Editing Johnson Controls (section)

== Business units ==
The company's operations focus on Building Efficiency.

=== Building Technologies and Solutions===
The Building Technologies and Solutions business unit designs, produces, installs and services heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, industrial refrigeration, [[Building automation|building management systems]], fire and security systems and mechanical equipment for commercial and residential buildings. The brands produced under this business unit are [[York International|York]], TempMaster, Metasys, Panoptix, Frick and Sabroe.<ref name="Form 10-K">{{cite web |title= Johnson Controls Form 10-K 2012 |url= http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/dam/WWW/jci/corporate/investors/2012/FY12%2010-K%20-%20FINAL%20for%20web.pdf |publisher= Johnson Controls Inc |access-date= 26 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021152315/http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/dam/WWW/jci/corporate/investors/2012/FY12%2010-K%20-%20FINAL%20for%20web.pdf |archive-date= 21 October 2013 }}</ref> This unit also works with organizations to reduce the energy consumption and operating costs of their buildings.<ref name="Form10-K">{{cite web |title= Johnson Controls Form 10-K 2012 |url= http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/dam/WWW/jci/corporate/investors/2012/FY12%2010-K%20-%20FINAL%20for%20web.pdf |publisher= Johnson Controls Inc |access-date= 26 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021152315/http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/dam/WWW/jci/corporate/investors/2012/FY12%2010-K%20-%20FINAL%20for%20web.pdf |archive-date= 21 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="lightoff">{{cite news |author=H.G. |title=Turn That Light Off! |url= https://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/05/measuring-energy-efficiency-buildings |access-date= 26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date= 28 May 2013}}</ref> This includes retrofitting existing buildings such as the [[Empire State Building]]<ref name="Crain">{{cite news| last=Ivanova| first=Irina| title=Empire State Bldg's energy savings beat forecast| url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130624/REAL_ESTATE/130629951 |access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[Crain Communications|Crain's New York Business]]| date=24 June 2013}}</ref> and working on maximizing efficiency in new construction such as the [[Burj Khalifa]] in Dubai.<ref name="Hope">{{cite news |last=Hope |first=Gerhard |title=Johnson Controls Secures Burj Khalifa Contract |url=http://arabianindustry.com/construction/news/2010/may/26/johnson-controls-secures-burj-khalifa-contract-3627936/#.UdxqCPmcf_M |access-date= 26 August 2013| newspaper=Arabian Industry| date=26 May 2010}}</ref>  Building Technologies & Solutions is the company's longest-running business unit, dating to 1885 when Johnson founded the Johnson Electric Service Company<ref name="Adler">{{cite news| last=Adler| first=Roger| title=In Control| url=http://filecache.drivetheweb.com/mr4enh_johnsoncontrols/9477/005071214Johnson.pdf| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[The National Law Journal]]| date=18 June 2012| archive-date=5 February 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205005701/http://filecache.drivetheweb.com/mr4enh_johnsoncontrols/9477/005071214Johnson.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> after patenting the electric [[thermostat]] in 1883.<ref name="USembassy">{{cite web |last=Zwaniecki |first=Andrzej |title=Thermostat Maker Deploys Climate Control against Rapid Climate Change – Johnson Controls Persuades Building Owners to Go Energy-Efficient |url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2008/07/20080710104405saikceinawz0.5803339.html#axzz2d5eegxRv |work=IIP Digital |publisher=[[United States Department of State|Department of State]] |access-date=26 August 2013 }}</ref> {{As of|2012|post=,}} the business unit operated from 700 branch offices in more than 150 countries.<ref name="Form10-K" />

Johnson Controls was one of the defendants in a multimillion-dollar federal court lawsuit in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] in a case where 98 people perished and 140 were injured in a [[Dupont Plaza Hotel arson|fire at the DuPont Plaza Hotel]] and its casino on New Year's Eve, 31 December 1986. The plaintiffs claimed that Johnson Controls sold and installed an [[energy management system]] that failed to give early warning of the fire.<ref>{{cite book |title=Arnstein & Lehr, The First 120 Years |pages=110–113 |isbn=978-0-615-89503-1 |first=Louis A. |last=Lehr Jr. |publisher=Arnstein & Lehr |date=2013 }}</ref> After nine months of trial, the company and its energy management system were absolved of blame when the court issued a directed verdict.<ref>''Chicago Tribune'', 15 May 1990{{full citation needed|date=March 2016}}</ref><ref>''Merrills Illinois Legal Times'', 1 July 1990, as corrected on 5 November 1990.{{full citation needed|date=March 2016}}</ref> When the trial was completed the plaintiffs had accumulated approximately $220,908,549.00 in damages as a result of various settlements and a jury verdict against some other defendants.<ref>In re San Juan DuPont Plz. Hotel, 768 F. Supp. 912, 936 (Puerto Rico U.S. Dist. 1991)</ref>

===Former business units===
====Power Solutions====
This unit was sold to [[Brookfield Business Partners]] and re-made into a new company, [[Clarios]], as of 1 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Clarios launches as a world leader in advanced energy storage solutions |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clarios-launches-as-a-world-leader-in-advanced-energy-storage-solutions-300840272.html |location=[[Milwaukee]] |publisher=Clarios |agency=PRNewswire |date=1 May 2019 |access-date=14 May 2019 }}</ref>

The Power Solutions business unit designs and manufactures automotive batteries for passenger cars, heavy and light duty trucks, utility vehicles, motorcycles, golf carts and boats.<ref name="Form10-K" /><ref name="Smallvehicle">{{cite news |title=Club Car Awards Johnson Controls as a Top Supplier| url=http://www.smallvehicleresource.com/blog/2013/06/03/club-car-awards-johnson-controls-as-a-top-supplier |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=Small Vehicle Resource |date=3 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="JSelectricboat">{{cite news |last=Content |first=Thomas |title=Johnson Controls' modified hybrid car batteries will power electric boat motor |url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/johnson-controls-modified-hybrid-car-batteries-will-power-electric-boat-motor-q18vfrh-194103591.html |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=28 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Greencarcongress">{{cite news |title=Johnson Controls modifies automotive PHEV Li-ion batteries for marine application; Torqeedo Deep Blue|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/02/jc-20130228.html|access-date=26 August 2013|newspaper=Green Car Congress|date=28 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Mustangmonthly">{{cite news| last=Houlahan| first=Mark| title=Optima's Digital 400 - Charge It Right| url=http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techarticles/1309_optima_digital_400_charge_it_right/| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=Mustang Monthly| date=September 2013| archive-date=14 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814071942/http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techarticles/1309_optima_digital_400_charge_it_right/| url-status=dead}}</ref> It supplies more than one third of the world's lead-acid batteries<ref name="Motleyfool">{{cite news |last=Rosevear |first=John |title=Under the Hood of Johnson Controls |url=http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/11/19/under-the-hood-of-johnson-controls.aspx |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[The Motley Fool]]|date=20 November 2012}}</ref> to automakers and aftermarket retailers including Wal-Mart, Sears, Toyota, and BMW.<ref name="Forbesbattery">{{cite news |last=Team |first=Trefis |title=Johnson Controls Shores Up Its Market Share as Exide Files for Bankruptcy |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013/06/14/johnson-controls-shores-up-its-market-share-as-exide-files-for-bankruptcy/ |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=Forbes |date=14 June 2013 }}</ref><ref name="JSonlinewalmart">{{cite news|last=Content|first=Thomas|title=European automotive business rebounds; HomeLink business to be sold to Gentex Corp. for $700 million|url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/johnson-controls-earnings-rose-32-as-european-automotive-business-rebounds-b9956737z1-215992421.html|access-date=26 August 2013|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=18 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Detriotfreepress">{{cite news |last=Gopwani| first=Jewel |title=Battery hub takes root in state |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100411/BUSINESS01/4110429/Battery-hub-takes-root-state |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]| date=10 April 2010}}</ref> Lead acid battery brands produced under this business unit include Continental, OPTIMA, Heliar, LTH, Delkor and [[VARTA]] automotive batteries.<ref name="Form10-K" /> This part of the company also manufactures Lithium-ion cells and complete battery systems to power hybrid and electric vehicles such as the Ford Fusion<ref name="Greenbizbattery">{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Ariel |title=Johnson Controls Awarded Battery Contract for Ford's First Hybrid Plug-In Vehicle |url=http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/02/04/johnson-controls-awarded-battery-contract-fords-first-hybrid-plug-vehicle |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=Greenbiz |date=4 February 2009}}</ref> and Daimler's S-Class 400.<ref name="Newsweekbattery">{{cite news |last=Fareed |first=Zakaria |title=To Pack a Real Punch - Everything hangs on the race to build tomorrow's battery |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/02/20/to-pack-a-real-punch.html |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[Newsweek]]|date=20 February 2009}}</ref> Additionally, it manufactures [[absorbent glass mat]] (AGM) and [[VRLA battery|enhanced flooded batteries]] (EFB) batteries to power [[Start-stop system|Start-Stop]] vehicles such as the Chevy Malibu and Ford Fusion.<ref name="Form10-K" /><ref name="Motleyfool" /><ref name="Bizjournalfordfusion">{{cite news |last=Engel |first=Jeff |title=Johnson Controls supplies start-stop battery for 2013 Ford Fusion |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2013/01/14/johnson-controls-supplies-start-stop.html| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|Milwaukee Business Journal]]| date=14 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="JSonlinelandrover">{{cite news| last=Content| first=Thomas| title=Johnson Controls to supply start-stop batteries for Chery Jaguar Land Rovers|url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/johnson-controls-to-supply-startstop-batteries-for-chery-jaguar-land-rovers-409kkp6-203866451.html| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| date=19 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="JSonlineford">{{cite news| last=Content| first=Thomas| title=Johnson Controls to supply batteries for Ford Fusion with better mileageJohnson Controls to supply batteries for Ford Fusion with better mileage| url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/johnson-controls-to-supply-batteries-for-ford-fusion-with-better-mileage-l08bllm-186728481.html| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| date=14 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYTstartstop">{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Tim |title=Johnson Controls Offers Start-Stop Battery System |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/johnson-controls-offers-start-stop-battery-system/?ref=johnsoncontrolsinc&_r=0 |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="CBSnews">{{cite news |last=Motavalli |first=Jim |title=Detroit Auto Show: Johnson Controls Is a Big Battery Player with a Low Profile |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/detroit-auto-show-johnson-controls-is-a-big-battery-player-with-a-low-profile/ |access-date=26 August 2013 |newspaper=[[CBS News]] |date=18 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Toledoblade">{{cite news| last=Chavez| first=Jon| title=Local Johnson Controls facility to make batteries for Chevy Eco| url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2013/08/08/Local-Johnson-Controls-facility-to-make-batteries-for-Chevy-Eco.html| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Toledo Blade]]| date=7 August 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2012|post=,}} the business unit operated from 60 locations worldwide.<ref name="Form10-K" /> On 13 November 2018 Johnson Controls agrees to sell its Power Solutions Division to Brookfield Business Partners.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last=Al-Muslim |first=Aisha |title=Johnson Controls to Sell Auto Battery Unit to Brookfield Business Partners for $13.2 Billion |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/johnson-controls-to-sell-power-solutions-business-to-brookfield-business-partners-for-13-2-billion-1542120854?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1 |access-date=13 November 2018 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=13 November 2018 }}</ref>

====Automotive Experience====
This business unit was spun off into a new company named [[Adient]] on 31 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adient.com/about-us|title = About Us}}</ref>

====Global WorkPlace Solutions====
The Global WorkPlace Solutions business unit provides outsourced [[facilities management]] services globally.<ref name="MJSverizon">{{cite news |last= Content |first=Thomas |title= Johnson Controls to provide real estate services for Verizon |url= http://www.jsonline.com/business/104343004.html |access-date= 26 August 2013 |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| date=5 October 2010}}</ref> It also manages corporate real estate on behalf of its customers including acquiring and disposing of property, administering leases, and managing building related projects such as equipment replacements.<ref name="FMWorldbrookfield">{{cite news| title=Brookfield Asset Management and Johnson Controls have agreed to merge their Australian and New Zealand property and FM operations| url=http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/johnson-controls-and-brookfield-merge-down-under/| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[British Institute of Facilities Management|FM World]]| date=4 December 2012| archive-date=16 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016054031/http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/johnson-controls-and-brookfield-merge-down-under/| url-status=dead}}</ref> On 23 September 2015,  [[CBRE, Inc.]] purchased the Global Workplace Solutions business unit, retaining the name "Global Workplace Solutions".<ref>{{cite press release| title=CBRE Group, Inc. Closes Acquisition of Global Workplace Solutions Business from Johnson Controls, Inc.| url=http://www.cbre.com/About/Media-Center/2015/09/23/CBRE-Closes-Acquisition-of-Global-Workplace-Solutions| access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>