China Mayors Gain Green Building Education at UC Davis

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayors from China participating in a two-week U.S. Trade and Development Agency visit will gain green building tips at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento to improve the infrastructure in their rapidly growing home country.

The Sept. 20 tour is organized by the China Mayors Training Center (MTC) with the China Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development office and the U.S. China Energy Cooperation Program to provide these city leaders an opportunity to learn more about developing energy efficient buildings.

The UC Davis tour includes a close look at the Oxford Circle Dining Commons, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified renovation with 16,000 square feet serving 1,000 students. UC Davis is one of the country's top public research universities that set a goal for all new buildings to meet or exceed the U.S. Green Building Council's silver-level LEED certification.

Ingersoll Rand worked with the university to install a Trane self-sufficient rooftop air cooling system using an indirect evaporate pre-cooler that reduces the outside air temperature without mechanical needs – eliminating the electrical load for the building.

"This building on the UC campus tells the real story of solutions addressing building efficiencies to help meet the growing energy demands of urban China existing today," said Scott Tew, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand. "These city leaders witnessed firsthand that we no longer have to wait for new technologies to make major gains in efficiencies and sustainability."

About UC Davis

For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

About Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) is a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments in commercial, residential and industrial markets. Our people and our family of brands — including Club Car®, Hussmann®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane® — work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings, transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. We are a $13 billion global business committed to sustainable business practices within our company and for our customers. For more information, visit www.ingersollrand.com.

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