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Midwest HVAC News
EMERSON CLIMATE
TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR GLOBAL HVACR INNOVATION CENTER.
New partnership with University of Dayton will create unique
research and education hub for Emerson and HVACR industry
customers
Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), is
announcing the intent to move forward with plans to develop a new
$35 million innovation center on the University of Dayton campus in
Dayton, Ohio, to advance research and education for the global
heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR)
industry.
The Emerson Innovation Center, the result of a partnership between
Emerson Climate Technologies and the University of Dayton, will be a
one-of-a-kind research and training hub where Emerson experts, HVACR
industry leaders, and university faculty and students can come
together to focus on the technology, best practices to support
trends that will drive and impact the future of HVACR. The Center
will foster an ambitious, collaborative approach to conducting
innovation, research and training to create new technologies that
address HVACR industry challenges, such as increasing energy
efficiency, promoting sustainability and improving system
connectivity.
The Center’s activities will focus on five HVACR industry
end-markets: residential air conditioning, commercial air
conditioning, food retail, food service and network/data centers.
The facility will feature prototype installations of real-world
applications, such as the heating and cooling system for a house and
a refrigeration system for a supermarket, to give university
researchers, Emerson product developers, industry partners,
customers and students an opportunity to experiment with concepts,
technologies and scenarios before trying them in actual customer
installations.
“This facility fills a real and critical need for the HVACR industry
today,” said Ed Purvis, executive vice president, Emerson Climate
Technologies. “Nowhere else will you find a similar facility where
academic researchers and industry participants can come together
under one roof to dialogue, develop and test technology solutions
through various real-world applications. The goal is to create the
world’s premier HVACR research and development facility where
creativity and open-mindedness is encouraged. Here, new and
game-changing concepts in technologies and services will be
conceived and tested to create real and beneficial change in our
industry and world.”
The new Emerson Innovation Center, located just 40 miles from
Emerson Climate Technologies global headquarters in Sidney, Ohio,
will facilitate collaboration between Emerson and the University of
Dayton’s highly regarded School of Engineering.
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“By choosing the
University of Dayton campus for its new Innovation Center,
Emerson Climate Technologies has invested not only in its own
future, but in ours,” said Daniel J. Curran, president of the
University of Dayton. “The partnership will help make our
university a center for research and development in a highly
important global industry. And the Emerson Innovation Center
also will serve as a potential employer for many of our
graduates. We believe this partnership will pay dividends for
years to come.”
Locating the center in
Dayton, Ohio represents a major commitment by Emerson Climate
Technologies and is only made possible by significant investment
from Emerson, unwavering commitment from the University of Dayton
and crucial support that is being finalized with the State of Ohio,
Montgomery County and the City of Dayton.
Construction on the new facility is tentatively scheduled to begin
in October and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. Once
completed, the Emerson Innovation center will be the innovation hub
for a global network of product engineering, development and testing
facilities that Emerson Climate Technologies operates in the United
States, Canada, Asia and Europe.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global
leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide
innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and
consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five
business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation,
Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential
Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2013 were $24.7 billion. For more
information, visit
www.Emerson.com.
About Emerson Climate Technologies
Emerson Climate Technologies, a business segment of Emerson, is the
world’s leading provider of heating, air conditioning and
refrigeration solutions for residential, industrial and commercial
applications. The group combines best-in-class technology with
proven engineering, design, distribution, educational and monitoring
services to provide customized, integrated climate-control solutions
for customers worldwide. The innovative solutions of Emerson Climate
Technologies, which include industry-leading brands such as Copeland
Scroll™ and White-Rodgers™, improve human comfort, safeguard food
and protect the environment. For more information, visit
EmersonClimate.com.
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