- CFINS won the Second Prize of National Natural Science Award in 2009
- CFINS Members Celebrated New Year's Day
- The professors and students of CFINS attending the CDC’09
- The workshop of Five Decades of Ho-ntrol and Ho-ptimization
- CFINS held Work Summing-up Meeting
- The 75th birthday banquet of professor Ho
- CFINS Student Seminar 2st- Research Session
- Lecture: Can we bridge the knowledge from different fields?, Prof. Weibo Gong, UMass
Integrated Building Energy, Safety and Control Systems
Acknowledgement: Architecture Power Saving Research Center of Tsinghua University
United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified manufacturer of high technology products and a top supplier of support services to the commercial building systems and aerospace industries. UTC's industry-leading business units include Otis, Carrier, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Hamilton Sundstrand, UTC Fire & Security and UTC Power.
The company has a disciplined and proven approach to profitability and environmental responsibility. UTC has been measuring its environmental progress for more than a decade and continuously sets rigorous company-wide goals to reduce impact. From 1997 to 2006, UTC reduced energy and water consumption by 19 percent and 49 percent, respectively, while revenues doubled. As part of its latest set of environmental targets, UTC has set a goal to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 12 percent over the next four years and will invest $100 million toward co-generation and energy conservation projects. UTC is a founding member of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the U.S. Green Building Council, and is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
UTC pursues environmental goals the same way it pursues financial and business goals: by continuously improving processes at every level of the company.