Warsaw Chopin Airport Earns Energy Efficiency Leader Award


Celebrating New Terminal's Commitment to Environmental Stewardship

[Warsaw, Poland], May 5, 2010 - The Warsaw Chopin Airport serves nearly half of Poland's air travel by providing a comfortable environment for visitors and workers. The new terminal features operationally and energy efficient infrastructure systems that are also environmentally responsible.

In recognition of their outstanding commitment to energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, the Warsaw Chopin Airport will be honored with the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award today.

The new terminal features high performance infrastructure systems that are estimated during their first 10 years of operation to save an amount of energy equivalent to that needed to supply a city of 11,000 inhabitants for a year.

Details of the award presentation:

  • Pawel Markiton, Trane Poland general manager, will present the award to Wiktor Ziemiñski, Warsaw Chopin Airport technical bureau director.

  • The awards presentation will be at noon, May 5, at the Warsaw Chopin Airport conference center, Ul. Zwirkii Wigury.

    Local dignitaries and guests will also be in attendance, including Leszek Drogosz, director of the infrastructure department, City of Warsaw. Drogosz will discuss how the new terminal's operational efficiencies play a significant role in the city's broader plans for increasing energy efficiency and sustainability.

    "For years, the Warsaw Chopin Airport has made fiscally sound, environmentally responsible business decisions," said Wiktor Ziemiñski, Warsaw Chopin Airport technical bureau director. "The systems selected as part of the new terminal's construction contracts are excellent solutions that enable us to meet these goals while providing a comfortable indoor environment for visitors and workers."

    The new terminal includes large water cooled centrifugal chillers and a chiller plant control system that maintain indoor air quality for passengers and airport personnel. The control system provides centralized system operation supervision that can be accessed remotely. In upcoming months, "Porty Lotnicze" will expand the chilled water system's operational capabilities in order to provide domestic hot water for use throughout the terminal.

    Providing high performance environments also is a focus of the new Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand (CEES) (www.cees.ingersollrand.com). Following Drogosz's remarks, Markiton will announce the new Ingersoll Rand Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability and its goals for optimizing operational and energy efficiencies worldwide.

    The CEES is a dedicated global group of leaders focused on advocating and bringing to market energy-efficient innovation and technologies for commercial buildings and transport, homes and select industrial applications. It also will apply sustainable principles within its businesses for its customers and within the communities it serves.

    "As an organization committed to energy efficiency and sustainability, Ingersoll Rand celebrates companies, communities and individuals who work to preserve our environment," said Jean David Soual, Trane vice president and central territory leader. "Warsaw Chopin Airport has made environmental responsibility a way of doing business, which really is an investment in the future of its employees, their families and their community."

    About The Warsaw Chopin Airport

    The Chopin Airport serves regular air traffic, charters and cargo. In 2009 the airport accommodated 8.3 million passengers, which equals approximately 45 percent of the entire passenger air traffic in Poland. The constant infrastructure developments aim at increasing the airport's capacity and improvement of passenger's services. The current terminal's enlargement will be finished in March 2011.

    About Ingersoll Rand

    Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) is a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments in commercial, residential and industrial markets. Our people and our family of brands-including Club Car®, Hussmann®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane® -work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. We are a $13 billion global business committed to sustainable business practices within our company and for our customers. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.

    About Trane

    Trane, a business of Ingersoll Rand - the world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and energy efficient environments - improves the performance of homes and buildings around the world. Trane solutions optimize indoor environments with a broad portfolio of energy efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building and contracting services, parts support and advanced controls for homes and commercial buildings. For more information, visit www.Trane.com.

    About the Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand

    The Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand is a global group of experts dedicated to integrating best practices for the long-term use of energy and other resources. Created by the company as part of its worldwide commitment to environmental responsibility, this unprecedented consortium of leading energy experts develops solutions that advocate green policies, standards and education in the communities in which Ingersoll Rand operates and serves. For more information, visit www.cees.ingersollrand.com.

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