Carrier Strenghtens its Position in Advancing LEED

Implications: There are several major companies in commercial HVAC that take the lead in utilization of natural resources and advancing the automation and control. Apparently, along with major OEMs of HVAC, companies with strong background in controls also take serious postion in market place. Recent acquisition of EMSI shows that Carries has to be stronger to preserve its market share.    

Analysis: In the world of commercial HVAC there are several OEMs that take major market share in building controls and automation, as well as in utilization of natural resources in the design of commercial HVAC, such as, for example, as geothermal heat pumps. These are: Bosch, Carrier ( division of United Technologies Corp.), Lennox, Trane, McQay. Building automation and controls has several more players, such as Echelon Corp., Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Siemens. Apparently, in order to be competitive, an OEM must have most comprehensive array of both hardware, such as commercial HVAC, and software, if we can call it software: building automation systems, actual software, sensors, transmitters, receivers,microprocessors, and other controls. Apparently, that particular area was not a strong one of Carrier. Hopefully this recent acquisition will improve and strengthen Carries's position in this extremely important segment of HVAC market.