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For Otis, it is both a homecoming and the largest modernization project in the company’s 158-year history: refurbishing the elevators in the iconic Empire State Building in New York City. 

Otis installed the original elevator system in the 1930s and now has been awarded a contract and 10-year mainte- nance agreement to upgrade the building’s 68 elevators and related equipment. 

The modernization is expected to deliver improved speed, energy efficiency and passenger experience. 

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We help customers find energy-efficient building solutions, and we look for similar opportunities in our own operations. 

During the year, we opened a new manu- facturing facility in Mirabel, Canada, which was built to rigorous standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leader- ship in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)—the benchmark for energy and environmental performance in buildings. 

Another manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico, was LEED Gold certified in 2011. 

It is our policy to incorporate sustainable practices into all new UTC facilities and target a rating of LEED Gold. To date, 11 of our facilities have earned LEED certifica- tion, with seven of them achieving Gold or Platinum levels. 

