Green Products in Green Factories


Carrier’s factories in Charlotte, North Carolina and Huntington, Indiana became only the 10th and 11th factories in the world to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Existing Building certification, a first for the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration industry worldwide.

Carrier launched factory energy reduction goals in 1988, and expanded to broader global environmental, health and safety metrics in 1997. In 2003, Carrier, as a business unit of United Technologies Corp., was the first manufacturer of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems to join the U.S. EPA Climate Leaders program by declaring and reporting climate change goals. From 2000 to 2009, Carrier reduced its air emissions by 76 percent and water usage by 52 percent on an absolute basis. Since 2006, the company lowered its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent.

Today, Carrier measures itself in six comprehensive categories.

• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Air emissions
• Water
• Materials of concern
• Waste
• Safety

Beyond our operations, we expect our suppliers to embrace environmental, health and safety progress. In 2008, Carrier began to measure this progress with key suppliers