Carrier’s world headquarters, the UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings, is the first commercial building in Florida to earn LEED Platinum v4 certification.
The Platinum rating is the highest designation. It was awarded under the version 4 LEED green building program for building design and construction from the U.S. Green Building Council® .
Carrier is a global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. The company is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
“Earning LEED Platinum certification is a significant achievement, as sustainability is a core value of our organization and our portfolio of products,” says Bob McDonough, president of Carrier. “We designed the UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings to push the boundaries of sustainable building design and provide our employees and customers with a model of what’s possible when Carrier’s best technologies are deployed in green buildings. Earning LEED Platinum is a testament to what can be accomplished when advanced building technologies are integrated into intelligent building design.”
Carrier’s new award-winning building was designed to show what’s achievable through technology integration to increase efficiency, protect people and property, and improve the occupant experience.
Carrier’s product integrations also provide a scalable and repeatable model for total green building design. Examples of sustainable integrations and solutions include: automated Logic’s WebCTRL building management system can use occupancy data from LenelS2 OnGuard to self-adjust air flow and temperatures of the Carrier HVAC systems for optimal comfort and efficiency; and the MyWay app, based on LenelS2’s BlueDiamondTM technology, which eliminates the need to carry a traditional plastic employee badge and allows employees to unlock doors, call elevators, control heating and lighting and much more.
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Carrier’s AquaEdge 23XRV chillers operate in a proprietary series-counterflow configuration, and are continuously monitored to ensure optimized performance, increased efficiency and proactive identification of potential issues.
LEED certification also helps with employee productivity and wellbeing. The UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings was specifically designed to COGfx standards – indoor air quality specifications found by Harvard University researchers to double occupants’ cognitive function test scores compared to a conventional building environment.
Carrier’s sustainability leadership began in 1993, when it helped launch the U.S. Green Building Council.
“The innovative technologies found at the UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings are an inspiring example for future sustainable buildings in Florida and beyond,” says Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc. “Carrier continues to be a valued member for our organization, paving the way for a future where buildings can harmoniously coexist with the environment.”
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