Emerson Cup Advocates High Energy Efficiency for

HVAC Industry

Total prizes doubled this year to encourage more outstanding designs and innovation

Shanghai China, May 20, 2010 – Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), announced that the 2010 Emerson Cup Air-Conditioning Design Competition has officially begun to accept entries starting today. The 2010 Emerson Cup doubles its reward prizes from last year to encourage more design professionals and budding stars of tomorrow to submit their outstanding designs to advance high energy efficiency in HVAC industry.

This year, Emerson Climate Technologies is organizing the 8th Emerson Cup, with the support of, and in close partnership with the HVAC Technical Committee of the Architectural Society of China, Air-conditioning and Heat Pump Technical Committee of the Chinese Association of Refrigeration, and Journal of HV&AC magazine.

The 2010 Emerson Cup was designed to accommodate three groups – Design Engineers (design professionals at design institutes and college faculties), Dealers (distributors and sellers of air-conditioners), and Students (college students of architecture environment and equipment, and relevant areas). Each applicant will have until September 25, 2010 to submit their competition entries.

Each entry will go through the four stages of the competition – entry submissions, preliminary assessment, qualifying rounds, and finals – to compete for honors in some 80 awards with a prize purse of RMB302, 000. The prize money is more than double last year’s total, as is the number of total awards. In addition to the top RMB40, 000 prize to the Award of Excellence in Design Engineers’ Group, 2010 Emerson Cup set up a new award for Excellence of Digital Application in Dealers’ Group, which also will receive the top honor of RMB40, 000. For detailed information, please visit www.digitalscroll.com.cn.

As China has become the world largest market for air conditioning products, it is of imperative importance to use innovative technology to advocate energy efficiency and support a sustainable economic growth. The Emerson Cup is an annual competition that recognizes outstanding designs and innovation in the HVAC industry. By encouraging best designs using Digital Scroll technology, Emerson Climate Technologies believes that the competition helps the industry advance to a higher level of usage and applications.

The Digital Scroll, developed specifically to meet consumers’ needs, is changing the Asian air conditioning market. “Digital Scroll Technology is Green Technology. Compared with traditional compressors, Digital Scroll compressors will raise energy efficiency by 35 percent,” said Don Newlon, vice president of Air-Conditioning Marketing for Emerson Climate Technologies Asia-Pacific. “We believe the Emerson Cup contestants will apply their knowledge and expertise to design projects to showcase the great many advantages of the Digital Scroll Technology, such as high energy efficiency, easy application, increased reliability, non-electromagnetic interference, simple maintenance and improved human comforts.”

“Building on the success from the last seven years, the Emerson Cup, a highly-anticipated event, has made a significant impact on our industry which has embraced the concept of energy-efficiency and environmental-friendliness. Action speaks louder than words. The Emerson Cup is an important component of our action in response to market trends and Chinese government policies to raise energy efficiency and reduce carbon emission. The Chinese government and businesses are working closely for China’s sustainable growth,” Don Newlon said.

Over the last seven years, the Emerson Cup has inspired thousands of design engineers, dealers and students to come up with technologically innovative designs. The competition last year received nearly 500 entries, covering a total area of more than 5 million square meters. Buildings span from office buildings and exhibition halls to hospitals, libraries and entertainment centers. The number of OEMs using Digital Scroll technology has been on steady rise in the last seven years.

As a global leader in the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration industry, Emerson Climate Technologies has long been committed to bringing advanced technologies to the China market. At the Emerson Cup, where the number of entries has been rising steadily each year, excellence is honored and recognition is given to outstanding talents who have made tremendous contributions to the technological advancement and development of the Chinese HVAC market. As the industry strives to move up the value chain using technological innovation as a key tool for advancement, the Emerson Cup also has become a crucial platform to share best practices and latest information among industry peers.

About Emerson Climate Technologies

Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson, is the world’s leading provider of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions for residential, industrial and commercial applications. The group combines best-in-class technology with proven engineering, design, distribution, educational and monitoring services to provide customized, integrated climate control solutions for customers worldwide. Emerson Climate Technologies’ innovative solutions, which include industry-leading brands such as Copeland Scroll™ and White-Rodgers, improve human comfort, safeguard food and protect the environment. For more information, please visit www.EmersonClimate.com or www.digitalscroll.com.cn.

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2009 were $20.9 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.