company’s core
values. Focused on reducing the impact of manufacturing
operations across the globe, Carrier has set the industry
standard for environmentally sound business practices
and a commitment to sustainability across our products,
services, operations and culture.
Carrier was among early leaders to launch factory energy
reduction goals in 1988, and expanded to broader global
environmental, health and safety metrics in 1997. In 2003,
Carrier, as a business unit of United Technologies Corporation,
was the first manufacturer of heating, air conditioning and
refrigeration systems to join the U.S. EPA Climate Leaders
programme by declaring and reporting progress towards
climate change goals. From 2000 to 2011, Carrier reduced its
air emissions by 60 percent and water usage by 27 percent on
an absolute basis. Since 2006, the company has lowered its
greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent.
On the operations side, Carrier doubled sales but held factory
energy use flat from 1997 through 2005. Since 2006, the
company has exceeded its commitment to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by three percent each year. In 2009, two Carrier
factories joined only nine others in the world to earn the
U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) rating for existing buildings — a first
for the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration industry
worldwide.
In 2008, the Montluel factory became the
first industrial site in France to use 100% of
its electricity from renewable sources.
Carrier implemented a new machine tool lubrication
process that reduced volatile organic compound
emissions by more than
80%
below the baseline
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