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EPA Selects Three Johnson Controls Customers for Energy Star Buildings Awards

22 March 2000

EPA Selects Three Johnson Controls Customers for Energy Star Buildings Awards

    MILWAUKEE, March 21 The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) pays tribute to three Johnson Controls, Inc.
customers today in Washington, D.C., during the 2000 Energy Star
Buildings(SM)awards ceremony.  The awards recognize outstanding organizations
that have embraced energy efficiency and incorporated strategic energy
management into their business plans.
    Johnson Controls customers receiving awards are:  Sachem Public School
District, located on New York's Long Island, Education Partner of the Year;
the State of Wis., Government Partner of the Year; and Mercy Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Health Care Partner of the Year, Honorable Mention.
    "These three projects are indicative of energy efficiency's broad and
successful implementation in the United States.  State governments, school
districts and health care organizations are playing important roles in
voluntarily helping the environment through better energy management," said
Jean Lupinacci, director of EPA's Energy Star Buildings and Green Lights
program.
    "Johnson Controls is proud of its customers' achievements in this
prestigious competition.  We are pleased we could assist them in their ongoing
commitment to quality building environments through the Energy Star Buildings
program," said Brian Stark, president of the Controls business for Johnson
Controls.
    Sachem Central School District, New York state's largest suburban school
district, is undergoing a progressive program to reduce energy and operating
costs and improve comfort in its schools.  As part of a multi-million dollar
Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC), Johnson Controls implemented a
comprehensive energy efficiency plan, including replacing outdated boilers,
making more efficient use of hot water in dishwashers and swimming pools, and
other energy efficiency measures.  Under an ESPC, the cost of the project is
paid over a number of years by the energy and operational cost savings the
project generates.  Sachem is expected to save approximately $500,000 per year
in energy costs over the next 10 years, and the resulting pollution prevention
is the equivalent of planting 646 acres of trees on Long Island.
    The State of Wisconsin, with more than 6,800 buildings at 34 major
locations totaling over 50 million square feet, is working with Johnson
Controls on the Wisconsin Energy Initiative.  This huge undertaking involves
improved lighting, discharge air revisions and heat recovery systems in a
major effort to increase energy efficiency and provide other economic and
environmental benefits.  In the past 18 months alone, more than $7.2 million
in energy improvements have been implemented resulting in $790,000 of annual
energy savings and the reduction of more 7,700 tons of harmful gases from
utility plants.
    As part of a 10-year, $5.4 million dollar ESPC with Johnson Controls,
Mercy Hospital is involved with a project that provides upgrades to the
physical plant and generates sufficient utility and operational savings to
meet budgetary requirements.  By renovating chilled water systems, replacing
chillers, retrofitting lighting, refurbishing air handling units and improving
operational efficiency, Mercy annually saves an average of $486,000 in utility
costs.
    In 1999, EPA honored Johnson Controls as the Energy Star Buildings Ally of
the Year in recognition of its vast array of special endeavors relating to
energy efficiency, from operating its own facilities extremely well to the
company's leadership in community outreach and customer education efforts.
    The federal Energy Star Buildings program is designed to help U.S.
building owners efficiently operate facilities such as schools, hospitals,
office complexes and retail stores.  The voluntary program emphasizes
profitable investment opportunities created by implementing proven energy
efficiency technologies.
    Johnson Controls, Inc., is a global market leader in automotive systems
and facility management and control.  In the automotive market, it is a major
supplier of seating and interior systems and batteries.  For nonresidential
facilities, Johnson Controls provides building control systems and services,
energy management and integrated facility management.  Johnson Controls,
founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis.  Its sales for 1999
totaled $16.1 billion.