Editing Johnson Controls (section)

=== 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>