UTC’s commitment is to maintain the highest environmental and safety standards everywhere we do business. Environmental sustainability is an important part of both our operations and our products as they perform in service. We have a history of setting aggressive environmental goals and pursuing them by continuously improving our processes at every level of the company. In addition to our own work and to overcome some of today’s greatest challenges we partner with other companies and non-governmental organizations to find and implement solutions.

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 3 percent annually and water consumption 2.5 percent annually from 2007 to 2010
• Invest $100 million from 2007 to 2010 in energy conservation projects, including co-generation systems
• Comply with all environmental permits

Key Performance Indicators

Historical data

Progress on new goals

Securing a sustainable future

Climate change is a critical environmental concern. With a worldwide real estate portfolio of more than 100 million square feet, we are committed to designing and building new facilities with the lowest possible environmental footprint.

• In 2008, UTC will begin using the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system in all new facilities, whether owned or leased. Two of these new facilities are in China:
  • In 2007, the Otis Elevator Company TEDA Center opened. Located in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, this facility is designed to meet LEED Gold standards and uses advanced technologies and green building practices to lower energy consumption at least 25 percent, as compared with conventional construction methods and materials.
  • In 2007, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners broke ground on an engine overhaul facility in Shanghai targeted to meet LEED Platinum standards. Once complete, it is expected that at least 12.5 percent of the facility’s energy use will come from renewable sources.
• We also partner with other leading companies to affect global change. With Lafarge, UTC is leading the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project to develop a roadmap for zero net energy buildings in six representative regions of the world.
• In November 2007, UTC and more than 140 companies signed The Bali Communiqué before the start of The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2007. This document pledged that global corporations will work with governments internationally to reduce GHG emissions, primarily through investment in low-carbon technologies.

Beginning in 1991, UTC established Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) goals and the following year began publicly reporting performance against them. After meeting and exceeding many goals ahead of schedule, UTC committed to aggressive 10-year goals to reduce energy and water use in 1997. We added air emissions and waste reduction goals in 1999.

From 1997 to 2006, UTC reduced absolute energy use by 19 percent and water use by 49 percent.

After achieving all of the environmental metrics in the previous goals, we then set even more ambitious goals for improved performance between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2010 (using 2006 results as our baseline). We have committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 3 percent annually and water consumption 2.5 percent annually from 2007 to 2010. To measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we will use the Greenhouse Gas Protocol established by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute. For the first time, our metrics will be measured and reported in absolute terms, instead of normalized for revenue.