Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Wins California Award for Conservation
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Feb. 4, 2009 - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne received the 2008 Flex Your Power Award for water conservation in California for saving an estimated 8 million gallons of water annually - equivalent to the amount of drinking water used each day by 25,000 families of five. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, also was recognized for dramatically reducing electricity use and carbon emissions.
Since 2007, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has aggressively implemented projects to conserve water and save energy. Projects included waterless urinals, upgraded cooling towers with water softeners, and weather-based landscaping controls, which helped the company save approximately 841,300 kilowatt hours of electricity and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 3.2 million pounds annually.
"Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is committed to helping fight global warming and save our natural resources in California and on other locations," said Jim Maser, president, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. "Water conservation, reduced electrical use and lower carbon emissions are just a few ways we are working to make a difference, and we're proud to be doing our part. We saved roughly 400,000 gallons of water in irrigation alone in 2008. That's enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool two-thirds of the way full."
The Flex Your Power campaign is a partnership between California's utilities, residents, businesses, institutions, government agencies and non-profit organization that work together to save energy.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., a part of Pratt & Whitney, is a preferred provider of high-value propulsion, power, energy and innovative system solutions used in a wide variety of government and commercial applications, including the main engines for the space shuttle, Atlas and Delta launch vehicles, missile defense systems and advanced hypersonic engines.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.
Bryan Kidder
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
+.818.586.2213
bryan.kidder@pwr.utc.com
Carri Karuhn
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
+1.818.586.4963
carri.karuhn@pwr.utc.com
