John W. Conover IV is the president of Trane’s commercial business in the Americas. In North America, one out of every two buildings depends on Trane to meet today’s demanding building and energy-efficient system and service requirements. John has been in the heating and air conditioning industry for almost 30 years where he has witnessed major shifts in Americans’ expectations for indoor air quality and comfort. During his long history with Trane, he has played an integral role in developing methods to better understand customer expectations and market needs such as the growing search for energy efficiency solutions. John focuses heavily on gaining innovative insights on what it takes to acquire, satisfy and retain customers. Under his direction, Trane has saved its customers more than $400 million and 198 million kwH of energy through comprehensive building solutions. This is the equivalent of planting 115,000 trees, removing 100,000 cars from the road, powering 80,000 homes, saving 2 billion pounds of C02, 15 million pounds of acid rain, 5 million pounds of smog, 70 million gallons of water and 60 million gallons of gasoline.
