Nov. 4, 2005: Carrier Pledges $1.5 Million For New IAQ Laboratory
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Carrier Corp. announced that it has pledged $1.5 million to the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems to help create a world-class laboratory to study the effects of indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings. Carrier is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (UTC).
Dr. Greg Powers, Carrier's vice president of engineering, was joined by U.S. Rep. James T. Walsh and Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor in making the announcement before 200 attendees at the annual symposium sponsored by the Center of Excellence. "Innovation is center to Carrier's DNA, and Syracuse is center to Carrier's innovation. That's why we are so pleased to support the creation of this new facility," said Powers.