A partnership between Emerson Climate Technologies and the University of Dayton, the 40,000-square-foot innovation center will drive the future of the global heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) industry. Construction of the facility, which has a total project cost of $35 million to $40 million, is expected to be complete in late 2015, with a grand opening in spring 2016.

Other innovation centers that Fox Architects has designed include:
• The $5 million Emerson iOps Center within the $70 million, 350,000-square-foot Emerson Process Management campus in Round Rock, Texas, which opened in January;
• Corporate headquarters and innovation center for Regulator Technologies, a division of Emerson Process Management, in McKinney, Texas;
• The 70,000-square-foot LEED Gold certified Liebert Learning Center on the campus of Emerson Network Power in Westerville, Ohio;
• An Innovation Center at Emerson Process Management’s $30 million American headquarters for valve automation technologies in Houston.
• A high-tech Customer Solutions Center at Emerson Process Management Shared Services Center in Houston, Texas.

“What sets these innovation centers apart from traditional training, product design and research centers is the collaboration-based customer focus that Fox designs into the facilities,” said Michael Fox, CEO of Fox Architects. “The design puts the customer squarely at the heart of the process.”

The Emerson Climate Technologies Innovation Center will bring together researchers, Emerson product developers, industry partners, customers and students to advance research and education for global HVACR industry.

“Nowhere else will you find a similar facility where academic researchers and industry participants can come together under one roof to dialogue, develop and test HVACR technology solutions through real-world applications,” said Ed Purvis, executive vice president of Emerson Climate Technologies.

Prototype installations of real-world applications – such as a home heating and cooling system and a supermarket refrigeration system – will allow researchers to test concepts, technologies and scenarios before trying them in actual installations.

Fox Architects is an architectural, interior and planning design firm with more than 35 years experience in corporate, healthcare, educational, institutional and retail projects. The Fox Architects team has special expertise in mission-critical projects such as corporate data centers. Fox Architects is expert at identifying the facility and design factors that will determine a client’s operational success. For more information, visit www.fox-arch.com or call (314) 378-3433.

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