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| Oct. 6, 2007: Businesses Seize Green InitiativeMedia Clip
Posted October 6th, 2007 by elena
Johnson Controls Inc. out of Glendale is aiming to reduce global warming pollution through the Clinton Climate Initiative. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel What's good for the planet, it turns out, could be great for Wisconsin's largest company. Energy experts with Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. are busy crafting their first proposal aimed at winning a piece of an ambitious $5 billion plan to reduce global warming by retrofitting energy-wasting buildings in 16 of the world's largest cities. Step one: Houston, one of the country's most polluted cities, where more than 270 buildings could see upgrades. Meeting in Milwaukee last week, managers and experts from Johnson Controls offices around the country scoured slides of aging boilers and control systems in buildings they had toured in Houston, including fire stations, libraries and the downtown convention center, where the city once housed 5,000 people who fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. |
