Customer Story
Transforming Comfort: GHC Mechanical’s VRF Innovation for High-End Condominiums
High-Performance Installation Exceeds Expectations at High-End Condominiums.
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Manning Sports Centre Arena Scores Big with Advanced Ice Plant Solution
Trane's advanced ice plant solution for Manning Sports Centre Arena reduced costs, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced ice quality, helping to position the facility for long-term success.
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Oak Hill Country Club: On Time, On Budget for the 2023 PGA
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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Wings Over the Rockies Museum used a Trane 500,000 BTU electric heater to quickly restore heat, protect artifacts, and host events during a winter boiler failure.
Customer Story
Wave Condominium
Upgrade of The Wave Condo's HVAC by Aegis and Trane cut utility costs by 17-20%, saving $65K annually, with new efficient chillers and advanced control systems.
Customer Story
Sullivan County Courthouse
Chiller upgrade, energy efficiency improvements, and building envelope solutions reduce comfort complaints by more than 90 percent; enhance quality of indoor environment; result in energy savings of more than $45,000 annually.
Customer Story
Hopkins County Jail
With a population of nearly 47,000, Hopkins County offers the friendliness of a small town, combined with outdoor recreational and cultural opportunities. As part of the community, Hopkins County Jail provides inmates for special area projects, roadside cleanup and an inmate culinary program. The jail also employs a variety of innovative programs such as recycling of waste, and a produce garden, which helps lower food costs at the jail.
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Moody County Courthouse
Located in east central South Dakota, the three-story, 100 year old Moody County Courthouse was built to last. Constructed with fireproof cement and steel, the building has a Bedford Stone exterior and twenty-four inch concrete interior walls. The courthouse is decorated with beautiful murals, walls faced with white marble four feet up from the floor and black marble baseboards. The stairs are also white marble with wrought iron grill work and oak banisters, and lobby floors on each story are Terrazzo. Offices feature original oak floors with oak woodwork to match.
Customer Story
Transforming Comfort: GHC Mechanical’s VRF Innovation for High-End Condominiums
High-Performance Installation Exceeds Expectations at High-End Condominiums.
Customer Story
Grace United Methodist Church
Grace United Methodist Church in Hastings, Nebraska, is one of 1,035 local congregations in the Great Plains Conference, which covers Kansas and Nebraska. Besides worship services, the 700-member Grace United congregation carries out the work of the United Methodist Church through choir groups, ministries and a variety of church organizations and activities.
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City of Bremerton Wastewater Treatment Plant
Public-Private-Partnership uncovers nearly $110K/yr in operational revenue, awarded
$500,000 in grants and $315,000 in utility incentives; concept to completion in less
than one year • Bremerton, Washington
Customer Story
Manning Sports Centre Arena Scores Big with Advanced Ice Plant Solution
Trane's advanced ice plant solution for Manning Sports Centre Arena reduced costs, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced ice quality, helping to position the facility for long-term success.
Customer Story
The Wendy’s Company
The Wendy's Company is the world's third-largest quick-service hamburger company. The Wendy's® system includes approximately 6,500 franchise and company-operated restaurants in the United States and twenty-nine other countries and U.S. territories worldwide.
Customer Story
Hemenways Seafood Grill and Oyster Bar
Commercial Self-Contained R'newal™ Service Program restores performance and reliability, minimizes disruption and guest disappointment•Providence, RI
An adventure-loving fellow with a passion for fishing and a knack for hospitality inspired his grandson to found Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar more than 30 years ago. Today, a member of the Newport Restaurant Group, the restaurant is a cherished establishment offering fresh top-of-the-catch fin and shellfish, locally farmed produce, crafted libations and unmatched cityscape views.
Customer Story
Municipal Square
Municipal Square, a 100,000 sq ft office building in NJ, upgraded its HVAC with Trane, cutting energy use by 35%, improving comfort, and reducing utility costs.
Customer Story
Merrick & Company
Merrick & Company is an employee-owned $111 million engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, planning, and geospatial solutions firm, serving a variety of market sectors including energy, national security, nuclear, life sciences and sustainable infrastructure. The company has nearly 500 employees with locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
Customer Story
Oak Hill Country Club: On Time, On Budget for the 2023 PGA
Oak Hill Country Club collaborated with Trane to replace their HVAC system ahead of the 2023 PGA Championship. The successful project showcased teamwork, cost-effectiveness, and future readiness.
Customer Story
Fueling Progress: The US Air Force Launches its First LNG Plant
The US Air Force recently commissioned its first LNG plant at a strategic air base, aiming to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. Learn how a collaboration with Trane, the Defense Logistics Agency, Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, and the 35th Fighter Wing resulted in a journey of resiliency and innovation.
Customer Story
EnerSys puts Ambition into Action with Enterprise Decarbonization Program focused on Electrification
EnerSys, a leader in climate technology, is committed to decarbonizing their operations. They are collaborating with Trane for a comprehensive program to reduce emissions and increase electrification across their facilities.
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Thermal Storage Solution helps Improve Indoor Environment and Cuts Costs at Alexandria Area YMCA
Due to unreliable HVAC systems at the Alexandria Area YMCA, leaders turned to Trane to identify a solution to meet their needs.
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Trane Solutions Improve Manufacturer’s Working Environment While Progressing Towards Sustainability and Cost Reduction Goals
Data based solutions resulted in $30,000 in annual energy cost savings and reduced carbon emissions by 423 tons of CO2e annually.
Customer Story
Customized Energy Management Solution Reduces Retailer’s Energy Costs 20 Percent
Collaboration with a national retailer leads to the development of a customized tool to integrate data and provide tailored building management across 600 locations, generating 20% energy and $5 million cost reduction annually.
Customer Story
Santikos Entertainment Improves Moviegoer Experience and Saves Energy
Family-owned movie theater brand in San Antonio elevates the movie-watcher’s experience with a focus on comfort and energy efficiency. Upgraded equipment and building controls enhance thermal comfort, acoustics, lighting, and air quality – all while saving funds to go back to the community.
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Creative Installation Improves MC Realty Property, Increasing Tenant Satisfaction
MC Realty collaborates with Trane on an innovative equipment installation approach – opening a hole in 4900 Main Office’s roof. The team replaced air handling units, controls, and a condenser water system, saving $130,000 saved annually and redeeming tenant comfort.
Customer Story
Comprehensive Trane Energy Upgrade Transforms Hall County Building, Optimizing Comfort
Hall County Government Center in Gainesville, Georgia, optimized occupant comfort, increased energy efficiency, and improved indoor environmental quality with a holistic solution.
Customer Story
Accelerating Decarbonization Goals through AI-Enabled Building Optimization
An industry leader in the collection and processing of life-saving biological material sought expert guidance on how to advance progress towards Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction goals. After implementing Trane® Autonomous Control powered by BrainBox AI® in more than 120 donation and collection facilities, Trane Autonomous Control has reduced 1,132 mtCO2e and has resulted in $329k in energy cost savings in the first 18 months of operation.
Customer Story
Jasper County Jail Resolves Decades-Long Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Challenge
Jasper County Jail collaborated with Trane to reduce energy costs, reduce energy usage, and create a more comfortable living space for its occupants. A holistic assessment resulted in a sealed building envelope, upgraded building automation systems, LED lighting, solar, and more.
Customer Story
Leading High-Tech Manufacturer
A leading High-Tech Manufacturer relies on Trane Rental Services for new facilities. The manufacturer sought a trusted collaborator in system design, customer service, and comprehensive rental solutions.
Customer Story
Shooting Star Casino's Energy-Efficient Advancements: Sustainability and Comfort
Shooting Star Casino partnered with Trane to achieve remarkable energy savings and superior indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The casino reduced energy costs by up to 35% while enhancing guest comfort. Explore this sustainable initiative, which exemplifies the Trane's commitment to sustainability, cost savings, and optimal comfort.
Customer Story
Sustainable Transformation: Trane's Thermal Energy Storage System at 11 Madison Avenue, NYC
Discover how Trane's innovative Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system helped SL Green Realty reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve significant cost savings while enhancing the cooling efficiency of the iconic 11 Madison Avenue building in Manhattan.
Customer Story
City of Claremont: Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future
Discover how the City of Claremont, California, through a strategic partnership with Trane, modernized its aging infrastructure, improved energy efficiency, and transitioned to 100% renewable energy, resulting in substantial cost savings and a significant reduction in carbon emissions.
Customer Story
The State of New Mexico’s “State Buildings Green Energy Project”
Modernizing 32 state-owned buildings with ultra-efficient HVAC systems, intelligent building Controls and renewable distributed energy resources enhances comfort while accelerating the State’s climate action plans and economic goals.
Customer Story
Vernon Hills Park District's Solar Success Story
By partnering with Trane and utilizing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), the park district implemented a 122.4 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system, significantly decreasing its carbon footprint and exceeding its renewable energy targets. Discover how this turnkey solution enabled the park district to embrace clean energy without upfront capital costs
Customer Story
Lakota-Wastewater-Treatment-Plant
The Lakota Wastewater Treatment Plant, located on twenty-three acres, is Lakehaven Utility District’s largest treatment plant. The district encompasses an area of approximately thirty-five square miles with a service population of approximately 112,000 people. Seventy-five percent of the service is currently to single-family residential dwellings, but in the past it has been up to 50 percent from commercial businesses and restaurants. The Lakota plant is fed by about 150 miles of collection system piping and thirteen lift stations.
Customer Story
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, Kansas' only nuclear plant, partnered with Trane for a quick, safe cooling solution, ensuring uninterrupted clean energy for 800,000 homes.
Customer Story
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue relied on Trane to swiftly install a rental chiller before Fashion Week, overcoming structural and weather challenges to ensure optimal store conditions.
Customer Story
Revolutionizing Efficiency: SCDOT Headquarters' Energy Transformation
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Headquarters in Columbia achieved a remarkable 41% reduction in energy use and improved building comfort through innovative upgrades with Trane. Learn about water-cooled chiller plant, high-efficiency boilers, LED lighting, and Trane Tracer Ensemble BMS empowering efficiency. Explore how performance contracting saved costs and earned ASCEM Energy Project of the Year Award.
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Ford's Sustainable Data Center: 540,288 kWh Energy Reduction & $35,000 Operating Cost Savings
Ford Motor Company's Dearborn campus achieved remarkable energy savings of 540,288 kWh and reduced CO2 emissions by over 330 metric tons through a cutting-edge, sustainable chiller plant implementation. Learn about Trane's high-efficiency CenTraVac® centrifugal chillers, low GWP refrigerants, and reliable solutions for a mission-critical data center
Customer Story
Cyxtera Data Center: Energy-Efficient Cooling and Cost Savings
Upgrades to Cyxtera's chiller plant and pumping system controls led to a decrease in energy consumption of 0.7 kW/ton, resulting in over $2,100,000 in annual energy cost savings
Customer Story
Energy Efficiency Upgrade at Georgia World Congress Center Authority
By centralizing mechanical operations, replacing aging HVAC equipment, and upgrading lighting fixtures to LEDs, GWCCA reduced energy use by over 39 percent, saving 20 million+ kWh of electricity and $2.5 million+ annually. The project also led to LEED Gold certification, making it the world's largest LEED certified convention center.
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Sustainable transformation: Golden Properties Achieves 73% Energy Savings with Trane's Chiller Plant Redesign
Discover how Golden Properties upgraded their aging chillers with Trane's innovative solutions, achieving an impressive 73% reduction in energy use at the 1177 West Hastings office building.
Customer Story
Decreasing Carbon Emissions at Grand Hyatt New York
Discover how Grand Hyatt New York partnered with Trane to achieve its sustainability goals. By optimizing building operations with Trane's advanced solutions, the hotel significantly reduced energy consumption, cutting down CO2 emissions by 916 metric tons and saving over $600K in utility rebates.
Customer Story
Optimizing Comfort at the Bank of America Stadium
Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, partnered with Trane to overcome significant cooling capacity challenges and rising energy costs. Trane's turnkey solutions, including new chillers, variable flow piping, and advanced building automation, increased cooling capacity, improved efficiency, and reduced energy consumption, projecting annual savings of $80,000.
Customer Story
Heat Recovery at Science Museum of Minnesota: Reducing Costs and Carbon Footprint
Explore how the Science Museum of Minnesota embraced a holistic approach to building comfort with Trane's heat recovery solutions. Discover how the museum's heat recovery retrofit captured waste heat, significantly lowering heating bills by 75% and saving nearly $300,000 annually.
Customer Story
Electrifying a luxury retail icon: Trane and Bergdorf Goodman
The Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) partnered with Trane Technologies to revolutionize luxury retail and achieve ambitious sustainability goals. By replacing outdated absorption chillers with energy-efficient Trane electric chillers, NMG significantly decarbonized its iconic Bergdorf Goodman Women's Store in New York City.
Customer Story
Boulevard Brewing Company: Efficient Solutions for a Historic Facility
Explore how Trane provided efficient HVAC solutions for Boulevard Brewing Company's expansion into a historic office building. Trane's high-efficiency IntelliPak rooftop units with eFlex variable-speed compressors and Tracer SC building automation system ensured optimal performance and comfort. Temporary rental equipment and ductwork modifications facilitated a smooth transition, while a custom incentive credit from Kansas City Power & Light helped offset project costs.
Customer Story
Sustainable Data Center Solutions for Cape Augusta Digital Properties
Innovative alternative system projected to reduce energy use by about two-thirds; to provide reliable, lower-cost environment for tenants • Augusta, GA
Built in 1881, on the historic site of the Confederate Powder Works, Cape August Digital Properties is being developed by Cape Augusta Digital Properties into a major regional data center. The data center development and management company expects to lease portions of the historical property to technology companies, data center users and operators, integrators and cybersecurity educators.
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ARRIS Group, Inc.
ARRIS Group requires 99 percent or better uptime for their global data center. Trane provided a total system-integrated service solution that includes central monitoring of sixty-nine alarm and event points that are mission critical to delivering uptime. Trane field service technicians deliver a Performance Based Service Agreement with custom defined performance metrics tailored to meet the specific needs of ARRIS. The HVAC system equipment includes fifty-four rooftop units, one air-cooled 225-ton chiller and Trane Tracer™ controls.
Customer Story
Monroe Wastewater Treatment Plant
Energy savings performance contract upgrades increase treatment capacity, maximize system life, and reduce energy costs; project on track to lower energy use by 86,652 kWh a year, and operational and maintenance costs by $8,000 annually; helping to avoid planned capital replacement costs of more than $5.2 million in the next ten years.
Customer Story
Discovery Bay Resort
Chiller solution provides reliable comfort; meets noise abatement and aesthetics challenges; reduces energy consumption and maintenance costs.
Customer Story
Lougheed Town Centre
Founded in 2005, Shape Properties, a visionary real estate investment and development company based in Vancouver, BC, has become
one of the most active fully integrated developers in Western Canada. With a vision of creating vibrant urban lifestyle destinations, Shape Properties dramatically transforms the interaction between living, shopping, dining and entertainment. Driven by the philosophy of
creating a dramatically different offering, along with their commitment and passion for client satisfaction, Shape Properties is elevating
standards in the commercial real estate sector. The company is currently in the process of developing Lougheed Town Centre, a popular
regional shopping center.
Customer Story
City of Bremerton
Energy Savings Performance Contract enables upgrades at wastewater plant without significant staff time investment; two-phase project realizes annual savings of $167,000 in energy and $30,000 in maintenance, $500,000 in grants and $400,000 in incentives.
Customer Story
Lincoln Harris
The aging infrastructure of the high-rise at 121 West Trade Street had become unreliable. Service costs were increasing as facility managers worked to resolve operational issues and maintain the aging systems. Ownership sought an equipment replacement solution, but was concerned with the disruption a full change out would cause.
Customer Story
Salt River Fields
With Trane as its trusted advisor, Salt River Fields integrated controls, implemented Trane Intelligent Services, and entered into one-stop HVAC/controls service contracts to more effectively manage third-party systems, reducing energy and operational costs.
Customer Story
City of Dawson Creek
Owned by the City of Dawson Creek, the NHL-size Memorial and Kinsman hockey arenas offer winter season sports, as well as year-round special events for area residents and the surrounding communities. The city's 8-sheet Dawson Creek Curling Rink, located in a separate building and operated by the Dawson Creek Curling Club, completes the areas ice entertainment facilities, offering banquet accommodations and facility rentals, in addition to its regular curling events.
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Gail Borden Public Library District
The third largest public library building in Illinois, Gail Borden Public Library District serves more than a million area residents per year, 70 percent of whom are library cardholders. The library stocks more than 300,000 books and in excess of 200,000 items in other collections, such as electronic files.
Customer Story
Sumter County Government
Guaranteed Performance Contract upgrades improve comfort, lighting and water conservation;
reduce energy and operational costs by approximately 38 percent annually; awarded utility
rebates of $88,703; result in avoided capital budget costs of more than $2.8 million.
Customer Story
Johnson Development Associates
Connected Building Solutions improve visibility and control of building systems; reduce annual energy consumption approximately 15 percent; earn utility rebate of $25,000; provide 1.2 year payback.
Customer Story
Cushman & Wakefield/Polaris Parkway
Building automation and energy management solutions help reduce annual energy usage by more than 225,500 kWh, greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, and comfort complaints by 30 percent. Upgrades result in $20,000 annual energy savings and service cost avoidance of $35,000.
Customer Story
Lincoln Square South
Centralized chiller plant improves energy efficiency and occupant comfort; operates at .49kW/ton in part-load conditions.
Customer Story
City of Lynnwood Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase III
Aeration system upgrades expected to achieve guaranteed utility cost reductions totaling 206,482 kWh per year; qualify for utility company incentives of approximately $55,000; maintenance and operational cost reductions estimated at $5,000 annually.
Customer Story
Commercial Facilities Services
The outside and common areas of the two Corporate Plaza office buildings, managed
by Commercial Facilities Services, had been recently remodeled and mechanical systems
had been replaced. With utility costs continuing to run high, the property manager
sought to further improve the facilities’ energy efficiency. As the company looked for
solutions, they zeroed in on the buildings’ aging controls systems.
Customer Story
Childress Klein
Childress Klein is a full-service firm offering a range of products and services covering all aspects of commercial real estate.
The company manages approximately 40 million square feet of office, industrial, retail and multifamily properties in major markets throughout Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Customer Story
Coquitlam Centre
Morguard is a fully integrated real estate company that owns, manages and invests in high-quality, geographically diversified assets across North America. The forty year old company employs more than 1,500 professionals and is the property manager for Coquitlam Centre, a 9,350,000 sq ft retail shopping mall situated on fifty-seven acres of land in the Vancouver region.
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Vancity Centre
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, known as Vancity, is Canada’s largest community credit union, serving the needs of more than 509,000 member-owners and their communities through fifty-nine branches. With environmental sustainability one of its guiding principles, Vancity is committed to energy efficiency, strives to do business in the most sustainable way possible, and is working hard to reduce its environmental footprint.
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Texas RoadHouse
One reason for Texas Roadhouse® restaurants’ fast-growing success is customer and kitchen staff comfort. Several years ago Texas Roadhouse restaurants began using LCSystem’s backshelf hood system. The change from canopy to backshelf hoods improved kitchen comfort levels and reduced exhaust airflow as much as 50 percent. However, like canopy hoods, backshelf hoods included conventional make-up air (MUA) that was heated in winter but not conditioned in summer.
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Volkswagen Chattanooga
Efficiency, reliability and quality are among the hallmarks of Volkswagen automobiles. These same high performance characteristics are critical in Volkswagen’s manufacturing processes and can be found in the Trane air conditioning chillers and Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies air compressors installed at Volkswagen’s new assembly facility at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Customer Story
4 Bears Casino & Lodge
Trane equipment and controls service and preventive maintenance agreement improves system reliability, facility operations, and comfort; reduces service and maintenance costs by 50 percent.
Customer Story
Chatham Lodging Trust
Chatham Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused primarily on investing
in upscale, extended-stay and premium-branded, select-service hotels. The REIT owns interest in 150 hotels, one of which is the Residence Inn Anaheim, a 200-suite property conveniently located about ten miles from the beach, near Anaheim amusement parks and attractions.
Customer Story
Pala Casino Spa & Resort
HVAC and controls system upgrades, and energy management strategies result in $338,000 of annual savings and rebates of more than $238,000
Customer Story
Four Seasons Resort
The Four Seasons Resort Maui is a 380 room, 600,000 sq ft, luxury hotel set in fourteen acres of landscape at Wailea, on the island of Maui. The sunny destination offers golden sand beaches, three pools, a variety of dining
options and activities for adults and children alike.
Customer Story
US-Open
Bruno Event Team (BET) is a Birmingham, Alabama-based sports marketing and event management company. The company’s year-round staff of more than eighty employees, in thirteen offices around the United States and Canada,
manages a wide variety of events in golf,
motorsports, and intercollegiate and high school athletics. Over the last fifteen years, BET has managed more than twenty events for the U.S. Golf Association (USGA), including the 2014 U.S. Senior Open held at Oak Tree National golf course in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Customer Story
Delta Hotel
In early 2009 a compressor failed in one of the twenty-plus-year-old rooftop air conditioning units at the Delta Hotel in Fredericton. For Marty Jenkins, Chief Engineer at Delta Hotel, the choices were to replace either the compressor or the entire rooftop unit. Jenkins said, "If we simply replaced the compressor, then we'd have a new compressor in an old air conditioning unit."
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Acer Arena
The Acer Arena (formerly known as the Sydney Superdome) is the largest entertainment and sporting arena in Australia. It is not just the former home of the Sydney Olympics or Australia’s number one venue, it is also inarguably one of the most technologically advanced and environmentally responsible indoor arenas in the world.
Customer Story
High Museum Of Art
The High Museum had just completed a major expansion that added five buildings and doubled the museum’s size, and in doing so had attracted an exhibition of world masterpieces from legendary museums like France’s Musee du Louvre.
Customer Story
Oxford Hotel
The last time The Oxford Hotel’s HVAC system was upgraded was in 1982. In 2009 the system needed replacement to not only assure continued guest comfort, but also take advantage of new, more efficient and green HVAC technology. A major concern in the upgrade project was retaining the hotel’s originality and charm. Another factor in the upgrade was proper temperature and humidity control for the preservation of the hotel’s extensive, famous collection of 19th and 20th century paintings of the American West.
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Sydney Entertainment Center
The Sydney Entertainment Centre was built in 1983 and has become one of the busiest indoor multi-use facilities in Australia. After 23 years of good service, it was time to replace the chillers on its HVAC system. But rather than simply replacing the old chillers, Arena Management, the Centre’s operator, considered this an opportunity to improve comfort, efficiency, reliability and environmental friendliness. So they took a total system view and called on the expertise of Trane.
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Hotel Le Meridien
Le Meridien is an international five star hotel situated in the heart of Bangalore city. Brand Le Meridien epitomizes luxury and upscale full-service hotels and yet it is conscious of its environmental footprint. The hotel wanted to upgrade its HVAC system from reciprocating chillers which were installed in 1985. The aim was to improve energy efficiency, ensure reliability and reduce service costs.
Customer Story
Executive House
Faced with an aging infrastructure and the cost of maintaining outdated HVAC equipment, the Executive House sought ways to efficiently manage expenses and reduce energy use, while maintaining a comfortable indoor environment for its condominium owners.
Customer Story
Yardmen Arena
Building system upgrades, needed to comply with Ontario CFC refrigerant phaseout regulations, provided an opportunity for this 50,304 sq ft sports facility to make other HVAC improvements, including the installation of thermal energy storage. The results were a 50 percent more efficient system and a three-year payback.
Customer Story
Entertainment Retailer
New service delivery technology meets unique business objectives and challenges at international entertainment complexes.
Customer Story
Hilton Anatole Hotel
One of the premier hotels in the Southwest United States, the Hilton Anatole Hotel boasts 1,620 guest rooms and offers some of the finest, most advanced meeting and exhibition facilities in the U.S., including the 128,000 sq ft Trinity Conference Center, which is well-suited for large trade shows and expositions.
Customer Story
Keeneland Association, Inc.
Keeneland Association’s aging, text-based controls system was reaching the end of its useful life, some replacement parts were not available, and newer technologies offered operational savings and convenience. The Thoroughbred racetrack and auction company sought to replace the outdated system, while adhering to budget constraints. A Trane Tracer R’newal control upgrade service program is helping Keeneland maximize building performance, improve occupant comfort and increase operational productivity. By using existing unit controls and replacing outdated building controllers, Keeneland was able to meet all of its objectives for approximately the same cost they originally planned to spend on a partial upgrade.
Customer Story
New York City Center
For more than sixty years, New York City Center has hosted some of America’s, and the world’s, most amazing dance performers and musical theater productions. The entertainment center is a “people’s theater” dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience by creating a welcoming environment, offering subsidized ticket prices and engaging audiences with inspiring programming that reflects the eclecticism, energy and spirit of New York City.
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Marlins Park
A first-class ballpark owned by Miami-Dade County, Marlins Park is located on approximately seventeen acres in the Little Havana section of Miami. With an aggressive waste management recycling program, the use of locally manufactured materials and low volatile organic compounds (VOC) in its construction, a minimizing of artificial light and the incorporation of energy efficient systems, the ballpark has become the first professional sports facility with a retractable roof, in the world, to attain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
Customer Story
North Carolina Museum of Art
Constructed in 1982, the four-level, 171,870 sq ft, North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) includes offices, exhibit space and restaurant/catering operations. Each month, 25,000 visitors view the NCMA’s collection of treasures, worth in excess of $1 billion. The museum’s permanent collection spans more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present, making the institution one of the premier art museums in the Southeast. Conservation experts and building operators are entrusted to work with the building and its systems to present and protect the collection for the citizens and visitors of North Carolina to enjoy now and for generations to come.
Customer Story
Toledo Zoo
For more than 100 years, The Toledo Zoo has been creating memories for the young and old alike. Each year, nearly one million people visit the zoo to explore the world and its fabulous creatures that live in displays resembling natural habitats, from the frozen Arctic tundra to the hot Sonoran Desert. Guests encounter animals, large and small, from mammoth African elephants to the tiniest toads, or stroll the grounds to view historic buildings constructed in the WPA-era.
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Washington and Lee University
Several years ago, Washington and Lee University elected to get serious about its carbon footprint and sustainability efforts, establishing a climate action plan that called for a reduction in carbon of 20 percent by 2020, with neutrality by 2050. The administration also set goals to lower its British thermal unit (Btu) per square foot by 25 percent in four years and reduce its utility budget by $1,000,000. In order to achieve its aggressive goals, the university initiated plans to update and modernize the existing pneumatic controls system with a state-of-the-art direct digital controls (DDC) system. The project would include replacing the entire system in ten of the largest buildings on campus without interruption of operations.
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ADTRAN, Inc.
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual users worldwide.
Customer Story
Denver Days, North Carolina
Denver Days is an annual non-profit community festival that serves as many as 50,000 fest-goers each year. The event provides fun, family-oriented activities that the entire community can enjoy while raising funds for recreational facilities and resources for the community. With an event of this size the festival needed safe, reliable electrical power to keep everything from carnival rides to lighting and musical instruments running smoothly.
Customer Story
Thermal Solutions Products, LLC
Thermal Solutions Products is a member of Burnham Holdings, Inc., the parent company of fourteen subsidiaries that are leading domestic manufacturers of boilers and related HVAC products and accessories (including furnaces, radiators and air conditioning systems), for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Subsidiaries of Burnham Holdings, Inc. provide high-value, high-quality products backed by superior service. Products are manufactured at plants in the East, South, and Midwest. The largest subsidiaries of Burnham Holdings, Inc. market under eight well-established brand names that are differentiated by product line and markets served.
Customer Story
Brookdale Baptist Church
Lighting upgrades, installation of building automation system, and implementation of demand limiting triage controls strategy result in significant reduction in electricity costs; decrease peak demand by 64 percent.
Customer Story
Fergus Falls Area Family YMCA
The Fergus Falls Area Family YMCA has served the community for over forty years. Beginning as a one-man operation, in an old bowling alley with a jukebox and a pool table, the YMCA has grown to a 96,000 sq ft facility with over 3,300 members. The facility boasts a sixty-five person staff and numerous volunteers, working daily to fulfill its mission of developing programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body.
Customer Story
Trinity United Methodist Church
Since its founding in 1879, Trinity United Methodist Church has been striving to make a difference in the lives of its members, in its neighborhood and in the world. This mission is carried out through the organization’s Sunday worship services and its local and global ministries. It is also evident in its childcare program, where the goal is to build creative, nurturing and stimulating environments that promote exploration and discovery.
Customer Story
Nationwide Grocery Chain
A nationwide grocery chain operates more than 200 supermarkets in a variety of different marketplaces, providing groceries to families in a safe and secure shopping environment. Patrons purchase items at very competitive prices, which covers the cost of
building new grocery stores, and modernizing and maintaining existing ones. A core family support element and a valued part of their social responsibility, the grocery stores contribute to the communities in which they operate to enhance the quality of life for families and provide convenient, efficient services to their customers in the geographical area.
Customer Story
White Castle
White Castle Restaurants, famous for its mouth-watering hamburgers, faced the classic restaurant dilemma. Poorly ventilated kitchens can drive cooks and employees from the cooking areas, leading to production delays, quality problems, increased employee turnover, and ultimately reduced repeat business.
Customer Story
World Market Center
When complete World Market Center will include eight buildings totaling more than 12 million square feet—the world’s largest furniture design and show room center.
Customer Story
Warehouse Club Project
This international wholesale club plans to open new warehouse stores in the United States and Mexico. While spanning geographies, the locations have the common objectives of cost-effectively managing building operations and lowering energy costs.
Customer Story
605 Robson Street
Downsized heat recovery chiller provides reliability and a comfortable working environment; reduces gas consumption approximately 32 percent compared to base year.
Customer Story
50 California Street
Chiller rebuild resolves obsolescence issue; saves 50 percent in replacement costs; results in energy cost savings of approximately $18,000 a month.
Customer Story
One Clearlake Centre
One Clearlake Centre is an 18-story, Class-A commercial office building housing tenants in a variety of industries including financial and legal services, office staffing and insurance. The LEED Silver Certified building is owned by AEW Capital
Management, LP and managed by CBRE, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Committed to sustainability, CBRE was the first company in its industry to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations.
Customer Story
One Orlando Centre
Parkway Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates high quality office properties located in toptier Sunbelt markets. A proud member of the New York Stock Exchange, Parkway focuses on providing exceptional service and innovative workplace solutions. It's the day-to-day attention to detail in the way they serve customers, enhance
assets, and invest capital that makes the difference, and allows Parkway to create long-term value for its shareholders.
Customer Story
One Commerce Square
Managed by Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors, the 400,000 sq ft, 30-story One Commerce Square office tower is one of the tallest buildings in Memphis. Built in 1972, the tower has housed a variety of tenants with the State of Tennessee recently becoming its fourth anchor tenant, with 500 full-time employees from ten state government departments working in the building.
Customer Story
Central Arts Plaza
Efficiency upgrades result in a 1,000 KW drop in daily demand, rebates of more than $380,000, and a 96 percent reduction in hot/cold calls.
Customer Story
Sun Life Financial Center
Bentall Kennedy, one of North America's largest real estate investment advisory and services firms, serves the interests of over 500 institutional investors and manages 134 million square feet of office, retail, industrial and multi-residential property throughout the United States and Canada. Sun Life Financial Center, one of Bentall Kennedy's properties, includes more than a million square feet of leasable area in two Class A office towers connected by a main atrium.
Customer Story
Financial Statement Services, Inc. (FSSI)
Founded in 1980, Financial Statement Services, Inc. (FSSI) is a nationwide, full-service print and mail leader, specializing
in the secure, outsourced design, production and delivery of time-critical customer communications, such as statements,
letters, bills and mandated compliance documents. Industries served by FSSI include financial services, insurance, public utilities, healthcare, government and others. Nearly 150 employees work in the company’s 168,000 sq ft corporate headquarters, a two-floor office building with security-access doors throughout and a glass-enclosed front lobby.
Customer Story
Katy Medical Office Building
The new Katy Medical Plaza sits on more than eight acres of land in a fast growing area just west of Houston. When finished, the three-building complex will provide 150,000 square feet of Class A medical office space for some of the area’s best-known and respected physicians. The first building, already completed, includes LEED features, such as a grass roof to help reduce heat load and cool the building inside; a cistern to collect rain water; a bicycle rack for tenant use; water retention capabilities for irrigation and building facilities; traction elevators to reduce electricity use; thick insulated walls for a tight building envelope; and high performance glass to regulate natural light.
Customer Story
City of Lynnwood Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase I
Energy Savings Performance Contract project reduces energy use by 247,116 kWh, and annual maintenance and operational costs by $29,667; qualifies for energy incentives estimated at more than $53,000; extends critical system life; helps avoid planned capital replacement costs totaling more than $2.8 million over the next ten years.
Customer Story
Hunter Industries
Founded in 1981, family-owned Hunter Industries is a global manufacturer of products for the landscape irrigation and lighting industries, and a custom manufacturing provider. Committed to sustainability, Hunter's core business interest has been manufacturing products that allow irrigation and lighting professionals to create solutions that use as little water and energy as possible to create optimal landscape function and ambiance.
Customer Story
Pinellas County Central Energy Plant
Constructed where a parking lot once stood, the new Pinellas County Central Energy Plant was built to generate and deliver chilled water through an underground distribution piping network to provide air conditioning to county buildings throughout downtown Clearwater. The facility includes a 4,500 sq ft. chiller/pump room, a 5,600 sq ft. cooling tower yard
and a 4,122 sq ft. ice storage yard.
Customer Story
Agnico Eagle
Trane responsiveness and ingenuity gain customer confidence, overcome challenges of extreme conditions in Quebec, Canada
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Pfizer Robotics & Stability Facility
HVAC system upgrade by Trane includes CDQ™ desiccant dehumidification system to meet strict humidity specifications in a life-science facility.
Customer Story
Ocean Spray Cranberries
Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 800 cranberry growers in the U.S. and Canada. When the cooperative selected its Middleboro, Massachusetts facility to produce sweetened dried cranberries (SDCs), they needed to upgrade building infrastructure to support the new production process, which used 25°F chilled water. Ocean Spray looked for a single source provider to act as an owner/consultant to work with the design team, supply and install the HVAC and process chiller equipment. The right provider would be directly responsible to Ocean Spray—reducing the complexities and cost overruns of conventional construction processes.
Customer Story
UNICHEM Laboratories Ltd.
While Unichem has enjoyed four years of successful operations with the Trane chillers at their Ghaziabadfacility, they wanted to optimize the heating, ventilation,and air conditioning system (HVAC) to deliver maximum energy efficiency and reliability, and achieve full United States FDA compliance (21 CFR, Part 11).
Customer Story
Indo Rama Synthetics (I) Ltd.
Due to a rapid increase in their business, Indorama had embarked on a significant expansion program. A new process-cooling plant was needed due to insufficient cooling capacity to accommodate new production lines. Indorama established challenging supplier requirements relative to initial first cost, operating costs, reliability, ease of maintenance and available space. Furthermore, Indorama wanted to take an environmentally responsible position.
Customer Story
Solae LLC
Solae, LLC, a world-leading producer of soy-based ingredients for food manufacturing companies worldwide, was challenged by high humidity levels and rising energy costs at its production and packaging plant in Remington, Indiana. To remedy the situation, Solae enlisted Trane Turnkey Contracting Services.
Customer Story
City of Sultan
Wastewater Treatment Plant and Booster Pump and station upgrades collectively reduce energy use by 122,786 kWh a year, saving $10,400 annually, and qualify for incentives of nearly $23,000; Department of Commerce grants for plant exceed $196,000.
Customer Story
Juvenile Secure Detention Center
The City of Newport News Juvenile Secure Detention Center was opened in January 2005 to provide a positive experience for detained youth in a safe and secure environment, while protecting public safety. The state-of-the-art facility utilizes the best practices in juvenile justice and features cutting edge technology. The program includes school for approximately 110 juveniles during the traditional school year. Evening activities include visitations, religious services, physical recreation, group sessions and
counseling. In alignment with its standard operations, when the center’s compressors failed, administrators implemented best
practices to get systems back up and running for the comfort of its detainees and staff.
Customer Story
Warrick County Jail
Warrick County Jail, a correctional facility in Boonville, Indiana, offers a wide range of services and programs for inmates, including medical, dental, mental health and pharmaceutical services. Educational and life skills training programs for inmates are also offered, as well as substance abuse counseling, meditation, music therapy and religious services. In addition, the jail provides opportunities for inmates to participate in a variety of community construction and maintenance projects.
Customer Story
Allen County Public Library
In 2001 Allen County Public Library (ACPL), one of the top U.S. libraries, and its 14 locations had a varied collection of HVAC systems, controls, fire alarm, access, security and other systems. With the planned addition of 127,000 square feet and renovation of 240,000 square feet at the main library in Fort Wayne, ACPL used the opportunity to upgrade, standardize and integrate buildings, systems and equipment.
Customer Story
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation purchased a three-year Trane Select Service Agreement for their 76,000 square-foot headquarters building. For the next three years Trane will maintain and service the building’s HVAC systems with a cap of $5,000 per incident. With a Select Service Agreement, Louisiana Farm Bureau gets all the benefits of a Trane Scheduled Agreement, plus parts and labor coverage for maintainable equipment selected by the customer and approved by Trane -- putting service and maintenance needs on a systematic, scheduled basis. A Select Service Agreement can cut unexpected breakdowns as much as 75 percent, reduce energy use up to 20 percent, cut downtime nearly 40 percent, and reduce repair and maintenance costs up to 30 percent.
Customer Story
Clayton County
Like many county governments, Clayton County faced rising energy and facilities maintenance costs. Significant system upgrades were needed to improve energy efficiency, and enhance employee comfort and productivity
Customer Story
Brown County
Brown County is located in the south central part of Minnesota, approximately 100 miles southwest of the Twin Cities. The county is mostly agricultural, but also has many industrial and commercial businesses. Brown County has a population of 25,893, with New Ulm, its largest city, serving as the county seat.
Customer Story
Larimer County Courthouse Offices
Larimer County, located in north central Colorado, includes several mountain communities, as well as Rocky Mountain National Park. The county encompasses 2,640 square miles of irrigated farms, vast stretches of scenic ranch lands, thick forests and high mountain peaks. The beautiful area provides a wide spectrum of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors.
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Hawaii Air National Guard
The Hawaii Air National Guard, 154th Wing, shares the Hickam Air Force Base facilities with the Pacific Command. The base is located on 2,850 acres of land adjacent to Honolulu International Airport. To support the painting operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard F-22 Raptor jets, a new low observable/composite repair facility was built. The facility, consisting of a 17,500 sq ft hangar/paint booth and a 17,700 support building, features sophisticated mechanical systems for climate control for aircraft painting operations.
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Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is the home of Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, the 78th Air Base Wing, and more than sixty other units that make up a vital part of the Air Force war-fighting team. It is the largest industrial complex in Georgia, employing a workforce of more than 24,000 civilians, contractors and military members.
