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CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2015 — Carrier Corp. has made a minority equity
investment in ecobee, Inc., marking an expansion in the parties’
strategic relationship following their collaboration to create the new
Wi-Fi-enabled Carrier® Côr™ thermostat. ecobee created the world’s
first Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat, delivering increased comfort and
energy savings to customers. Carrier, the world’s leader in
high-technology heating, ventilating and air-conditioning solutions, is
a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
“The Carrier team is excited by the opportunities this relationship
will provide,” said Chris Nelson, president, North American HVAC,
Carrier. “By bringing together the strengths of both companies, from
Carrier’s experience in manufacturing world-class heating and cooling
products to ecobee’s leadership and innovation in smart thermostats,
our customers will benefit as we provide even more advanced offerings
for the smart home of today and tomorrow."
“Being selected as the thermostat technology to power the Carrier Côr
thermostat is significant validation and testament to the pioneering
technology ecobee has been developing since 2007,” said Stuart Lombard,
CEO, ecobee. “This strategic relationship with Carrier will help put
ecobee’s energy-saving technology into more homes across America.”
Terms and details of Carrier’s equity investment in ecobee were not disclosed.
For more information about Carrier’s home comfort solutions, visit
www.carrier.com/homecomfort or follow @CarrierAtHome on
Twitter.
About Carrier
Founded by the inventor of modern air conditioning, Carrier is the
world’s leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and
refrigeration solutions. Carrier experts provide sustainable solutions,
integrating energy-efficient products, building controls and energy
services for residential, commercial, retail, transport and food
service customers. Carrier is a part of UTC Building & Industrial
Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., a leading provider to the
aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. For more
information, visit www.carrier.com or follow @CarrierAtHome and
@CarrierGreen on Twitter.
About ecobee
ecobee, Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, introduced the world’s first
wi-fi connected smart thermostat in 2009. The company continues to
innovate in the smart thermostat space and launched ecobee3 with
remote sensors in 2014. ecobee’s award-winning thermostats have enabled
hundreds of thousands of consumers to control their home comfort
anytime and from anywhere, using their smartphone, tablet or computer.
For more information, visit www.ecobee.com.
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