Interesting Facts about Trane (in random order!)Use the following throughout 2013 with employees, customers, community leaders and other stakeholders.  You may incorporate them into letters, presentations, trivia contests and other written materials – or simply use them during employee roundtables, walk-arounds or in conversation.

Feel free to add local, site-specific facts that are more meaningful to the stakeholders at or associated with your site!

James Trane and his son Reuben founded the Trane Company as a family business in 1913.

The Trane centrifugal chiller is celebrating its 75th-year anniversary in 2013.

Trane helps customers achieve their high performance building missions in these main markets: healthcare, education, hospitality, retail, commercial, industrial and data centers.

New York’s famed Yankee Stadium has been a Trane landmark building since 2009.

Italian confectionary giant Ferrero’s Polska Plant has partnered with Trane since 2001 on more than 20 projects within eight main buildings to create sustainable, comfortable environments.

The 625,000-square-foot Tradeport distribution center in Memphis, Tenn., opened in July 2012 and supports Trane commercial and residential sectors’ aftermarket business for repair, replacement and warranty parts. The center supplies North America and supports shipments for global distribution centers in Singapore, the Netherlands, Mexico and Brazil.  It also supplies 169 Trane-owned part centers and 420+ franchise partners, wholesalers and distributors.

Trane expanded into unitary systems in 1961. Unitary systems combine heating, cooling, and fan sections all in one or a few assemblies for simplified application and installation. They are used in most classes of buildings, from schools to offices to retail, particularly where low initial cost and simplified installation are important. Trane commercial unitary systems feature integrated controls engineered to create the best possible comfort environment.

In 1925, Reuben Trane invented a new type of heat transfer device known as the convector radiator. This highly efficient, lightweight replacement for the bulky, slow-responding cast iron radiator launched The Trane Company on its road to success. The heat transfer surface used within the convector radiator is a patented concept and today is regarded as the most widely used heat exchanger in the HVAC industry.

The Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China has been a Trane landmark building since 2004.

Trane Intellipak™ I commercial rooftop air conditioning unit has led the industry with intelligent design that creates lower installed costs, excellent energy efficiency that means lower operating costs, and ease of maintenance and legendary toughness that deliver peak performance for decades.

Trane boasts more than 700 LEED-accredited professionals, illustrating our commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

The Tracer AdaptiView chiller control, introduced in 2009, lets building operators take command of the chiller plant like never before. Its ergonomic arm and screen allows them to have a window into the chiller from any height or angle.

The year 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of Trane Air Conditioning Economics, or Trace™, a design-and-analysis tool that helps heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals optimize the design of a building’s HVAC system, based on energy utilization and life-cycle cost. Introduced in 1972, it was the first of its kind and quickly became a de facto industry standard.

Since 1938, the Trane EarthWise™ CenTraVac™ Centrifugal Liquid-cooled Chiller has been the most reliable, with an average lifetime of 30 years (some have even lasted more than 50 years!).

Trane purchased the General Electric residential air conditioning business in 1982.

The Moscow Kremlin is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, Russia – and has been a Trane landmark building since 1991.

At 828 meters high, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has been a Trane landmark building since 2007. It was also the site of actor Tom Cruise’s breathtaking stunts in 2011’s Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol!

The Trane R’newal™ Service programs are comprehensive services that restore compressor or building controls performance by replacing worn parts and materials, or upgrading software technology. These services bring a building’s existing units to the same level of reliability and current technology as offered by a new Trane chiller or building control unit.

In 1931 Trane developed its first air conditioning unit, the Trane Unit Cooler. Designed for offices, restaurants, shops, department stores and factories, the unit’s first commercial applications are in movie theaters in Louisville, Ky., and Indianapolis, Ind.

Introduced in 2011, Tracer XT™ is a unique controls platform designed by Trane and GE to integrate, manage & optimize critical facility systems such as security, fire and safety – as well as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).

Trane Rental Services offers reliable temporary solutions for short- and long-term heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and power requirements.

Since 2008, Trane has bestowed nearly 70 Energy Efficiency Leader Awards on organizations around the world.

Since 1938, the Trane EarthWise™ CenTraVac™ Centrifugal Liquid-cooled Chiller has boasted proven technology that reflects decades of research and development.

Green Tower (Tishman Speyer) is the first LEED design job in Brasília, Brazil, thanks to Trane Intellipak™ rooftop units.

In 2012 Trane launched Trane Intelligent Services™ (TIS) and entered a new era of building system management that allows customers to make data-driven decisions and improve maintenance procedures to control cost and avoid downtime.

The Senado Federal in Brasília, Brazil – the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil – has been a Trane landmark building since 2008.

One of the first of its kind in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry, the Trane Axion™ Variable-speed Water-source Heat Pump (WSHP) is the most energy-efficient WSHP from Trane yet. It offers an innovative variable speed solution for increased energy efficiency and reduced operating cost – without sacrificing comfort.

Since it began in 1925, Trane’s Graduate Training Program (GTP) has held two classes annually for most years. Nearly 8,700 participants have gone through the GTP, including sales and marketing engineers from more than 50 countries worldwide.

The Trane’ total number of U.S. patents to date is just over 900. The Trane number of individual inventors is 555.

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been a Trane landmark building since 2006.

In 1938, Trane developed a new type of water chiller with a centrifugal compressor. Known as the Turbovac, it was the forerunner of today’s CenTraVac chiller and it defined Trane as a pioneer in the new field of air conditioning.

Trane provided the air conditioning system for a McDonald’s in the resort town of Bertioga, Riviera de São Lourenco in Sao Paulo, Brazil that opened in 2008. The restaurant boasted the notable distinction of being the first Latin American “green” restaurant – meeting low impact construction standards and using architectural technologies regarding renewable energy, sustainable water management, and building materials.

In 2011 Alpla, an international leader in the plastic packaging industry, installed high-efficiency systems accompanied by centralized, continuous service from Trane. These innovative, energy-saving infrastructure upgrades and extensive, global preventive maintenance program lowered Alpla’s energy use an average of 14.5 percent per year. This is the equivalent of reducing 24,266,000 kilograms of CO2 (or annual greenhouse emissions) by removing 4,758 passenger vehicles from the road.

The magnificent Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curítiba, Brazil, a Trane landmark building since 2002, focuses on visual arts, architecture and design.

A Trane landmark building since 1997, the Space Needle is not only a recognized symbol of Seattle, Wash., but also a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Marlins Park in Miami, Fla., is the first professional sports facility in the world with a retractable roof to receive the prestigious LEED Gold certification, thanks in part to the Trane’ energy-efficient systems that keeps it continuously cool and comfortable.

The energy-saving Trane Tracer™ SC Building Automation System (BAS) features a user interface that supports multiple browsers, providing easy access to facility information via smartphone or tablet.

Trane collaborates with thousands of organizations around the world to achieve High Performance Buildings, with a whole-building approach to performance, with spaces that are reliable, safe, healthy and efficient. They meet specific standards for energy and water consumption, system reliability and uptime, environmental compliance and occupant comfort. They deliver established outcomes that help building owners and occupants achieve their business mission.

Trane is supplying high efficiency EarthWise™ centrifugal chillers to the Lotte World Tower in Korea, which will be one of the tallest in Asia upon its completion in 2015.

Since 1938 the Trane EarthWise™ CenTraVac™ Centrifugal Liquid-cooled Chiller has the lowest emissions, with a field-documented leak rate of less than 0.5 percent.

In 2012 Trane collaborated with Cedrob, the largest self-sufficient poultry farm and processing plant in Europe. Part of the job installing two turnkey cooling and refrigeration systems (one in its processing plant, one in its hatchery).

As of the end of November 2012, about six weeks after “Super storm” Sandy pummeled the U.S. Northeast, nearly 4,000 tons of temporary cooling units from Trane Rental Services had been installed in the lower Manhattan flood area.

K. Raheja Corp., a leading developer of commercial and residential real estate in India, made a very large commitment to environmental stewardship in 2012, with help from Trane. It committed to ensuring that all of its future projects undertaken anywhere in India will be LEED-certified Green Building projects. The developer engaged Trane to install high-efficiency, low-emission solutions at many of their office buildings. Trane is also advising consulting engineers on optimizing K. Rajeha’s system design and operation, as well as providing software to help with design and analysis.

Trane collaborated with Lakota Schools in southwestern Ohio on energy-efficient facilities upgrades that will lower the schools’ operating costs and provide it with additional utility rebate dollars.

Trane expanded operations and built a manufacturing plant in Clarksville, Tenn., in 1958.

In 1958 Trane expanded globally to acquire a minority interest in CEMAT, a French corporation in Epinal, France, which it renamed Societé Trane. In 1974 Trane opens a second Societé Trane factory location in Charmes, France, expanding further into Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Since 1938 Trane EarthWise™ CenTraVac™ Centrifugal Liquid-cooled Chillers have been the most efficient. They are selectable with full load efficiencies down to 0.45 kW/ton at AHRI conditions and integrated part load values (IPLVs) down to 0.305 kW/ton.

In 2012 Trane helped the Rock Creek Unified School District 323 in Kansas complete significant energy efficient upgrades that will save the district significant dollars per year.

Located at the center of London’s financial district, 30 St Mary Axe – also known as “The Gherkin,” has been a Trane landmark building since 2003.

In 2012 Trane collaborated with the Commonwealth of Virginia on two of the biggest solar panel installations in the commonwealth, along with a third smaller one, in and around Richmond, Va.

The Tracer™ R’newal Controls Upgrade Program started in 2007 to help maximize building performance, improve occupant comfort, and increase operational productivity. In 2013, Trane controls will celebrate their 35th anniversary.