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Paul Bonington
Vice President of Sales -McGraw-Hill Construction Media
McGraw-Hill Construction
2 Penn Plaza 9th Fl.
New York, NY 10121
Phone: 212/904-4562
Fax: 212/904-4652
E-mail: Paul_Bonington@mcgraw-hill.com
 

Minda Xu
Vice President, Business Development - China
Business Information Group, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Suite 1601, Kerry Center
1515 Nanjing West Rd.
Shanghai, China 200040
Phone: (8621) 22080858
Fax: (8621) 22080850
Email: minda_xu@mcgraw-hill.com

Honeywell International
Honeywell International is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges.

Honeywell has a long history in China that goes back to 1935 when it established the first franchise in Shanghai. Today, all of Honeywell’s four Strategic Business Groups are represented in China, and all of them have relocated their Asia Pacific headquarters to China.  Over the years, more than 20 subsidiaries and joint ventures have been set up in several cities across the country. By the end of 2007, Honeywell has invested $600 million in China and employed over 7,000 people.  

China is one of the most important markets in Honeywell's global success strategy, and therefore the company is committed to driving the business growth in China by providing the best quality, delivery, value, and technology. Honeywell's strategy in China coincides with the government’s overall plan, effectively contributing in building an energy-efficient and environment-friendly society. At present, Honeywell has its Honeywell Technology Solutions-China located in Shanghai.  It is also dedicated to developing leading local research and development capabilities, so that it can leverage the global leadership in technology and innovation to support Chinese customers’ and society's specific needs in creating more energy efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly products and solutions.  All of these will contribute to the Chinese government’s objective of building a sustainable economy and a harmonious society.  Meanwhile, Honeywell's products and technology will help China cope with the environmental challenges caused by China’s rapid economy growth. www.honeywell.com

Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Company is the world's leading manufacturer of water and energy efficient plumbing systems.  Sloan was founded in 1906 by William E. Sloan, the inventor of the Royal Flushometer Valve. After 100 years the Royal, with its water conserving features, is still the world’s most preferred flushometer product.  Sloan is headquartered in the United States, near Chicago, Illinois.  The family-owned company manufactures plumbing products and accessories for commercial, industrial, and institutional markets worldwide.  Sloan has led the industry in the development of water and energy efficient plumbing products.  Sloan plumbing systems include electronic and manual flushometers and faucets; Waterfree Urinals; XLerator® hand dryers; and FLUSHMATE® pressure-assist flushing technology.  Sloan’s position of leadership is based on a record of dependable operation, long life, low maintenance cost, knowledgeable field support and technological innovation.  In 2001 Sloan established Sloan Valve Water Technologies in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, for the manufacture and distribution of its world class products in the China and Asian markets. Sloan Valve Water Technologies has made it a priority to promote the use of Sloan’s water and energy efficient technologies in China. www.sloanvalve.com

AECOM
AECOM's mission is to sustain and enhance the world's built, natural and social environments. It is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transport, facilities, environment and energy.In Asia, four AECOM companies in particular - Citymark, EDAW, ENSR and Maunsell - increasingly are working together on holistic solutions to the land-based, design and infrastructure challenges of a rapidly evolving continent. Citymark AECOM is a leading architectural and design firm working in China across all sectors. The practice has a rich and diverse portfolio that stands out from its peers for its ability to fuse design excellence with prime service for a range of international and domestic clients.EDAW creates exemplary environments worldwide. Founded in 1939, EDAW is a collaborative firm, integrating design, planning, economic development, social and cultural services, and environmental planning/design. Embracing complexity and working at all scales, our cross-disciplinary approach delivers inspiring and sustainable solutions that enhance quality of life.ENSR is a global provider of environmental and energy development services to industry developer and government. As a full-service environmental firm, ENSR's professionals provide clients with consulting, engineering, remediation and related services.Maunsell AECOM Group is a multi-disciplinary consultancy in the fields of infrastructure, transport, environment, building facilities and project management. With a broad range of skills and disciplines, the group offers a full spectrum of services in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia. www.aecom.com

Emerson Climate Technologies™
Launched January 13, 2002, Emerson Climate Technologies unites 13 Emerson divisions under a single brand to serve customers worldwide in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries.

Emerson Climate Technologies offers a comprehensive breadth of products and services for a diverse array of industrial, commercial and residential applications, including Residential Air Conditioning, Commercial Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Industrial, Heating and ventilation.

Emerson Climate Technologies is the leading manufacturer of HVAC components in the world, delivering comprehensive solutions for temperature-critical applications across numerous industrial and residential applications. We combine technically superior products from our industry-leading divisions—such as Copeland, White-Rodgers and Flow Controls—along with our engineering, design, distribution, installation and monitoring capabilities, for unquestionably reliable climate systems. These industry-defining, proprietary technologies of Emerson Climate Technologies provide our customers with the competitive advantage of the most advanced, environmentally friendly climate control systems available.
 
In the late 1980s, Copeland® commercialized scroll compressor technology, which completely revolutionized the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Scroll technology replaced conventional piston compressor technology as the industry standard. It was a significantly more energy efficient, more reliable and quieter compressor. Copeland has continued to evolve this technology to encompass larger sizes (up to 25 horsepower) and most recently introduced Copeland Scroll with Digital Technology. With this new technology, the scroll output capacity adapts to match the variable demand conditions of the environment and delivers highly efficient, cost-cutting climate control for industrial and commercial applications.

Underlying every climate control application is Emerson's superior motor technology. In fact, Emerson is a leading producer of both air moving motors for residential and industrial applications, and hermetic motors for refrigeration and air conditioning compressors. www.emersonclimate.com

The Aedas Group
The Aedas Group has grown rapidly over the past decade to attain its status as the world’s fourth largest architectural practice. Currently, more than 2,500 staff form the backbone of Aedas’s network of offices on four continents. . Aedas projects include high density high-rise townships in China, flagship commercial projects in the Middle East, Universities and Museums in USA and UK, Rail and Airports in India and South East Asia. In the mainland China, with  five offices (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Chengdu and Shenzhen) and more than 100 staffs, Aedas cover the full range of project types, sizes and complexity to the most demanding programmes and locations. www.aedas.com

Bentley
As the world’s leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure lifecycle, we believe in the vital role that infrastructure must play both in sustaining society and in sustaining the environment.  Bentley has proven applications that help engineers, architects, contractors, governments, institutions, utilities and owner-operators design, build and operate more productively, collaborate more globally and deliver infrastructure assets that perform more sustainably.

With over 2,800 colleagues in over 50 offices worldwide and annual revenues surpassing $450 million, Bentley Systems has invested over $I billion in research, development and acquisitions since 1993. Nearly 90 percent of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design firms are Bentley subscribers and Daratech has ranked Bentley as the world’s No. 2 provider of software solutions to the architecture, engineering, construction and owner-operator market as well as No. 2 in the GIS/geospatial market. www.bentley.com

Carrier Corporation
Headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, USA, Carrier Corporation is the world’s largest provider of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions, with operations in more than 170 countries including China.

Ever since Dr. Willis Carrier, founder of Carrier Corporation, invented the world’s first scientific air conditioning system in 1902, Carrier has stayed at the forefront of the air-conditioning industry for more than 100 years. Regarded as the leader and expert in air conditioning, Carrier has several thousand patents in the air-conditioning industry and 7 R&D centers worldwide, including one in China.

Carrier’s products are manufactured in 67 facilities on six continents with approximately 43,000 employees around the world. In 2007, Carrier’s revenues were US$14.6 billion, leading the Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) industry.

Carrier set up its first joint venture in Shanghai in 1987. Now Carrier has 11 operations in China with more than 2,500 employees. Carrier products are distributed in China through a network of more than 40 sales offices. www.carrier.com

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy
The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships that:

• Enhance energy efficiency and productivity;
• Bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace; and
• Make a difference in the everyday lives of Americans by enhancing their energy choices and their quality of life.

Visit www.eere.energy.gov

Dow Corning Corporation
Dow Corning Corporation is a global leader in the development and manufacture of silicon-based products and services, with more than three decades of experience serving the construction industry. Dow Corning® brand building sealants, adhesives, coatings, and treatments provide an envelope of strength and protection from the roof to the pavement for new structures or renovation of existing ones. Dow Corning brand silicon-based adhesives and sealants, structural silicone glazing, and weather-sealing products provide an effective, reliable and economic solution to adhere building components – such as glass, ceramic, metal, stone, and composite panels – to building frames.  With Dow Corning brand silicon-based glazing, architects and designers have the freedom to create dramatic façades while ensuring security and peace of mind for building owners and occupants. www.dowcorning.com

East China Architectural Design & Research
Institute Co., Ltd.
East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.(ECADI) is one of the earliest large scale comprehensive design institutes in China. ECADI is a subsidiary company to Shanghai Xiandai Design Group. Over 50 years, ECADI keeps developing under the idea of “Creating excellent design, leading better life” with spirit of efficiency, cooperation, advancement, devotion and innovation. ECADI has completed a great number of good design works in office, hotel, retail, transportation, culture, hospital etc, with accumulation of elite, technique and management. Through all these years, the company has received over 700 design awards from the state, the construction ministry and Shanghai Municipality. Faced with new situation, ECADI is upgrading its international competitive capability to approach its goal of “leading at home and first class in the world”. www.ecadi.com

Forbo Group
Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Forbo is a leading producer of flooring systems, chemical bonds and adhesives, as well as power transmission and conveyor belts solutions. The company employs some 5,800 people and has 30 production companies and 40 sales organizations in 33 countries.

As the professional flooring manufacturing and sales organization of the group, Forbo Flooring accounts for over 40% of the group sales. With a comprehensive product offer in linoleum, vinyl, parquet and needle-punched carpet, Forbo Flooring has a matching offer for any environment.  The company has an international distribution network in 18 countries and 7 production facilities in 5 countries, including France, Sweden, Netherlands, Scotland and Switzerland. Forbo constantly seek to improve the environmental performance of our processes; all of our manufacturing operations are ISO 14001 certified. And some products are NPR5001 certified. Forbo Flooring China was established in 1996.  We are committed to provide the better products and service to our clients in China. www.forbo.com

The Geberit Group
The Geberit Group, headquartered in Rapperswil-Jona (CH), is the European market leader in plumbing technology with global presence. From the time of its establishment in 1874, the company has always been a pioneer in the sector, consistently setting new trends with innovative and comprehensive system solutions.

Geberit operates sales offices in around 40 countries and 16 production sites in seven different countries. It comprises seven product lines in the two product areas of Sanitary Systems (Installation and Flushing Systems, Faucets, Cisterns and Mechanisms, Waste Fittings and Traps, Shower Toilet) and Piping Systems (Building Drainage Systems, Supply Systems). In 2007, the Geberit Group generated sales of CHF 2.5 billion. The Company employs 5,600 people worldwide, 1,000 of which are based in Switzerland. Geberit has been listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange in Zurich since 1999.

In China Geberit has been active since 1996 and nowadays operates 2 production sites and 10 sales offices. By introducing new technologies and new standards Geberit has contributed significantly to the growth of the Chinese sanitary industry. www.geberit.com.cn

The Sherwin-Williams Company
The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866, with headquarters located in Cleveland, Ohio USA. It is the largest paint manufacturer in USA with 2007 sales USD 8 billions. It is among the top leaders in the world engaging in the manufacture, distribution and sales of paints and coatings to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. Today Sherwin-Williams is recognized for innovative products of superior quality, to operate a safe, clean and friendly workplace, to observe the highest ethical standards in the business conduct and to reward its investors. It has 30,000 employees, 3,200 paint stores, 100 facilities throughout the world. Currently, it has invested 4 manufacturing plants in China, and several plants in Asean countries. Sherwin-Williams has successfully completely many prestigious projects in China. eg: Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai Baolian Building, Venetian Macao Hotel, Chongqing International Convention & Exhibition Center, Sanya Kempinski Hotel etc. Sherwin-Williams is USGBC member since 2004, our paints are LEED certified that cover Interior and Exterior Wall paints, Floor paints, Wood paints and Protective paints. www.sherwin-williams.com

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)’s work ranges from the architectural design and engineering of individual buildings to the master planning of entire communities. For over 71 years, SOM’s commitment to design excellence and sophisticated building technology applications have resulted in a portfolio spanning over 10,000 projects in more than 50 countries.

The establishment of offices in Shanghai has strengthened SOM’s spirit of international collaboration as well as its dedication to sustainable planning and ‘green’ building design. Merging a multi-disciplinary approach with local expertise, SOM Shanghai continues to offer architects, engineers, planners and designers a variety of rewarding opportunities at all levels. Further information: somshanghai@som.com www.som.com

Glen Raven
Glen Raven is created in 1880, up to the present, Glen Raven has owned 128 years experience of textile production and research. Glen Raven has created an enviable record of innovation, ranging from the invention of panty hose in the world and a brand recognized worldwide for quality and performance. Nowadays, Glen Raven becomes a leader of high solution-dyed fabric in the world.

Glen Raven has manufacturing facilities on three continents and sells products in more than 120 countries around the world. It owns Sunbrella and Dickson brand, which are quite popular in outdoor awning and outdoor furniture industry, besides, they’re usually specified by most famous designers in 5 stars hotels, restaurants, villas, clubs etc.

 To be the No.1 brand of awning fabric, besides excellent colorfastness, it has strongly UV resistant protection of houses at >90% and can save the energy the maximum at 60%! Further more, it has got certificate such as “Skin Cancer Foundation” and recommended authorization by “LEED”.

On outdoor furniture part, Sunbrella is also the most popular fabric in the world, the excellent colorfastness, quick dry, easy to clean and fancy design make most famous designers to specify them to use in big hotels and other interior design. And it is certificated by “GREENGUARD”, which makes people enjoy their indoor and outdoor life more comfortably. www.glenraven.com