Schindler Elevator Corporation Receives BOMA-NJ’s 2012 Alternate Energy Award

MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Schindler Elevator Corporation, one of the leading global manufacturers of elevators, escalators and moving walks, is proud to announce that BOMA-NJ has awarded the company the 2012 Alternate Energy First Place Award for its solar installation project completed at its North American headquarters building in 2011. Bill Rafferty, manager, Building Services, Schindler, accepted the award at a ceremony held at The Newark Club on May 23rd.

The 250kw solar system, comprised of 1,236 photovoltaic solar panels, produces 310,000 kwh of electricity per year. Each panel generates 230 watts of renewable energy, and provides approximately 11 percent of the buildings total annual power consumption, enough to power more than 90 houses for one month. Since its installation, the system has offset the generation of close to 600,000 pounds of CO2, the equivalent of taking a family sedan off the road for almost two million miles.

Schindler has a dedicated website and a lobby kiosk that provides real-time data on the energy-savings, carbon reduction and environmental impact of the buildings new solar roof. The website serves as an educational tool to help visitors better understand the environmental benefits of the renewable energy source as well as the impact weather conditions have on the amount of power produced by the solar roof versus the utility grid.

Other sustainable building improvements included:

Sustainability has always been a driving force behind everything we do for our customers, says Michael Landis, vice president, marketing at Schindler North America. As building owners ourselves, we understand that in order to adopt a truly sustainable approach, we need to show our commitment to that sustainable vision right here in our own facilities.

About Building Owners and Managers Association of New Jersey (BOMA-NJ)

A professional real estate organization with a network of over 450 local real estate professionals, BOMA New Jersey is an affiliate of BOMA International the oldest and largest association of the office building industry with 92 federated Associations in the United States and around the world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, BOMA International expands the local network to more than 18,000 real estate professionals responsible for the management ofover 9billion square feet of office space in North America.

About Schindler Elevator Corporation

Schindler Elevator Corporation is the North American operation of the Switzerland-based Schindler Group, a leading global mobility provider with approximately 43,000 employees operating in more than 100 countries. Schindler supports sustainable urban development with safe, reliable and ecologically sound mobility solutions and its equipment moves one billion people every day all over the world. In 2011, Schindler was named one of Forbes Magazines 100 Most Innovative Companies, and two of the companys products received the 2011 Architectural Products Product Innovation Award. For additional information about Schindler Elevator Corporation, visit the companys Web site at http://www.us.schindler.com

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